Biggio Center hosts events for new faculty and graduate teaching assistants
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Beginning Wednesday, Aug. 9 the Biggio Center for the Enhancement of Teaching and Learning will host several events for new faculty members and graduate teaching assistants including GTA orientation, new faculty orientation, Teaching for Learning Seminar and EASL Academy. Reach out to biggio@auburn.edu with any questions.
GTA Orientation
The GTA orientation provides the opportunity for New GTAs or any graduate student who will be teaching in the classroom or lab to have their questions answered in an engaging introduction to teaching well at Auburn. Due to the need for greater flexibility for our attendees, this year’s new GTA Orientation will once again be held via Zoom. We look forward to welcoming you to your new role here at Auburn.
Wednesday, Aug. 9, 2:00 p.m.-3:45 p.m. via Zoom.
New faculty orientation
The Biggio Center for the Enhancement of Teaching and Learning and the Office of the Provost invite new faculty to an academic orientation. This event consists of an online course that will give you a self-paced introduction to important policies and resources related to teaching, research, service, outreach and other topics of relevance to new Auburn faculty, as well as a face-to-face event. Lunch, coffee and pastries will be provided throughout the day.
Thursday Aug. 10 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m.
Academic Classroom and Laboratory Complex, or ACLC.
Teaching for Learning seminar
Join us for a day of workshops centered around engaged and active learning at Auburn. Faculty and GTA's are welcome to attend all or individual sessions. Each session takes place in the Mell Classroom Building @ RBD in Room 2550. This workshop will prepare and qualify you to teach in the Mell Classroom building and the new ACLC building, but the activities and goals are designed to support and enhance your ability to teach in any instructional space. For more information on the sessions and to register, please visit the website. Coffee and pastries will be served in the morning and lunch will be served.
Friday, Aug. 11, 8:30 a.m.-5:00 p.m.
Mell Classroom Building @RBD in Room 2550
EASL Academy workshops
The Biggio Center is offering EASL Academy. This half-day long, interactive workshop will prepare faculty to teach in an EASL classroom by introducing best practices for maximizing learning using the unique technology, furniture, and pedagogies of active learning classrooms. In addition to test-driving the instructional technology in the room and experiencing collaborative learning from a student’s perspective, participants will engage with a range of learning activities supported by the EASL rooms. This workshop will prepare and qualify you to teach in the Mell Classroom building and the new Academic Classroom and Laboratory Complex (ACLC) but the activities and goals are designed to support and enhance your ability to teach in any instructional space.
August 14 9:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m. at the Mell Building Room 3550. Coffee and pastries will be served.
Submitted by: Nikki Shubert
