On October 27 from 9:30-4 at Green Bean Coffee, Jo VanEvery will be in Windsor to present “Conscious Careers” — a workshop for academic-types thinking about career options outside the academy. The best news is that the GATA Network is able to sponsor eight members of the University of Windsor community to attend. The first eight to register will have the early registration fee ($97) reimbursed at the end of the workshop, courtesy of the GATA Network.
Register at the link below, save your receipt and give it to Candace (that’s me!) at the end of the workshop.
Questions? Contact gata@uwindsor.ca. Feel free to print the attached flyer and hang in your neighbourhood wherever GAs, TAs, graduate students or career-minded others congregate.
Full information about “Conscious Careers” and the link to register can be found at:
http://www.joandjulie.com/conscious-careers-live
Here’s a snippet from the site:
You want a job. A job that’s satisfying. A job that uses your knowledge and talents. A job that pays you enough to live on. A job in a place you’d be happy living. A job that also enables you to devote time to other things that are important to you.But the state of the academic labour market is probably getting you down. You despair at getting a job at all. You fear that all your education is going to be a hindrance rather than a help. You fear that you don’t have any of the skills and experience employers want.Choosing Your Career Consciously takes you from fear and despair to hope and possibility.You’ll learn more about yourself: what you have to offer, what conditions are conducive to your best work, what your priorities really are.
You’ll learn how to find out what’s out there. There are lots of jobs that you’ve never even heard of and some of them might be just right for you.
And you’ll do all of this in the supportive environment of a live workshop.
The workshop will be held October 27, 2011 from 9:30 – 4 at Green Bean Coffee in Windsor, Ontario (not far from the Ambassador Bridge). It will be facilitated by Jo VanEvery. (There will be breaks mid-morning, mid-afternoon, and for lunch.)
If you book by October 20th, it’s $97 + HST (Canadian dollars). We’ll still accept registrations up to October 26 at $127 + HST. We need a minimum of 5 people to register and the space holds a maximum of 15.
“Academic Integrity and You” comes from the GATA Handbook and was written by Danielle Istl, LLM. To read or download the complete handbook, see http://uwindsor.ca/gatahandbook.
As a Graduate Assistant or Teaching Assistant, you have a unique position on campus. You are at all times a student of the University, but you are also an employee of the University. The duties of your employment are varied, depending on the needs of the professor with whom you work. Your may mark tests and assignments, assist students with labs and homework, hold office hours, proctor exams, assist in research, or engage in a combination of these activities. Because of the nature of your duties, you are in a position of trust and responsibility. You may be privy to confidential information, and you are expected to uphold the standards of the University with respect to that information. In short, you often stand in the shoes of a professor.
You are an integral part of maintaining academic honesty on campus.
The Academic Integrity Office (AIO) values the assistance of GAs and TAs as it relates to preventing academic dishonesty, role-modeling appropriate behaviours, reporting academic misconduct, and providing evidence during investigations. Therefore, you have a very important role to play in this process. You are an integral part of maintaining academic honesty on campus.
FYI: The Academic Integrity Officer, Danielle Istl, or the AIO Assistant, Maureen Friest, are always available for any questions or concerns you may have on any academic-integrity related issue:
In person: 201/203 Assumption University Building
By phone: 519.253.3000 extension 3929
Via email: istld@uwindsor.ca or mfriest@uwindsor.ca
Each September GAs and TAs are required to participate in an Orientation workshop offered by the Faculty of Graduate Studies in which academic integrity is discussed. At that workshop, you will learn more about your role as it relates to academic honesty, how best to deal with problematic student behaviours, how to avoid misconduct allegations yourself, and what the University’s expectations are in the event your assistance is sought by others who wish to cheat or you suspect students under your supervision of cheating.
The AIO website has a page dedicated to GAs and TAs, which you can access at http://www.uwindsor.ca/aio, under the “Information for Students” link. This includes not only access to the GA/TA Orientation PowerPoint presentation (if you missed the orientation or to refresh your memory), but also access to a recent workshop delivered to GAs, TAs, and professors called “Exam Security and Cheating Prevention: A Guide for Invigilators.” The PowerPoint supporting this workshop includes more detailed information on the finer points of Senate Policy E3: Rules of Conduct for Examinations, which will assist you in learning how best to invigilate exams. If you missed the opportunity to attend this workshop or are new to the job, you are strongly encouraged to visit the AIO website and have a look at this presentation, as well as other available resources that may help you become the best GA or TA you can be!
Senate Policy E3, with which every invigilator should become familiar, is available on the AIO website under “Relevant Bylaws and Policies” or on the Senate Office website (http://www.uwindsor.ca/senate) under “Bylaws and Policies.” The AIO website also includes a “Frequently Asked Questions” page for GAs and TAs, which is designed to answer some common questions. If you have any questions that are not covered there, be sure to let the AIO know.
Finally, it is recommended that you familiarize yourself with and refer your students to the AIO brochure, which can be found on the AIO homepage. Alternatively, feel free to visit the AIO to pick up print copies for distribution and to keep in your campus office.
Flickr photo is cc-licensed by Jared Stein.
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