The Teaching Support Centre is offering three Future Prof Workshops on Monday, March 7, 2016. This round of workshops focuses on academic, teaching, and career success! Session descriptions are provided below. Each workshop counts as one credit towards the Future Prof component of the Western Certificate in University Teaching and Learning.
Getting It Done: Strategies for Finding Focus and Overcoming Procrastination in Grad School
10:30 a.m. - 12:00 noon, UCC 147
Join us to discuss strategies for finding focus and making progress on your degree at times when you feel that you are stuck. During the session, you will receive resources, hear about approaches that worked for others and develop a plan for juggling teaching, research, writing,
social life and family life during graduate school.
Writing Effective Cover Letters
1:00 p.m. - 2:30 p.m., UCC 147
Are you applying for a job in the near future? Join this panel discussion to hear different perspectives on how to put together an effective cover letter. Find out what employers inside and outside academia are looking for!
Teaching Tough Concepts in Science
2:45 p.m. - 4:15 p.m., UCC 147
Attend this session to learn how faculty across the STEM disciplines at Western are supporting student learning in their classrooms. Panelists will share personal strategies and activities that help students master complex concepts and content.
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