Teaching Assistants' Training Program

Centre for Teaching Support & Innovation, 130 St. George Street, Robarts Library, 4th floor

Mock Academic Interview

Blackburn Room

Blackburn Room, Robarts Library 4th Floor - ELECTIVE June Larkin, Senior Lecturer in Women and Gender Studies and Equity Studies Diane Horton, Associate Professor, Teaching, in Computer Science Charly Bank, Associate Professor, Teaching, in Department of Earth Sciences Reinhart Reithmeier, Professor in Biochemistry Joe Curnow, TATP Social Sciences Trainer Kangbin Zhou, TATP Sciences Trainer Cristina D’amico, […]

Teaching a Community-Engaged Learning Course

Blackburn Room

Blackburn Room, Robarts Library 4th Floor - ELECTIVE Jennifer Esmail, Coordinator, Academic Initiatives, Centre for Community Partnerships Community-engaged learning courses integrate several key features, including community placements for students and reflection assignments, into academic for-credit courses in a variety of disciplines. As a teaching professional working in this field, you will face unique challenges and opportunities as you […]

Brown Bag Lunch: Starting the Semester

CTSI Boardroom, Room 4035 130 St. George St., Toronto

CTSI Boardroom, Room 4035, Robarts Library 4th Floor - ELECTIVE Abdullah Farooqi, TATP Humanities Trainer At this brown-bag lunch, we’ll be focusing on planning that TAs can do to help their students and themselves, starting early in the semester. If your students seem unprepared to start tackling a major paper or project, or unwilling to […]

Feedback on the Fly: How to Collect, Interpret, and Respond to Student Mid-course Feedback

Blackburn Room

Blackburn Room, Robarts Library 4th Floor - ELECTIVE Joel Rodgers, TATP Humanities Trainer Marie Vander Kloet, Assistant Director, TATP/CTSI After a few weeks into the term, how do we know if our class is going well? Assessing our teaching at the end of a course can be difficult enough, yet it’s equally important to hear […]

UTM: The Multilingual Classroom: Cultivating a Multilingual Teaching Team and Learning Community

University of Toronto Mississauga: IB320

University of Toronto Mississauga - IB 320 - ELECTIVE Abdullah Farooqi, TATP Humanities Trainer Kangbin Zhou, TATP Sciences Trainer The number of international students and international TAs is at an all-time high and growing at the University of Toronto campuses. Multi-language learners (MLL) bring unique contributions to the classroom experience, but often face structural barriers that hinder their […]

Using Social Media as a Tool for Teaching and Learning

CTSI Teaching Studio, Room 4034, 4th Floor Robarts Library

CTSI Teaching Studio, Room 4034, 4th Floor Robarts Libary - ELECTIVE Sara Mazrouei, TATP Sciences Trainer Sandy Carpenter, TATP Humanities Coordinator Social media has become a permanent feature of many students’ lives outside of the classroom. As social media use continues to rise, teachers can engage students with social media and online technologies for innovative active […]

Supporting English & Multi-Language Learners in Your Classroom: TAs and Students

Blackburn Room

Blackburn Room, Robarts Library 4th Floor - ELECTIVE Kangbin Zhou, TATP Sciences Trainer Cristina D'Amico, TATP Humanities Trainer The number of international students and international TAs is at an all-time high and growing at the University of Toronto. Multi-language learners bring unique contributions to the classroom experience, but often face structural barriers that hinder their […]

EdTech for Engagment: Exploring Strategies and Tools

CTSI Teaching Studio, Room 4034, 4th Floor Robarts Library

CTSI Teaching Studio, Room 4034, 4th Floor Robarts Libary - ELECTIVE Mariana Jardim, Faculty Liaison, Teaching, Learning and Technology, CTSI Mike Kasprzak, TATP Curriculum Developer Hybrid or blended courses—which combine traditional face to face teaching with online components—are quickly becoming the most effective approach to teaching in higher education. Educational technologies and the online environment offer […]

Politicizing Sciences: Addressing Socio-Scientific Issues in University Classes

Blackburn Room

Blackburn Room, Robarts Library 4th Floor - ELECTIVE Shawn Xiong, TATP Sciences Coordinator Majd Zouda, TATP Social Sciences Trainer To what extent scientists are responsible to address socio-political issues in their classrooms? Many science questions are as scientific as they are moral, philosophical, and political. For instance, the rapid progress in gene editing provides the […]

Brown Bag Lunch: Conflicts in Teaching and Learning

CTSI Boardroom, Room 4035 130 St. George St., Toronto

CTSI Boardroom, Room 4035, Robarts Library 4th Floor - ELECTIVE Majd Zouda, TATP Social Sciences Trainer Conflict is an inevitable part of our lives. However, how a conflict may unfold largely depends on our views and approaches to conflict. In academia, TAs and graduate students are usually under high pressure for productivity, performativity, critical and […]

Stop Fact-Dumping, Start Story-Telling

Blackburn Room

Blackburn Room, Robarts Library 4th Floor - ELECTIVE Shawn Xiong, TATP Sciences Coordinator Kangbin Zhou, TATP Sciences Trainer Alli Diskin, TATP Program Assistant “Once upon a time, in a land far, far way, teachers told tantalizing, creative stories that piques the interest of the novice mind into applying and learning challenging concepts in various domains. […]

Roundtable: Teaching in Ontario Colleges (All Disciplines)

Blackburn Room

Blackburn Room, Robarts Library 4th Floor - ELECTIVE Cristina D'Amico, TATP Humanities Trainer Professor Shawn Brake, Chair (Department of English), Centennial College Professor Christian Leveille, Department of English, Humber College Dr. Bethany Osborne, Community Worker Outreach & Development Program, Sheridan College Professor Madgin Stoica, School of Applied Computing, Sheridan College Are you interested in teaching in […]

Level Up Your Teaching: Games and Gamification in Higher Education

Blackburn Room

Blackburn Room, Robarts Library 4th Floor - ELECTIVE Abdullah Farooqi, TATP Humanities Trainer Kosha Bramesfeld, Data Analyst, Course Evaluations  The use of games in Higher Education has recently become more widespread. Research suggests that gamification can help students engage with material, develop critical thinking skills, and teach morality and empathy for others. How can TAs […]

“Write-Up” your Syllabus: Incorporating Writing Instruction into your Curriculum and Classroom

Blackburn Room

  Blackburn Room, Robarts Library 4th Floor - ELECTIVE Shawn Xiong, TATP Summer Sciences Trainer Abdullah Farooqi, TATP Summer Humanities Trainer Have you ever considered an alternative to multiple choice assessments? Want to improve students’ comprehension of content and engagement in your course, while developing their critical thinking skills? Do you know the benefits—to you […]

Online Course Design: How to Build and Maintain a Community of Learners

Blackburn Room

Blackburn Room, Robarts Library 4th Floor - ELECTIVE Michal Kasprzak, Curriculum Developer TATP Over the past 15 years, we have witnessed a continued growth in online higher education but much debate remains on the legitimacy and value of online coursework. For online courses to offer a high quality of learning, they must be rooted in effective […]