Teaching Assistants' Training Program

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

UTSC: Classroom Management Strategies

IC 318

UTSC - IC318 - CORE Malama Tsimenis, Senior Lecturer, Centre for French and Linguistics, 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 work together to come up […]

UTSC: Enhancing Students’ Research Skills

AC286A

UTSC - AC286A, UTSC Library Instruction Lab- CORE Sarah Fedko, Liaison Librarian for the Centre for Teaching and Learning, UTSC Library This workshop mixes brief presentations with activities that enable participants to (1) identify common undergraduate problems with research, (2) learn current best practices and resources to address such problems, and (3) formulate strategies they would […]

UTSC: Effective and Efficient Grading

IC 318

UTSC - IC318 - CORE Tingting Zhu, TATP UTSC Trainer Joel Rodgers, TATP Humanities Trainer 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 integrity, time […]

UTM: Between Myth and Reality: Teaching Presence in Higher Education

University of Toronto Mississauga: DH 2080

University of Toronto Mississauga - IB235 - CORE Abdullah Farooqi, TATP Humanities Trainer Alli Diskin, TATP Program Assistant We’ve all experienced teachers who left a lasting impression, who made us excited and who made us feel like we were capable of anything. But what do certain teachers do that makes them so great? Is there one set of […]

Creative Pedagogical Uses of Media

Blackburn Room

Blackburn Room, Robarts Library 4th Floor - ELECTIVE Wes Adams, E-Learning Builder & Media Specialist Diane Michaud, Faculty Liaison, Teaching, Learning and Technology This interactive workshop will highlight how integrating images, audio and video can enhance the teaching and learning experience. Through discussions and group activities, this session will Share the evidence for multimodal teaching and learning, […]