The Physics and Astronomy department is hiring a new Operations Manager for the TAPD program! We are looking for someone with good leadership and management skills that is passionate about physics education and TA training. The position counts as a full TA unit (~72 hours of work spread over one year) and is open to any graduate students in the Physics and Astronomy department. The application package is available here: PDF, DOC.

This year's 2012 Fall Workshop was a great success! Topics covered included everything from teaching and learning strategies to course-specific training. For more information about the PHAS TAPD Fall workshop, check out our Programs page.

We are excited to announce that the TA professional development program has filled all positions for the 2012/2013 academic year.

• Mentor TAs: Chris Gong, Gisele Tian, Philippe Garnier, Shahzad Ghanbarian and Sophie Berkman

• Mentor Coordinator: Ellen Schlew

• Head TAs: Mike Sitwell (P100-Term 1), Greg Stortz (P102-labs-Term 2), Eric Mills (P101-tut-Term 1, P102-tut-Term 2), Carlos Uribe (P153-tut-Term 1 & 2), Roja Zakariaee (P153-labs-Term 2), Alan Manning (P101-labs-Term 1), Adam Shaw (P101-tut-Term 2)

• Astronomy-Specific training facilitator: Jakob Emmel

The Physics and Astronomy TAPD program attended the event's poster session on Friday April 29th. The poster described the different element of the department's TA training including the Fall Workshop, Course-Specific Training and our Mentor Program. The PDF version of the slides can be downloaded here.