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Teaching Assistant Orientation

Rutgers Teaching Assistant Orientation Registration

First Name:
Last Name:
RUID:
Present Address:
Summer Address
(if different from above address):
Dates you will be at your summer address:
Phone number (U.S. only):
Email:
Graduate Program:
Country of Citizenship:
Additional Comments:

Please indicate your first, second, and third choices from the workshops listed below for EACH session. Every effort will be made to place you in your first choices. Place your cursor on the title of a workshop to see a brief description of that workshop.

Please note:
—Mason Gross TAs will be automatically assigned to workshops and do not need to choose from the below workshops.
—TAs teaching a foreign language class do not need to select an afternoon workshop.

Morning Workshops:

A. Case Studies in Scientific Conduct
B. Using Facebook and Other Sites in Teaching
C. Designing & Grading Exams
D. Teaching Students to Evaluate Web Resources
E. Dealing with Controversial Topics
F. Creative Teaching in the Social Sciences
G. Learning Styles in the Sciences
H. Designing & Assessing Writing Assignments
I. Overcoming Teaching Anxiety
J. Public Speaking & the TA

Afternoon Workshops:

A. Classroom Ethics
B. Writing Multiple Choice Exams
C. Computers and Technology
D. Cultural Diversity in the Classroom
E. Cheating & Plagiarism
F. Motivating Students in the Humanities & Social Sciences
G. Motivating Students in the Sciences
H. Public Speaking & the TA
I. Course Design & Organization

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