Penn Graduate Student Center

Navigating the Classroom

About Navigating the Classroom

Navigating the Classroom seeks to help graduate teaching assistants be successful in the classroom through workshops and resources. This program is cosponsored by Penn Graduate Student Center and GAPSA.

Events

Teaching Workshops

Center for Teaching and Learning and the Graduate Student Center co-sponsor a series of workshops for graduate students, especially TAs, who are interested in learning and improving their teaching skills.

Using Speech to Teach

Tuesday, September 30, 2008, 3:30 PM - 5:00 PM
Grad Student Center Room 305, 3615 Locust Walk.
Led by Sue Weber, Communication Within the Curriculum.

To register, please email ctl-help@sas.upenn.edu.

Encouraging Active Class Discussions

Monday, October 6, 2008, 1:30 PM - 3:00 PM
Grad Student Center Room 305, 3615 Locust Walk.
Led by Peter Mondelli, Music.

To register, please email ctl-help@sas.upenn.edu.

Advanced Blackboard: the Next Steps and Gradebook

Monday, October 6, 2008, 2:30 PM - 4:00 PM
Goldstein Electronic Classroom, Van Pelt Library


To register, please email ctl-help@sas.upenn.edu.

Evaluating Your Teaching Mid-semester: Using Student Feedback

Wednesday, October 15, 2008, 12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
Grad Student Center Room 305, 3615 Locust Walk.
Led by Cathy Turner, Associate Director of CTL.

This workshop allows students who have already performed a mid-semester evaluation of their course (either on-line or through paper forms) to reflect on their students' comments in a positive way. The workshop will focus on concrete ways to respond to student comments and make meaningful improvements before the final course evaluation.
For more on midterm evaluations (and possible forms to use) see here.

To register, please email ctl-help@sas.upenn.edu.

Campus Events

The Grad Center has a variety of events happening all the time. Also, a number of campus organizations provide programming for graduate and professional students. We provide a list of their calendars.

Common Room Summer Hours

Monday - Thursday:
11:00 AM - 7:00 PM
Friday: 11:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Sat & Sun: Closed
Friday, August 29: Close at 3:00pm
Monday, September 1: Closed

Common Room Fall Hours

Start Tuesday, September 2

Monday - Thursday:
9:00 AM - 9:00 PM
Friday: 9:00 AM - 6:00 PM
Sat & Sun: 12 Noon - 6:00 PM

Graduate Student Center

3615 Locust Walk
University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia PA 19104-6221
215-746-6868
gsc@pobox.upenn.edu