NOTE: The deadline to pre-register has now passed. Please join the waitlist to be notified if a spot becomes available.

This in person two-day workshop will bring together cross-disciplinary UArizona faculty to explore questions on the impact and value of undergraduate and graduate teaching/learning assistants (TAs/LAs)* who support teaching and learning across the disciplines. MECha Workshops set the stage for a CUES sponsored 100K collaborative grant on the previous MECha theme.

Participants will work collaboratively to map current practices, share experiences, and identify research directions to understand the impact and value of teaching and learning assistants in university education.

Topics include, but are not limited to:

Roles teaching assistants play across disciplines
Teaching assistants' impact as peers and near-peers
Teaching assistants' strengths, including identity & achievement
Enhancing teaching assistant capacity: Training and assessment
Experiential and professional value of teaching assistantships
Teaching assistants in active learning/authentic practice spaces

* For the purposes of this workshop, TAs/LAs include all types of student assistants in teaching and learning in UArizona classrooms.

Organizing Committee

Deb Hughes Hallett (chair): Professor, Mathematics, College of Science; Adjunct Professor of Public Policy, Harvard Kennedy School

Amy Graham: Associate Professor of Practice, Chemistry & Biochemistry, College of Science

James Hunt: Assistant Dean, Career and Academic Services; Associate Professor of Practice, Family Studies & Human Development, College of Agriculture & Life Sciences

Joela Jacobs: Assistant Professor, German Studies, College of Humanities

About CUES MECha Workshops

CUES Mapping Educational Challenges (MECha) workshops explore challenges in university education by bringing together cross-disciplinary experts on the workshop theme.

Registration

Please pre-register by Thu., Apr. 13 to express interest in participating. Please note that pre-registration does not guarantee a spot. Invitations to participate will be extended one to two weeks ahead of the workshop.

Participation is limited to UArizona faculty.

Accessibility

With questions about access or to request any disability-related accommodations for this event such as ASL interpreting, closed-captioning, wheelchair access, or electronic text, etc., please contact cues@email.arizona.edu.

COVID-19 Safety Protocols

This event complies with the University's current COVID-19 mitigation policy for Events & Gatherings.

Social distancing will be maintained by limiting attendance to less than full capacity. Facial coverings are recommended indoors when not actively eating or drinking. Hand sanitizing stations will be positioned at entrances/exits. Disposable masks, gloves, and sanitizing wipes will be available for use.

Organizing Committee

About CUES MECha Workshops

Registration

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COVID-19 Safety Protocols

Accessibility

MECha 2023: Teaching & Learning Assistants in the Classroom