INTERNATIONAL TEACHING ASSISTANT SCHEDULE 2007
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 15
Heffner Alumni House
8:30 - 9:45 a.m.
Registration and Language Testing Sign-up
Beverages & pastries will be provided
9:45 – 9:50 a.m.
Welcoming Comments
Dennis Gornic
Associate Dean, Graduate Education
9:50 – 10:30 a.m.
Archer Center for Student Leadership Development
Please meet with your group in the assigned area.
10:30 – 1:00 p.m.
“Teaching Rensselaer Undergraduates”
Jeannie Steigler
Advising & Learning Assistant Center
& Coordinator of English as a Second Language Program (ESL)
1:00 – 2:00 p.m.
Lunch – Heffner Alumni House Conference Center
YOUR LANGUAGE TESTING TIME IS: Thursday @____________ in DCC.
(Your language testing time will be assigned Wednesday morning at registration.)
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THURSDAY, AUGUST 16
Time to be assigned
LANGUAGE TESTING
(Your assigned testing time will be scheduled at registration on Wednesday 8/15.
Individual testing times are approximately 20 minutes long and will be scheduled
at registration on Wednesday morning, August 15)
1:00 – 2:30 p.m.
Lunch Heffner Alumni House
No activities scheduled after lunch
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TEACHING ASSISTANT TRAINING PROGRAM
MANDATORY FOR ALL NEW TEACHING ASSISTANTS
FRIDAY, AUGUST 17
8:30 a.m.
Registration
Beverages and pastries will be provided
9:30 - 9:45 a.m.
Welcoming Comments
Lester A. Gerhardt, Ph.D.
Vice Provost and Dean, Acting,
Office of Graduate Education
Sage Dining Hall Main Dining Room
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Proceed with your Master TA (to be assigned) to classroom, attendance is mandatory for these sessions.
9:45 - 11:45
"Building Your Teaching Skills"
Archer Center for Student Leadership Development
Master TA
Classroom
Jonathan Ashton
Jose Celaya-Galvan
Alison Kenner
Suzanne Matthews
Manli Chen
Jefferson Pitcher
Patrick Snow
CII 3112
CII 3116
CII 3130
CII 4034
CII 4040
CII 9003
CII 3206
11:45 - 1:00 p.m.
Lunch - Sage Dining Hall Main Dining Room
(All new TAs To DCC 308 after lunch)
1:00 – 2:00 p.m.
Early Warning System (EWS) Training DCC 308
Counseling Center & Advising and Learning Assistance Center
2:00 - 3:30 p.m.
“Dealing With Problems”
Return to assigned classroom
Jonathan Ashton
Jose Celaya-Galvan
Alison Kenner
Suzanne Matthews
Manli Chen
Jefferson Pitcher
Patrick Snow
CII 3112
CII 3116
CII 3130
CII 4034
CII 4040
CII 9003
CII 3206
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SATURDAY, AUGUST 18 and SUNDAY, August 20
No Graduate Education activities scheduled.
MONDAY, AUGUST 20
MANDATORY FOR ALL NEW TEACHING ASSISTANTS
Please see below for Master TAs & Microteaching assignment time, your room assignment is listed
next to your master TA. (Master TA’s and Microteaching Sessions will be assigned at Wednesday’s
Registration)
9:00 – 4:30
“MICROTEACHING SESSIONS"
Beverages will be provided.
GROUP I will meet 9:00 – 12:30
GROUP II will meet 1:30 – 4:30
Jonathan Ashton
Jose Celaya-Galvan
Alison Kenner
Suzanne Matthews
Manli Chen
Jefferson Pitcher
Patrick Snow
CII 3112
CII 3116
CII 3130
CII 4034
CII 4040
CII 9003
CII 3206
TUESDAY, AUGUST 21 and WEDNESDAY AUGUST 22
Reserved for departmental orientations and training sessions.
Please check with your department for a schedule of their activities.
THURSDAY, AUGUST 23 (See attached schedule)
INTERNATIONAL ORIENTATION (ISSS)
GRADUATE ORIENTATION- MANDATORY FOR ALL NEW GRADUATE STUDENTS
Sessions Include: Harassment Awareness – Health Services-Counseling Services - Academic
Computing - Environmental Health & Safety – Understanding Diversity- Office of Graduate
Education
FRIDAY, AUGUST 24
5:00 – 7:30
“COMMUNIVERSITY”
Downtown Troy.
For all new & continuing students, families & friends.
Details to be announced
FRIDAY, AUGUST 31 (HEFFNER ALUMNI HOUSE)
11:30 – 2:00
Welcome Barbeque for all new and continuing students
Heffner Alumni House
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