Scaffolding Success: Strategies for Graduate Teaching and Student Engagement
Tea and Teaching: a Series for Grad TAs
March 11, 2026
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Location
Teaching Excellence Building (TEB), Room 107 and Zoom
Address
924 S. Morgan St., Chicago, IL
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Overview
In this session, we will explore strategies for scaffolding class activities, facilitating group work, and strategies for creating an inclusive classroom. By the end of the session, you’ll have your own toolkit of strategies to keep students engaged, feel welcome in your classroom, and look forward to collaborating with others.
After participating in this event, graduate students will have:
- Developed strategies for building an inclusive classroom.
- Discussed strategies for scaffolding learning content.
- Explored methods for fostering student success through group work.
This is a event is a part of our Tea and Teaching Series for Graduate Student Teaching Assistants (TAs).
EVENT FORMAT: This event will be in a synchronous-distributed format. It is an on-campus, in-person event with the option to join online via live streaming.
EVENT LEAD: Emily Potratz, epotra2@uic.edu
EVENT CO-FACILITATOR: Jenny Torres, jtorr74@uic.edu
Inclusion and Accessibility Information: CATE is committed to making events accessible. CATE’s in-person events typically involve a combination of presentation and discussion-based activities. We welcome ASL interpreters, note-takers, and accompanying assistants to in-person CATE events. The TEB is wheelchair accessible with an elevator to the second floor space. The TEB space is equipped with fixed-height tables that are moveable and can be reconfigured. There are single-occupancy, all-gender, accessible bathrooms on the second and basement levels of TEB. CATE’s online events are delivered through Zoom, will use Zoom auto-captions, and may include breakout rooms and group discussion. Sessions will use Zoom projected with the Zoom into the physical space. If you have any accessibility questions, requests, or to coordinate accommodations, please contact the CATE team at teaching@uic.edu.
Date posted
Dec 10, 2025
Date updated
Dec 10, 2025