Subject: L&S TA Training Fall 2024
From: "'Lynne Prost' via ls-dept-admins" <[email-masked]>
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Date: Wed, 10 Jul 2024 20:59:23 +0000
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TO: L&S Department Chairs, Directors, and Administrators; L&S Graduate Coordinators
ACTION REQUESTED: Please share the information below about Fall 2024 trainings with TAs in your program, as appropriate. Note registration deadlines, in bold.

Share with all TAs:
L&S TA Training and Orientation
On Thurs, Aug 29, 2024 (~8:30am – 5pm), L&S will host a training for Teaching Assistants (graduate and undergraduate). TAs will leave the training motivated and equipped to be effective and inclusive teachers.
TAs must register by Aug 13. More details and registration are available here: https://teachlearn.ls.wisc.edu/ta-training/
The training is strongly recommended for those new to their TA role at UW, or those who have been unable to attend a previous training.
Contact: [email-masked]<mailto:[email-masked]>

Share with TAs teaching ESR courses:
Pedagogy Fundamentals for Teaching about Race/Racism
On Fri, Aug 30, 2024 (10am - 1pm), the Ethnic Studies Subcommittee will host an in-person training and orientation for grad students teaching Ethnic Studies Requirement courses (both TAs and lecturers). This training is targeted to grad students who are teaching an ESR course in Fall 2024 for the first time, but is also open to grad students who have previous ESR teaching experience. It is focused on how to respond to challenging classroom dynamics.
TAs must register by Aug 14. More details and registration are available here: https://kb.wisc.edu/ls/112707
Contact: Jerome Camal<mailto:[email-masked]> and Lisa Jong<mailto:[email-masked]>

Share with TAs teaching Comm B courses:
Reminder: Communication B TA Training
To help teaching assistants and course instructors plan and teach Communication-B courses, the university offers a sequence of three training workshops during fall semester. All participants must register ASAP<https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdH6YokA0DaO7PAJm2hbVCNAOC4I39xfgI8kBXpM_zuwoG2gQ/viewform__;!!Mak6IKo!IZO_EtB5sNaNmEuD8Not-bpL8nWcgVLl2njHnudRqrQKpfxe3H-vYkdZYoHnnY89y5ygliJ7cHp9msCdBihAaI3Awq7mxZD86tXpj4Q$ >.
All TAs teaching a Communication-B course for the first time are required to attend all three of these training sessions:

  *   Mon, Aug 26, 9:00am to 12:15pm, HC White Hall
  *   Tues, Aug 27, 9:00am to 12:15pm, HC White Hall
 Contact: Emily Hall<mailto:[email-masked]>

Share with all new TAs:
Graduate Assistants Equity Workshops
These trainings, offered by the Division of Diversity, Equity & Educational Achievement, are required for TAs to be reappointed for more than one semester. More information and dates of upcoming workshops can be found here: https://diversity.wisc.edu/graduate-assistants-equity-workshops/
Contact: Luis Piñero<mailto:[email-masked]>

Thank you,
Lynne

Lynne Prost, PhD
she/her/hers
Assistant Dean for Graduate Student Academic Affairs
College of Letters & Science
University of Wisconsin – Madison
[email-masked]<mailto:[email-masked]>
L&S TA Training & Support<https://teachlearn.ls.wisc.edu/tas/>
L&S Graduate Student Affairs<https://kb.wisc.edu/ls/121882>