Department of Spanish and Portuguese/SLLC Teaching Assistants Orientation Fall 2009 for new and returning TAs
Monday, August 24
NEW TAs/lecturers:
8:30-2:00 SLLC Orientation and lunch (for both NEW and RETURNING TAs)
NEW and RETURNING Spanish TAs/lecturers:
2:00 Welcome and overview of the Undergraduate Program
Dr. Manel Lacorte, Language Program Director
Dr. Roberta Lavine, Director of Undergraduate Studies
Mrs. Karen Remson, Undergraduate Advisor
Mrs. Dolores Lima, Assistant to the Language Program Director
2:30 Business meeting, course coordinators and Language Program Director (JMZ 2215-F)
NEW TAs/lectures
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RETURNING TAs/lectures |
2:30 First day of classes
Carmen Helena Ruzza, Ana Acedo (JMZ 2206) |
Work on course syllabi and teaching materials |
3:15 First day of classes
Carmen Helena Ruzza, Ana Acedo (JMZ 2206) |
Pick up teaching materials and microteaching assignments (JMZ 2202)
4:30-5:00 Business meeting, lecturers and Language Program Director (JMZ 2215-F)
Tuesday, August 25
NEW and RETURNING TAs/lecturers:
8:30-4:30 SLLC Orientation
Wednesday, August 26
NEW TAs:
CTE Fall 2008 GTA Orientation
RETURNING TAs/lecturers:
Work on course syllabi and teaching materials
Thursday, August 27
9:00 Coffee and pastries
9:30 Exams and assignments: grading, spreadsheets, oral participation grades,
voluntary assignments, etc.
10:30 Meeting with Graduate Student Representatives
10:45 Break
NEW TAs/lectures
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RETURNING TAs/lectures |
11:00 Writing in the Spanish as a L2 classroom at all levels (Ana Trapp, Rebeca Moreno, Manel Lacorte) |
12:00 Lunch courtesy of McGraw Hill Publishers
NEW TAs/lectures
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RETURNING TAs/lectures |
1:00 Microteachings
Ana Acedo, Dolores Lima, Carmen Helena Ruzza, (JMZ 2206). |
1:00 Listening and reading comprehension:
Beyond the fill in the blank point Roberta Lavine (JMZ 2207). |
2:15 Interdisciplinary approaches and
techniques in the teaching of literature Ana Patricia Rodríguez (JMZ 2207). |
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3:15 Break |
3:15 Break |
3:30 (only for Span 203, and 204 instructors) Orientation to QUIA (AT&T Lab, JMZ 1215) |
3:30 Feedback and error correction Manel Lacorte (JMZ 2207) |
4:15-5:15 Business meeting, course coordinators and instructors (JMZ 2215-F)
Friday, August 28
NEW GRADUATE STUDENTS (including TAs):
9:30am – 3:30pm New Graduate Student Orientation
RETURNING TAs/lecturers:
Submit course syllabi (JMZ 2202)