TAPcast Rutgers TA Project

In this episode, we give a preview of an upcoming workshop on engaging a quiet classroom. For more information about our workshops or to register, visit tap.rutgers.edu

In this episode, we talk to Corrine Yap, a Ph.D. candidate in Mathematics, about the EQUIP App: a program designed to help instructors identify their implicit biases in the classroom.

Resources mentioned in this episode:


EQUIP App: https://www.equip.ninja/
AMS Blog Post on EQUIP: https://blogs.ams.org/inclusionexclusion/2019/02/27/inclusive-instructional-analytics/
AMS Blog Post on Inclusive Practices: https://blogs.ams.org/inclusionexclusion/2019/08/30/inclusive-practices-syllabus-and-day-one/
Corrine Yap's Website: http://sites.math.rutgers.edu/~cy257/

In today's episode, Dr. Branch, the Vice Chancellor for the new Division of Diversity, Inclusion, and Community Engagement, shares advice for graduate TAs on making their classrooms more inclusive. We also discuss ongoing projects in the division as well as some of the challenges of the transition from faculty life to administrative life. More information about her division can be found at diversity.rutgers.edu, and more information about the TA Project can be found at tap.rutgers.edu.

In this episode of TAPcast, host Chloe Wawrzyniak shares some tips for using language to create a more inclusive classroom environment and recommends some resources for learning more.

 In this episode, host Chloe Wawrzyniak shares 5 tips for time management, organization, and balancing our many responsibilities as graduate student TAs. You can find the tips and related resources in our show notes at tap.rutgers.edu/tapcast.php .

 In this episode of TAPcast, the TA Project team answers your questions about being a TA.

Chloe Wawrzyniak, Janna Dominick, and Zoë Kitchel answer the following questions:


Every day, the same student comes to class over 30 minutes late. Is there anything I can do?
What is something you wish you knew before you started teaching?
Have you ever been unprepared for class and how did you handle it?
Up until this point, I’ve always been in a classroom as a student. Now I’ve been asked to teach a class and I don’t feel confident that I know everything about the topic. How do you handle the transition from learner to teacher and feeling confident to teach?
A student came to me at the end of the semester wanting extra credit or to re-submit an assignment for a grade boost. What should I do?
How do you balance your TA and research duties, and your time that you put towards each? Is there a schedule that works for you?

Find more information at tap.rutgers.edu/tapcast.php