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Booking now: Introduction to Teaching and Learning training Spring and Summer Terms If you’re planning to teach as a GTA at York, you need to complete this training (once only), delivered by Academic Practice. Introduction to Teaching and Learning
Reflections on Learning and Teaching in the Autumn Term 2021-22Tuesday 14 December • online • 2-3.30pm Call for contributions from staff and students on experiences of learning and teaching during the Autumn Term 2021-22: what have your experiences of learning and teaching been like this term? how have experiences gained during the remote teaching phases … Continue reading Reflections on learning and teaching in the Autumn Term 2021-22
We’ve created a new video resource: experienced York Graduate Teaching Assistants (GTAs) sharing practical advice with newer GTAs. Academic Practice will use these videos to complement our existing GTA training resources for the Introduction to Teaching and Learning, and YLTA (The York Learning and Teaching Award). If you’re a GTA, you can look through these to … Continue reading New video resource: York GTAs share teaching advice
Before you can teach, you will need to complete our Introduction to Teaching and Learning course. This allows you to acquire the knowledge and skills to establish yourself as a confident, enthusiastic and effective teacher and is an induction into Higher Education teaching and into working as a Graduate Teaching Assistant at York. Led by Academic … Continue reading Planning to teach this academic year?
The Programme Design and Learning Technology team and the Academic Practice team are pleased to invite teaching staff and PGRs intending to teach next year to a series of July webinars. These aim to supplement the Blended Learning Design and Delivery VLE resource. The teaching/facilitation section of the resource focuses on supporting inclusive learning communities … Continue reading GTAs: Blended Learning Design and Delivery webinars
The Programme Design and Learning Technology and Academic Practice teams have updated their support for integrating in-person and online teaching and learning. The Blended Learning Design and Delivery resource is available on the VLE. GTAs on contracts should be able to self-enrol. If you find you are unable to do so then please submit a request … Continue reading GTAs: New blended learning design and delivery resource available
If you want to teach as a Graduate Teaching Assistant, then you need to have completed the Introduction to Teaching and Learning course. Academic Practice is running 2021/22 workshops from mid-September. Sign up for Introduction to Teaching and Learning training.
Teaching opportunities are currently being advertised for Management, Law and the Department of Theatre, Film, Television and Interactive Media, with application deadlines at the end of July. If you want to teach as a Graduate Teaching Assistant at York, then you need to have completed the Introduction to Teaching and Learning course. See all current … Continue reading Current teaching opportunities
Academic Practice have added two extra dates for the Introduction to Teaching and Learning training. This training is mandatory for teaching as a Graduate Teaching Assistant (GTA) but you only need to complete it once (shown on your Skillsforge record). 1. Facilitating Seminars and Discussion-Based Teaching: Thursday 1 July 9.30-11 with two weeks advance self-study. … Continue reading Introduction to Teaching and Learning: new sessions added July
Do you fancy trying out a new online assessment platform? The Digital Assessment and Feedback project team are looking for volunteer GTAs to test the usability of the marking tools in Wiseflow, a new assessment platform. Some previous marking experience of any kind would be useful but it is not essential. The total time commitment … Continue reading Markers needed to test usability of a new online assessment platform