Centre for Teaching Support & Innovation, 130 St. George Street, Robarts Library, 4th floor
UTSC - IC318 - CORE Clare Hasenkampf, Associate Dean, Teaching and Learning; Director, Centre for Teaching and Learning, UTSC Teaching assistants are often faced with problematic situations which, if not promptly addressed, can destabilize the classroom environment and ruin both the students’ learning experience and the TAs’ teaching experience. In this interactive workshop, TAs will […]
CTSI Boardroom, Room 4035, Robarts Library 4th Floor - ELECTIVE Robin Sutherland-Harris, TATP Humanities Coordinator 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 that final paper or project, or unwilling to jump […]
UTSC - 318 - CORE Shadi Dalili, Senior Lecturer, Chemistry/Physical and Environmental Sciences Sheryl Stevenson, Lecturer, Centre for Teaching and Learning This highly interactive session will enable TAs and graduate students to articulate a rationale for active learning pedagogies, as well as expand their toolkit of effective strategies for engaging students in active learning. Resources […]
UTSC - 318 - CORE Sasha Kovacs, TATP Humanities Trainer Elliot Storm, TATP Social Sciences Coordinator Have upcoming grading to do? This workshop is designed to assist Teaching Assistants to maximize their contribution to students’ success and their own efficiency and productivity during the grading process. Topics covered will include: effective feedback, language-related issues, academic […]
Blackburn Room, Robarts Library 4th Floor - CORE Robin Sutherland-Harris, TATP Humanities Coordinator They did the reading...or did they? This common question presents itself to teaching assistants in classrooms across the disciplines. Students come to class unprepared to work with the readings. Why? Often, reading at university is challenging for our students. This workshop will […]
UTSC - IC318 - CORE Michelle Majeed, Instructional Consultant, Center for Research on Learning and Teaching, University of Michigan Students and TAs often approach office hours with an equal lack of enthusiasm. For students, office hours can be inaccessible due to scheduling conflicts or feelings of intimidation when approaching their TAs. For TAs, many report […]