ITA Professionals Symposium

How does your institution educate students on language assessment requirements and processes? 🔎🔎

Are you taking the ITA Test for Spring 2020 TA work? Here's your chance to learn more!

The seminar “ITA Test Overview” discusses the test format, the rated skills, the rubric used to evaluate these skills, and strategies that students can use to best demonstrate their fluency. In addition, students can observe a sample from an actual ITA test and try out their skills as a test rater.

ITA Test Overview
November 14, 2019
3:00pm – 4:20pm
Posner 343
Instructor: Tracy Coleman

Registration required – Email [email protected] with your Andrew ID and class name to register.

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Submit a proposal for the upcoming ITA Professionals Symposium! Use the following link for submission - due by November 8th!

2020 ITA Professionals Symposium -- Proposal Submission Call for Proposals- due by Nov. 8, 2019 We are accepting proposals for sessions on all topics related to ITA teaching, support, and research. Special consideration will be given to topics that closely match the conference theme and address any aspect of assessment for ITA or faculty needs. Such topi...

Call for Proposals!

2020 ITA Professionals Symposium

February 28-29, 2020 at University of California, Davis

We are moving to a 2 day format!
Please join us for the 6th annual International Teaching Assistant (ITA) Professionals Symposium, hosted by International and Academic English and the School of Education at the University of California, Davis.

The ITA Professionals Symposium brings together ITA support specialists (ITA testers and trainers, ESL specialists, faculty ITA coordinators, and ITA researchers) to share their work. This is a great opportunity to network with colleagues, learn about new resources, and discuss evidence-based practices and research supporting ITAs.

Conference Theme: Refocusing Priorities for ITA Testing and Training

Looking forward to the ITA Professionals Symposium tomorrow! See you soon! 👍👍

Learn more about this year's ITA Professionals Symposium by visiting our website!

ITA Professionals Symposium - Intercultural Communication Center - Carnegie Mellon University ITA Professionals Symposium welcome page

Still interested in submitting a proposal for the ITA Professionals Symposium?

We have received requests to extend the deadline for proposal submissions. Proposals can be sent in through December 17, 2018!


Here is the link to the website to submit your proposals:
https://www.cmu.edu/icc/symposium/index.html

See you February 22nd!

ITA Professionals Symposium - Intercultural Communication Center - Carnegie Mellon University ITA Professionals Symposium welcome page

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School of Education English as a Second Language

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