TA @ FBSE

Senior and junior teaching professionals

LESEC annual event 2019March 14

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Michiel Baumers

Evelien De Cooman Erik Verraedt

Eline Vetters

Junior teaching professionals

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Linda Goffings Ludmila Peckova

Kris Vandezande Peter Salaets

Senior teaching professionals

Els Moyson Hilde Bemelmans Ine Rombouts

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Luc Verryt

ECOVO @ FBSE

• ExpertiseCel voor OnderwijsVerstrekking en Ondersteuning

• Educational unit, focus on practical courses for bachelor students BSE

1st bachelor

2nd bachelor

3rd bachelor

MathematicsStatistics

BiologyEnvironment

ChemistryBiochemistry

PhysicsTechnology

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TA of department TA of

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TA outsideFaculty

(11*30)

(8*30)

(8*30)

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Excursions and field work

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Laboratory practical sessions

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Exercise sessions

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Work flow during the academic year

courses

study

exams

• Practical courses (ca. 18 h / week)

• Scoring of assignments• Feedback to students and professors• Logistic preparations for practical sessions

• Critical evaluation of teaching methods, exercises, experiments and logistic tasks• Updating/creating didactic material• Design of new exercises and experiments in accordance with the professor

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Teaming up

• Faculty student administration

o Sheduling practical courses in the bachelor’s programme

o Allocating students in class groups

o Scheduling exams (ombuds)

o Mediating between students and examiners (ombuds)

• Educational staff

o Educational tasks• Including scoring student’s practical work and attitude

• Including administrative tasks

o Offering support for professors• Toledo

• New learning formats

• Detection of plagiarism (Turnitin)

• …

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Teaming up

• Program director and Faculty educational policy

o Quality assurance of educational curriculum• Critical evaluation of teaching methods, exercises, experiments…

• Half-yearly online surveys

• Team meetings

• Professionalisation (educational workshops and events by DOO, LESEC…)

o Active participation at POCs• Mapping of intake/progression/graduating of students

• Monitoring the effect of certain decisions …

• LESEC

o Networking and exchange of ideas

o Participation in LESEC groups

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Teaching professionals: a critical view

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• Focus on teaching (<-> PhD TA)

o Advantage or disadvantage?

• Scoring of students (<-> student TA)

o Needs certain distance, maturity and authority

• Constructive interplay between junior and senior professionals

• JUNIORShort term contract (max 5 y)Recent alumnus

Fresh viewFamiliar with the curriculumFlexible (employability and #)

Flexibility is not always feasableLack of continuity (experience loss)Risk of early drop out

• SENIORPermanent positionPhD holder

ContinuityTutor for the juniorsFacilitation of course innovationRole in educational policy

Too little time for educational-basedresearch and teaching innovations

TA @ FBSE

Senior and junior teaching professionals

LESEC annual event 2019March 14

Atrium and Aula Group T, Leuven