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Chemistry Teaching Assistant Program (Chem TAP)

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The Chemistry Teaching Assistant Program (Chem TAP) is an initiative that supports the professional development of new, returning, and prospective teaching assistants (TAs). All Chemistry graduate students are invited to attend the Program Kickoff on September 3, 2024.听

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Reflecting through Collage on your TA Position

Friday, November 22, 2024, 3:00-4:30pm, Otto Maass Chemistry Building, room 428

Feel like getting crafty?听

As the semester comes to an end, reflecting on your TA position is a powerful exercise as it both helps you recognize your successes, while also allowing you to pinpoint changes for the future. Collaging is a tool that facilitates reflection by providing a physical space to represent and interrogate your experiences. In this 1.5-hour workshop, we will discuss the history of collage as an art form and then create collages to reflect on your TA positions this past term.听

Please note that this event is for Chemistry TAs only.听This Chem TAP workshop can count toward fulfilling your TA workload hours for training and professional development. If you've already fulfilled your hours, you are still welcome to attend and participate!听

About the event space (accessibility):听

  • This event will be held in Otto Maass Chemistry Building in Room 428. Otto Maass is located at 801 Rue Sherbrooke West and is accessible by ramp via the main door (91社区 Map).听

  • All levels are accessible by public elevator.听

  • Accessible washrooms are located in the basement and on the third floor.听听

  • The building is lit by fluorescent lighting and not scent-free.听听

Please contact the Office of Science Education with questions (ose [at] mcgill.ca).听

Program Kickoff

Tuesday, September 3 2024, 5:30-7:30pm, Otto Maass Lab 100

An opportunity for graduate students to hear from instructors and former TAs, and participate in discussions with peers about typical scenarios that occur in Chemistry classrooms and labs, including discussion of equity, diversity, and inclusion. Pizza and refreshments will be served!听

Learn more about Chem TAP听

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Chem TAP is an initiative of the Chemistry Education Research Group whose members include: April Colosimo (91社区 Library); Danielle Kristine Vlaho, Irina Denisova, Jean-Marc Gauthier, Laura Pavelka, Mitchell John Huot, Pallavi Sirjoosingh, Samuel Lewis Sewall, Stephen George (Chemistry); Janette Barrington, Marcy Slapcoff, V茅ronique Brul茅 (Office of Science Education).听听

Interested in learning more about Chem TAP? Write to us at ose [at] mcgill.ca.

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