December 11, 1998
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Celebrating the Season

Sunday, December 13, 2:00 p.m.
Join the Faculty of Education Youth Choirs for an afternoon of seasonal music. First Presbyterian Church,10025-105 Street. Tickets available at the door. Admission: $10/adults,$8/students & seniors.

Input request for Business Department

A Selection Committee for the Chair of the Department of Marketing, Business Economics and Law has been established. Anyone wishing to make suggestions/comments to the Committee should do so before 31 December 1998 by writing to Michael B. Percy, Dean, Faculty of Business, 4-40 Business Building.

January 1999 Orientation for Graduate Teaching Assistants - A Teaching Symposium

January 4-6, 1999
For the first time, University Teaching Services (UTS) is offering a January Orientation for graduate teaching assistants (GTAs). The January 1999 GTA Orientation is scheduled for three half days in the Central Academic Building (CAB); one full day on Monday, January 4th before classes start and the next two days in the afternoon and early evening, on January 5th and 6th.

Skilled faculty and graduate students will lead workshops and seminars on effective teaching strategies. The sessions are aimed at the novice instructor who may have extensive subject matter expertise but little teaching experience. During the January 1999 GTA Orientation, sessions will be given on the following topics: Effective Laboratory Teaching; Marking Lab Reports and Exams in Science; Successful Lecturing; Basics for Leading Discussions; Evaluating and Marking Students' Work; Ways to Interact with Difficult Students in the Classroom and Office; Effective Strategies for GTAs; Computing Fundamentals for Teaching and Learning.

This symposium is free of charge and provides opportunities for networking and for learning more about teaching. Some of the sessions are applicable to the University Teaching (UT) Program as part of the pedagogical requirement.

Advance registration is required. For more information, call Grace Wiebe, Coordinator. Phone/Fax: 1-403-492-2491; email: grace.wiebe@ualberta.ca

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