Lesson Plans
I guest lectured for Integrated Sciences 230, or “Exploring Discipline-Based Leadership and Mentoring” to practice my teaching skills. IntSci 230 is a course for students who participate in WISCIENCE-related programs to build practical peer leadership and mentoring skills. I guest lectured for a class period that focused on Social, Emotional and Academic Development, and created an active lesson plan that encouraged the students to think of the diversity of a student body and the challenges they may face while gaining skills on how to advise students in their unique situations.
Lesson Plan for Int230
I co-developed an introductory teaching course for graduate teaching assistants in my department to empower TAs with the knowledge of effective teaching strategies. This was a four-session course, where we touched on various teaching activities, a seminar on inclusive teaching, a practice session to gather feedback on their teaching and a meeting with the campus' disabilities office. The variety of topics and techniques focused on in this short course would provide the TAs with the basics to teach a diverse classroom.
Lesson Plan for TA Training
TA Evaluations and Reflection
While the link below reflects on both of my teaching evaluations, this was an opportunity for me to reflect on my first exposure to teaching (as a Teaching Assistant for Genetics 466) and my most recent teaching experience (Exploring Biology). It allowed for me to see my growth over time in my confidence and teaching strategies.
Summary of Teaching Evaluations and Reflection
CIRTL Workshop: Integrating Effective Teaching & Assessment Practices in Biology Lab Courses
I participated in this course offered through the Center for Integration of Research, Teaching and Learning (CIRTL) as a three-part workshop to learn about strategies to promote active learning in a lab course. As part of the course, participants create a biology lab that implements active learning strategies. I chose to collaborate with a lecturer from our department who leads the undergraduate genetics laboratory course to develop a CRISPR-Cas9 Lab that applies the student's knowledge of the technology in a variety of ways-- a paper model, the designing of gRNAs and through a lab activity using yeast.
CRISPR Biology Lab
I guest lectured for Integrated Sciences 230, or “Exploring Discipline-Based Leadership and Mentoring” to practice my teaching skills. IntSci 230 is a course for students who participate in WISCIENCE-related programs to build practical peer leadership and mentoring skills. I guest lectured for a class period that focused on Social, Emotional and Academic Development, and created an active lesson plan that encouraged the students to think of the diversity of a student body and the challenges they may face while gaining skills on how to advise students in their unique situations.
Lesson Plan for Int230
I co-developed an introductory teaching course for graduate teaching assistants in my department to empower TAs with the knowledge of effective teaching strategies. This was a four-session course, where we touched on various teaching activities, a seminar on inclusive teaching, a practice session to gather feedback on their teaching and a meeting with the campus' disabilities office. The variety of topics and techniques focused on in this short course would provide the TAs with the basics to teach a diverse classroom.
Lesson Plan for TA Training
TA Evaluations and Reflection
While the link below reflects on both of my teaching evaluations, this was an opportunity for me to reflect on my first exposure to teaching (as a Teaching Assistant for Genetics 466) and my most recent teaching experience (Exploring Biology). It allowed for me to see my growth over time in my confidence and teaching strategies.
Summary of Teaching Evaluations and Reflection
CIRTL Workshop: Integrating Effective Teaching & Assessment Practices in Biology Lab Courses
I participated in this course offered through the Center for Integration of Research, Teaching and Learning (CIRTL) as a three-part workshop to learn about strategies to promote active learning in a lab course. As part of the course, participants create a biology lab that implements active learning strategies. I chose to collaborate with a lecturer from our department who leads the undergraduate genetics laboratory course to develop a CRISPR-Cas9 Lab that applies the student's knowledge of the technology in a variety of ways-- a paper model, the designing of gRNAs and through a lab activity using yeast.
CRISPR Biology Lab