Winter 2006 Bio 202B:

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Winter 2006Bio 202B

• BIPeDTA Training Workshop

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• What is BIPeD?

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Scientific definition biped
Anything with two feet!
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MBGB definition BIPeD

• Biology
• Instructional and
• Professional
• Development Program

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Goals BIPeD TA Training Workshop

• Long term goals
• Develop
• instructional capabilities
• professional talents
• Enhance biology career!
• Immediate goal
• Introduce you to the basic elements of teaching

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Why do you need training???

• Skills BIPeD TA workshop will provide
• Improved and varied presentation skills
• Effectively design a learning activity
• Effectively apply departmental grading criteria
• Effectively conduct a student conference
• Provide self-assessment and feedback
• Ability to identify campus resources

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I love being a TA!

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I love being a TA!
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Professional benefits TA Training

• Participation in this workshop will enhance your
  professional development by allowing you to
  attain
• Increased leadership abilities
• Better communication skills
• Improved understanding of your own process of
  learning

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Instructors

• Salme Taagepera, Ph.D.
• Lecturer / Academic Coordinator
• Dept. Developmental and Cell Biology
• staagepe_at_uci.edu
• Felix Grun, Ph.D.
• Lecturer / Researcher
• Dept. Developmental and Cell Biology
• fgrun_at_uci.edu

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Dr. Salme Taagepera, PhD Lecturer / Academic
Coordinator Department of Developmental and Cell
Biology University of California, Irvine
COURSES 2005-2006
DEPARTMENTAL MAJORS
http//eee.uci.edu/clients/staagepe/
 
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2006 TA Training Workshop Schedule

• NOTES ON THE SCHEDULE
• The TA Training Workshop meets the last five
  weeks of Winter Quarter on Thursdays from
  900-1050 am in NS 1114
• Attendance at ALL five sessions is required to
  successfully pass the training program and to be
  eligible to teach in 2006-2007.
• Missing a session will result in an Incomplete
  grade for Bio 202B and you will be required to
  makeup the TA Training Workshop NEXT year in 2007
  (no makeup sessions are given). You will not be
  able to teach until you have successfully
  finished your TA Training.

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2006 TA Training Workshop Schedule
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Icebreakers

• Ive Done Something You Havent Done
• Alphabet Race