Board # 110 : Exploring Experiences of Graduate Teaching Assistants in Teaching Professional Development Groups

Abstract

public school system, he taught high school chemistry and independent student research at The Beacon School, where he was a principal intern. His scientific research focused on the immunology of M. tuberculosis, the bacterial pathogen that causes tuberculosis. He currently works with undergraduate and graduate researchers to investigate the evolution of microbes, and to improve how undergraduate students learn science at the university.

Board 358: Post-COVID Professional Development and Community Building for a Pedagogical Change Project

“…The majority of survey respondents found each workshop session to be very useful and valuable; the session on facilitating active learning were most highly rated with 85% of respondents finding them very useful and valuable. Further details about the structure and content of the workshop, as well as participants' survey responses can be found in [3]. Next steps for the GTA workshop include revising workshop content based on survey and focus group feedback, integrating new online GTA training modules developed by the institution, and expanding to engage additional STEM departments (with a long-term goal of institutionalizing the workshop across STEM).…”