Graduate Assistant Colloquium on Teaching and Learning
This Colloquium addresses the culture and expectations of ESF; outlines instructional strategies and specific teaching-related skills necessary to function effectively as a Graduate Assistant (GA); highlights some of the people and units who provide leadership and support to GA efforts; and introduces professional skills and resources that will endure beyond the ESF graduate assistant experience.
2026 GA Colloquium
Date: Aug.21, 2026
Time: 8:30 a.m.–4 p.m.
Location: Moon Library
Breakfast and Lunch provided.
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Time |
Event |
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8:30 a.m. - 9:00 a.m. |
Registration, Breakfast, and Networking |
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9:00 a.m. |
Welcome and Overview of the Day |
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9:10 a.m. - 10:10 a.m. |
Time Management and Boundaries |
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10:10 a.m. - 10:15 a.m. |
Break |
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10:15 a.m. - 10:35 a.m. |
Graduate Student Employee Union Information |
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10:35 a.m. - 11:35 a.m. |
Assessment, Grading, and Blackboard Essentials |
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11:35 a.m. - 12:20 p.m. |
Ask Anything Panel Discussion |
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12:25 p.m. - 12:40 p.m. |
Group Photo |
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12:40 p.m. - 1:30 p.m. |
Lunch |
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1:35 p.m. - 2:05 p.m. |
Concurrent Sessions - Round 1 |
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2:10 p.m. - 2:40 p.m. |
Concurrent Sessions - Round 2 |
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2:45 p.m. - 3:45 p.m. |
Conflict, Crisis & Care |
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3:45 p.m. |
Closing Remarks and Post-Event Survey |
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Teaching Tools/ Campus Resource Tour |
Are you interested in Becoming a Teaching Fellow?
We’re looking for experienced graduate teaching assistants to help plan, organize, and conduct this annual event. Fellows play an important role in helping prepare ESF’s new graduate teaching assistants and receive a small stipend for their time.