The Chemistry Teaching Assistant Program (Chem TAP) is an initiative that supports the professional development of new, returning, and prospective teaching assistants (TAs).听
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January Training Meeting听
Thursday January 9, 2024, 4:30pm 鈥� 6:30pm, Otto Maass Lab 128
An opportunity for graduate students to hear from instructors and former TAs about teaching in chemistry, and to participate in the following:听
- For new TAs: Strategies for grading and tips from experienced TAs on how to survive your first term TAing.
- For returning TAs: Communication strategies for pitching your research to different audiences, whether that鈥檚 to undergrads you TA, colleagues at conferences, or to interviewers for prospective jobs.
Pizza will be served! Please bring your own water bottle.听
Past Events
Reflecting through Collage on your TA Position
Friday, November 22, 2024, 3:00-4:30pm, Otto Maass Chemistry Building, room 428
Feel like getting crafty?听
As the semester comes to an end, reflecting on your TA position is a powerful exercise as it both helps you recognize your successes, while also allowing you to pinpoint changes for the future. Collaging is a tool that facilitates reflection by providing a physical space to represent and interrogate your experiences. In this 1.5-hour workshop, we will discuss the history of collage as an art form and then create collages to reflect on your TA positions this past term.听
Please note that this event is for Chemistry TAs only.听This Chem TAP workshop can count toward fulfilling your TA workload hours for training and professional development. If you've already fulfilled your hours, you are still welcome to attend and participate!听
Program Kickoff
Tuesday, September 3 2024, 5:30-7:30pm, Otto Maass Lab 100
An opportunity for graduate students to hear from instructors and former TAs, and participate in discussions with peers about typical scenarios that occur in Chemistry classrooms and labs, including discussion of equity, diversity, and inclusion. Pizza and refreshments will be served!听
Learn more about Chem TAP听
Chem TAP aims to inform and empower graduate students by creating a forum for sharing ideas drawn from the chemistry education literature and lived experiences. Following the Program Kickoff graduate students will receive their鈥痓lue lab coats on鈥痺hich they can display pins earned for鈥痯articipating in program activities. Participants will develop critical competencies, such as:鈥�
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Creating an inclusive learning environment听
Chem TAP is an initiative of the Chemistry Education Research Group whose members include: April Colosimo (麻豆AV Library); Danielle Kristine Vlaho, Irina Denisova, Jean-Marc Gauthier, Laura Pavelka, Mitchell John Huot, Pallavi Sirjoosingh, Samuel Lewis Sewall, Stephen George (Chemistry); Janette Barrington, Marcy Slapcoff, V茅ronique Brul茅 (Office of Science Education).听听
Interested in learning more about Chem TAP? Write to us at ose [at] mcgill.ca.