Centre for Teaching Support & Innovation, 130 St. George Street, Robarts Library, 4th floor
University of Toronto Scarborough- IC318 - CORE Marie Vander Kloet, Assistant Director, TATP/CTSI The teaching dossier is a comprehensive record of teaching activities and accomplishments that is now required in applications for permanent positions at the University of Toronto and at an increasing number of institutions across North America. A statement of one’s teaching philosophy […]
UTSC - AA160 - CORE Tina Doyle, Director, AccessAbility, and Special Advisor to the Dean of Student Affairs on Campus-Wide Accessibility Issues Nancy Johnston, Associate Director, Centre for Teaching and Learning In this session, we will discuss instructional design for a broad range of students. In particular, this interactive session will focus on pedagogical strategies […]
Blackburn Room, Robarts Library 4th Floor - CORE Kathleen Ogden, Learning Strategist, Academic Success Kris Kim, Learning Strategist, Academic Success Liam O'Leary, Learning Strategist, St. Michael's College This workshop will introduce TAs and course instructors to the work that Learning Strategists do around the UofT campus, including the kind of support offered in one-on-one appointments, […]
Blackburn Room, Robarts Library 4th Floor - CORE Fady Shanouda, TATP Social Sciences Coordinator Joe Curnow, TATP Social Sciences Trainer Are you doing work to address racialization, settler colonialism, transphobia, ableism, and/or gender bias in your classroom? If so, join us to reflect on your practices, learn from others, and build skills for refining your […]
Blackburn Room, Robarts Library 4th Floor - CORE Kristen Bos, Social Sciences Trainer Joe Curnow, Social Sciences Trainer Shawn Xiong, Sciences Coordinator In December 2015, the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) of Canada released its Final Report, which included 94 “Calls to Action” for federal, provincial, territorial and Aboriginal government agencies, institutions, and peoples alike. At […]
Blackburn Room, Robarts Library 4th Floor - CORE Joel Rodgers, TATP Course Instructor Training Coordinator The TATP Course Design Institute will provide you with an introduction to the principles and process of course design. Guided by experienced teachers, facilitators, and collaborators, you will learn how to design (or re-design) a course of your choosing in […]
Blackburn Room, Robarts Library 4th Floor - CORE Abdullah Farooqi, TATP Humanities Trainer Laurie Drake, TATP Humanities Trainer TAing for first and second year classes can often feel overwhelming. There is usually a wide range of materials to cover, and at times it might seem that students lack the learning tools they need to […]
University of Toronto Scarborough: BV575 - CORE Marie Vander Kloet, Assistant Director, TATP/CTSI David Chan, Educational Developer, CTL Teaching can bring us many unexpected questions and circumstances; this can be both exciting and worrying. To strengthen our problem solving skills for teaching and learning, this workshop invites participants to work collaboratively through a series of […]
Blackburn Room, Robarts Library 4th Floor - CORE Marie Vander Kloet, Assistant Director, CTSI/TATP Shawn Xiong, TATP Sciences Coordinator The teaching dossier is a comprehensive record of teaching activities and accomplishments that is now required in applications for permanent positions at the University of Toronto and at an increasing number of institutions across North America. […]
Blackburn Room, Robarts Library 4th Floor - CORE Sandy Carpenter, TATP Humanities Coordinator Jillian Bieser, TATP Sciences Trainer Do you want to invigorate your teaching with new strategies, techniques, or activities, but are not sure where to start? Maybe you want to try something new in the classroom, but are afraid of resistance from students […]
University of Toronto Scarborough: IC200 - CORE Participants in this workshop will gain a set of useful tools for promoting students’ accurate understanding of academic dishonesty and, even more important, for cultivating academic integrity. The workshop focuses on discussion and further development of classroom activities that can be used to help undergraduates understand the Code […]
Blackburn Room, Robarts Library 4th Floor - CORE Abdullah Farooqi, TATP Humanities Summer Trainer Shawn Xiong, TATP Sciences Summer Trainer Marking is one of the most common TA duties. Learning how to mark efficiently and effectively can save you both time and headache. But marking is more than assigning grades - it’s also a teaching […]
Blackburn Room, Robarts Library 4th Floor - CORE Abdullah Farooqi, TATP Humanities Summer Trainer Shawn Xiong, TATP Summer Sciences Trainer How can we make our classrooms more accessible for all students? In this workshop, participants will be introduced to basic accessibility terminology and principles. We will work through various scenarios around how these issues arise […]
Blackburn Room, Robarts Library 4th Floor - CORE Marie Vander Kloet, Assistant Director, CTSI/TATP The teaching dossier is a comprehensive record of teaching activities and accomplishments that is now required in applications for permanent positions at the University of Toronto and at an increasing number of institutions across North America. In this session, we will […]
Blackburn Room, Robarts Library 4th Floor - CORE Marie Vander Kloet, Assistant Director, CTSI/TATP Michal Kasprzak, Curriculum Developer, TATP Alli Diskin, Program Assistant, TATP In this workshop, participants will use Lego to build models of their teaching philosophies. Through periods of building, reflection, discussion and notetaking, participants will begin to identify and communicate their beliefs, […]