Agenda

The workshop will take place on Saturday, 5 August, 2023 at University of Scarborough. All times listed below are ET.

Below is a preliminary agenda for the workshop.

Time Session Presenter(s)
8:15 - 9:00 Welcome and introductions Allison Theobold
9:00 - 9:45 Teaching-focused careers TBA
9:45 - 10:30 Statistics and data science education research TBA
10:30 - 10:45 Break ☕
10:45 - 11:30 Your first year as faculty / early career faculty TBA
11:30 - 13:00 Lunch 🍽️ + Roundtable discussions
13:00 - 14:00 Teaching intro stats and assessing learning TBA
14:00 - 15:00 Teaching intro data science and assessing learning TBA
15:00 - 15:15 Break ☕
15:15 - 16:30 Equitable teaching TBA
16:30 - 16:45 Wrap-up and moving forward Mine Çetinkaya-Rundel

Round table discussions

  • Small-scale grants (e.g., EAGER, LEAPS)

  • Mentoring undergraduate projects, research, and extra curriculars (e.g., Datafest)

  • Alternative research projects (e.g., textbooks, websites, course materials)

  • Negotiating job offers

  • Applying for teaching-focused positions

  • Remote teaching

  • Alternative assessments (e.g., standards-based grading, specs-based grading, ungrading, etc.)