Tutor Training

Introductory tutor training

This session is aimed at new tutors and demonstrators without prior teaching experience and covers general teaching techniques, large and small group teaching, creating a positive classroom climate and classroom management, question asking / answering strategies; typical scenarios that tutors / demonstrators may face in their teaching duties and intervention strategies.

This session has some overlap with the Lab supervision and problem-solving sessions workshop, so please do not enrol in both.

Lab supervision and problem-solving sessions tutor training

This session is aimed primarily at students in engineering and science who supervise undergraduate students in labs or tutorials involving solving (mathematical) problem sets, but who do little whole-class teaching. The focus is on working with individual students and small groups. Topics include managing and setting expectations, question asking strategies, approachability, facilitation of appropriate group dynamics, and the creation of emotionally and physically safe learning environments. Note that this workshop does not include lab health and safety.

This session has some overlap with the Introductory Tutor Training workshop, so please do not enrol in both. 

Advanced tutor training

This session is aimed at those who have completed the introductory tutor training or are experienced tutors. We discuss in more depth topics around the responsibilities of tutoring, engaging students, techniques to make student thinking visible, and creating and maintaining culturally inclusive and safe learning environments. 

Culturally Responsive Tutor Training

This workshop explores the importance of culture in teaching. We will explore what it means to be a tutor within the context of Aotearoa New Zealand as a bicultural nation, and the UC Values as a Treaty-led organisation. We will explore the interactions between our own and our students' cultures to provide teaching strategies that promote bicultural competence and confidence, increase tutor-student rapport and promote diversity, equity and inclusion in the classroom.

Places available: 40 per session.