Workshop success!

The training workshop for tutors and TAs was held this morning and the session was facilitiated by Dr. Sarah Moore, Dean of Teaching and Learning. I attended the session this morning and I found it excellent and engaging. Sarah went through techniques for holding the attention of a class and tricks for engaging the students. She also noted that if she had to give one piece of advice to tutors it would be to accept that you, as a tutor, are entitled to be at the top of the class teaching. You may feel nervous, or believe that you don't have sufficient expertise to be instructing students. You do! You are entitled to be there!

All the feedback from the workshop was generally positive, however it was difficult to get everything covered in such a short amount of time. For this reason, it is planned to hold some more sessions during the semester. These will be advertised on the PSA webpage, this blog and in the postgraduate page in An Focal. You can also email Sarah Moore [sarah.moore@ul.ie] to be included on the distrubution list for these classes.