Start to Teach 2025 (session 1)
When:
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Venue:
Birkbeck Main Building, Malet Street
We are delighted to offer a new Start to Teach course for all Birkbeck PhD students new to teaching and/or demonstrating at Birkbeck. This is suitable for PhD students with no previous experience of teaching or assisting teaching or those who are keen to refresh their knowledge and skills as part of a supportive cohort.
The course will provide you with the opportunity to join a cross-college network of your peers, with whom you can discuss your classroom challenges and achievements, and work together to identify and share good practice in learning and teaching approaches.
Start to Teach Sessions
Learning Outcomes
By the end of the course, you should be able to:
- Understand the role of a teacher, teaching assistant or demonstrator within Birkbeck, and in HE more broadly
- Develop basic skills in giving explanations and instructions.
- Develop basic classroom management skills
- Consider opportunities to enhance your teaching practice with the use of learning technology.
The course will also provide you with a cross-college network of your peers with whom you can discuss your classroom challenges and achievements, and work together to identify and share good practice in learning and teaching approaches.
The course comprises three in-person afternoon sessions from 12pm – 4pm with the other sessions on Friday 24 January and Friday 7 February. Lunch will be avilable from 12.15pm. Please note: Participants are expected to attend every session.
Please use the links below to sign up for the other sessions. This session will be led by Dr Laura Green (Education Directorate).
Session 2: Friday 24 January
Session 3: Friday 7 February
Participants of this Start to Teach program will be eligible to join the staff development sessions held as part of the Birkbeck Fellowship of Advance HE Pathway beginning Friday 21st February.
Contact name:
Ian Magor