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Teaching Assistant Training
Fall 2023 Schedule (TBD)

  • All times subject to change. Last update: 5/5/23

Registration to be available soon.

Monday, August 14, 2023—Wednesday, August 16, 2023

Monday: ITAs only
Tuesday–Wednesday: All TAs

Training schedule to be posted soon. Please check back later.


Presented by

Center for Teaching Excellence, Graduate Division, and English Language Institute.

Questions? Contact us.

  • All times subject to change. Last update: 5/3/23

Monday, August 14, 2023—International TAs Only

Time Location Event
12:30 pm–1:00 pm Kuykendall 106 Events Room ITA Check-in
1:00 pm–2:00 pm   Welcome
Kathie Kane, Center for Teaching Excellence (CTE)


Juggling Manapua: How to Balance Study, Work & Life in Hawai‘i
Priscilla Faucette, English Language Institute (ELI)
2:00 pm–2:15 pm   Break
2:15 pm–3:15 pm  

Mixed Plate: Experienced International TAs Give Advice & Answer Questions
Moderator: Priscilla Faucette, ELI
Arielle Lowe, English
Varun Sanadhya, Political Science

Co-sponsored by the English Language Institute

Wednesday, January 4, 2023—All TAs

Time Location Event
9:00 am–9:30 am Kuykendall 106 Check-in
9:30 am–10:30 am   Welcome & The First Weeks of Class
Hazel Gedikli, CTE
10:30 am–10:45 am   Transition
10:45 am-11:45 am   Concurrent Session I: On Teaching
  Kuykendall 301 Assisting a Professor 
Jade Lum, English
  Kuykendall 305 Teaching a Science Lab
Ana Flores, Botany
  Kuykendall 306 Teaching Your Own Class  
Anupama Reddy, Linguistics
11:45 pm–1:00 pm   Break for Lunch
1:00 pm–2:00 pm   Concurrent Session II: On Teaching
  Kuykendall 301 Gender Equity & Inclusion for Pregnant & LGBTQ+ Students
Teresa Bill, Bridge to Hope
  Kuykendall 305 Classroom Management and the Student Conduct Code
Dr. Sabrina Fallejo Uganiza, Office of Student Conduct
  Kuykendall 306 Self-Care while Caring for Others: Mental Health Resources for new TAs
Dr. Alexander Malik Khaddouma, Counseling and Student Development Center
2:00 pm–2:15 pm   Transition
2:15 pm–3:15 pm Kuykendall 106

Experienced TA Panel
Moderator: Hazel Gedikli
Tyler Iyomasa, Biology
Ikenna Nometa, Mathematics
Manya Singh, Botany

Thursday, January 5, 2022—All TAs

Time Location Event
9:00 am–9:30 am Kuykendall 106 Check-in
9:30 am–10:15 am   He Aupuni Palapala Koʻu: Mine is the Kingdom of Literacy
Willy Kauai, Native Hawaiian Student Services
10:15 am–10:30 am   Transition
10:30 am–11:30 am Kuykendall 301 Learning to use Laulima to Supplement Your Classes
Matt Parcon, Information Technology Center
11:30 am–1:00 pm   Break for Lunch
1:00 pm–1:45 pm   Concurrent Session III
  Hamilton Library
Room 113
Library in a Flash: Business, Humanities, & Social Sciences
Dave Brier, Social Sciences Librarian and Department Chair
  Hamilton Library
Room A153
Library in a Flash: Science & Technology
Patricia Brandes, Carolyn Dennison, Jan Sung & Jonathan Young, Science and Technology Librarians
1:45 pm   Closing

Presented by

Center for Teaching Excellence, Graduate Division, and English Language Institute.

Questions? Contact us.