Career Development

The “Pillars of Teaching Assistantship” workshop series and certificate is designed to provide TAs with a comprehensive, research-based foundation for teaching in the role of TA. TAs will earn a Pillars certificate after completing all six workshops and their brief pre- and post- workshop activities. In this workshop on January 25, you will use principles from evidence-centered design to make assessments more focused and impactful and to help you with practical grading strategies. Read on to learn more!

Wednesday, January 13th, 2021 - 8:20am


The "Pillars of Teaching Assistantship" workshop series and certificate is designed to provide TAs with a comprehensive, research-based foundation for teaching in the role of TA. TAs will earn a Pillars certificate after completing all six workshops and their brief pre- and post- workshop activities. Click on the link below to register for the session. You will receive an email confirmation with more information.

Pillar 3: Assessing Student Learning
3B. Designing and Grading Assessments

Facilitator: Eugene Riordan, TA Pedagogical Advisor

TAs are responsible for creating, implementing, and evaluating assessments. But what makes a good assessment? How can we use assessment to support learning? And what are some reasonable ways to grade student work? In this workshop, you will use principles from evidence-centered design to make assessments more focused and impactful, and help you with practical grading strategies.

When: Monday, January 25
Time: 4-5pm
Register today!

This workshop will be offered again on Tuesday, March 2, 2021. Click here for more details.