{"612150":{"#nid":"612150","#data":{"type":"event","title":"Building Rapport and Empathy in the Classroom: A workshop for international TAs","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EIn a recent national survey, American students rated approachability, friendliness, and student awareness as the top three desired teacher characteristics.\u0026nbsp; As teaching assistants, how can you support faculty to exemplify these traits?\u0026nbsp; In this workshop, you will engage in activities that will challenge your cultural assumptions and perspectives in order to gain insight into understanding and connecting with students.\u0026nbsp; You will role-play teaching scenarios to practice relationship-building and explore the concept of teaching with empathy.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/tinyurl.com\/ITAworkshops\u0022\u003EREGISTER\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Current and future international TAs will learn techniques to improve communication in the classroom"}],"uid":"33100","created_gmt":"2018-10-01 17:52:44","changed_gmt":"2018-10-01 17:53:06","author":"Kate Williams","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","field_event_time":{"event_time_start":"2018-10-04T13:00:00-04:00","event_time_end":"2018-10-04T14:30:00-04:00","event_time_end_last":"2018-10-04T14:30:00-04:00","gmt_time_start":"2018-10-04 17:00:00","gmt_time_end":"2018-10-04 18:30:00","gmt_time_end_last":"2018-10-04 18:30:00","rrule":null,"timezone":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"168661","name":"grad-ctl"},{"id":"1808","name":"graduate students"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[{"id":"10377","name":"Career\/Professional development"}],"invited_audience":[{"id":"174045","name":"Graduate students"}],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ER. Katherine Samford\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nCampus Coordinator\/Senior Lecturer, Language Institute\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:katherine.samford@pe.gatech.edu\u0022 rel=\u0022noopener noreferrer\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003Ekatherine.samford@pe.gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}