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Metta meditation - compassion exercise?

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"Right now I'm feeling" - empathy exercise?

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Virtual arm-linking exercise?

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Don/Jen
- Purpose of this gathering
- Importance of their role in the greater School's mission
- Acknowledgement of the implication of COVID for S1
- UC values - how we as staff enact it with this training (Abby?)

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What is next?
- Encourage TAs to discuss key points with their course coordinators
- Set a professional goal/intention for this semester
- Set a personal goal/intention for connecting with other TAs
- LEARN site
- Plan a date for a f2f check-in

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Parts of Natasha's Team-building & cohesion activities
- Small group activity--break out rooms with TAs from the same course or similar roles?

- UC Values in small groups (?): How does their TA role enable them to enact these values?

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Ash's Session - Pasifika Talanoa (50mins)

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Ash's Session - Pasifika Talanoa (50mins)

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- Trivia
- Pacific Development Team - key contacts for their work as TAs
- A Pacific values frame (link with UC values)
- Pasifika Success Indicators (PSIs)

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Karakia
Whakataukī
Mihimihi
Hui Process
Cultural iceberg
Lens activity
Identity activity
Bias activity
Effective Teacher Strategies
Tiknga Tips

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Abby's Session - Returning TAs (60 mins)

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Abby's Session - Returning TAs (60 mins)

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Karakia
Whakataukī
Mihimihi
Hui Process
Cultural iceberg
Lens activity
Identity activity
Bias activity
Effective Teacher Strategies
Tiknga Tips

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What makes a good tutorial or lab?
General teaching techniques
Classroom management
Things to avoid

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Erik's Session - for returning TAs (60 mins)

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Erik's Session - for returning TAs (60 mins)

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Reflection on teaching: what went well, what didn't go so well?
Unpacking the 'why' behind what went well and not so well.
Tips to further enhance your teaching practice.

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Jen
- Overview of TA job description--how does each job task achieve a greater purpose for the School, students, and for their own professional development
- Seed the idea of 'professionalism'

Robyn
- Overview of the admin team and their roles--emphasize/frame their role as synergistic support

Anna: Finances and contracts

Yifang: Timetabling, LEARN, tests scheduling

Robyn: Manager, tricky issues with pay, performance, or student concerns

- Key dates in S1, admin logistics, health, safety & wellbeing

Emphasize WHY these dates are there and important

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Don, Robyn, & Anna to attend
XX returning TAs, XX new TAs

Introduce the values
- model in our own mahi
- Frame for thinking through all sessions.

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- Open-ended reflections
- Open-ended feedback on what is useful, what they would have liked to see
- Self-efficacy in culturally responsive teaching
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- Links and photos of student-facing team & student care
- Guidance/resources  for online teaching
- Forums to discuss key areas of interest (interest to be collected through the training programme)
- Resources from Erik, Abby, Ash, & Natasha