TAPcast

In this episode, we give a preview of an upcoming workshop on engaging a quiet classroom. For more information about our workshops or to register, visit tap.rutgers.edu

In today's episode, Dr. Branch, the Vice Chancellor for the new Division of Diversity, Inclusion, and Community Engagement, shares advice for graduate TAs on making their classrooms more inclusive. We also discuss ongoing projects in the division as well as some of the challenges of the transition from faculty life to administrative life. More information about her division can be found at diversity.rutgers.edu, and more information about the TA Project can be found at tap.rutgers.edu.

In this episode of TAPcast, host Chloe Wawrzyniak shares some tips for using language to create a more inclusive classroom environment and recommends some resources for learning more.

 In this episode, host Chloe Wawrzyniak shares 5 tips for time management, organization, and balancing our many responsibilities as graduate student TAs. You can find the tips and related resources in our show notes at tap.rutgers.edu/tapcast.php .

 In this episode of TAPcast, the TA Project team answers your questions about being a TA.

Chloe Wawrzyniak, Janna Dominick, and Zoë Kitchel answer the following questions:

• Every day, the same student comes to class over 30 minutes late. Is there anything I can do?
• What is something you wish you knew before you started teaching?
• Have you ever been unprepared for class and how did you handle it?
• Up until this point, I’ve always been in a classroom as a student. Now I’ve been asked to teach a class and I don’t feel confident that I know everything about the topic. How do you handle the transition from learner to teacher and feeling confident to teach?
• A student came to me at the end of the semester wanting extra credit or to re-submit an assignment for a grade boost. What should I do?
• How do you balance your TA and research duties, and your time that you put towards each? Is there a schedule that works for you?

Find more information at tap.rutgers.edu/tapcast.php 

 In this episode, Ph.D. candidate Kevin Sigerman discusses the role of the instructor. We talk about examples of roles that instructors take on as well as strategies for balancing those various jobs. For more information, check out our show notes at tap.rutgers.edu/tapcast.php 

 In this episode, Ph.D. candidate Ariel Otruba discusses her strategies for incorporating storytelling into our classrooms. She focuses on the assignments she has created around storytelling, including  how students have reacted to them and how the assignments have evolved over time.  For more information, check out our show notes at tap.rutgers.edu/tapcast.php 

A few brief announcements from the TA Project team:

• We're taking a break for the holidays. New episodes will return in mid-January.
• When we return, new episodes will now release once a month.
• In the spring, we'll do an episode answering your questions, so keep an eye on our Facebook and Twitter for how to submit your questions.

Happy Holidays from all of us here at the TA Project!