Teaching Assistants' Training Program

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

Job Training Day: Humanities & Social Sciences

Blackburn Room

Blackburn Room, Robarts Library, 4th Floor This is a 4-hour training day for first-contract and returning TAs 9:00am - 12:00pm: General Pedagogical Training 12:30pm - 1:30pm: Tutorial Training Discussion Based Tutorials; Grading All departments may allow TAs to use this three-hour session as their paid mandatory training (per the collective agreement between C.U.P.E. 3902 and the […]

UTSC: First Contract Training: All Disciplines

University of Toronto Scarborough - AA160 This is a 4-hour session for first-contract TAs 4 hours of general pedagogical training: 9:00am - 1:00pm This session will include topics such as University of Toronto Policies around teaching, classroom management, professionalism, grading and other important information for first contract TAs All departments may allow TAs to use […]

Job Training Day: Sciences and Engineering

Blackburn Room

Blackburn Room, Robarts Library, 4th Floor This is a 4-hour training day for first-contract and returning TAs 9:00am - 12:00pm: General Pedagogical Training 12:30pm - 1:30pm: Tutorial Training Labs and Practicals Grading Problem Sets All departments may allow TAs to use this three-hour session as their paid mandatory training (per the collective agreement between C.U.P.E. […]

UTM: First Contract Training: All Disciplines

University of Toronto Mississauga - IB235 This is a 4-hour session for first-contract TAs 4 hours of general pedagogical training: 2pm - 6pm This session will include topics such as University of Toronto Policies around teaching, classroom management, professionalism, grading and other important information for first contract TAs All departments may allow TAs to use […]

Job Training Day: Sciences and Engineering

Blackburn Room

Blackburn Room, Robarts Library, 4th Floor This is a 4-hour training session for first-contract and returning TAs 12:30pm - 4:30pm: General Pedagogical Training for the Sciences and Engineering All departments may allow TAs to use this three-hour session as their paid mandatory training (per the collective agreement between C.U.P.E. 3902 and the University of Toronto). […]

First Contract Training: All Disciplines

Blackburn Room

Blackburn Room, Robarts Library, 4th Floor This is a 4-hour session for first-contract TAs 4 hours of general pedagogical training: 9:30am - 1:30pm This session will include topics such as University of Toronto Policies around teaching, classroom management, professionalism, grading and other important information for first contract TAs All departments may allow TAs to use […]

UTM: First Contract Training: All Disciplines

University of Toronto Mississauga - MN 5128 This is a 4-hour session for first-contract TAs 4 hours of general pedagogical training: 9:00am - 1:00pm This session will include topics such as University of Toronto Policies around teaching, classroom management, professionalism, grading and other important information for first contract TAs All departments may allow TAs to […]

Discussion Based Tutorials

Blackburn Room

Blackburn Room, Robarts Library 4th Floor In this training session, we will review strategies for leading effective discussion-based tutorials in both classroom and lab settings.  We will explore how to prepare yourself to lead an engaging discussion, how you can encourage students to come to tutorial prepared for meaningful discussion, and what to do when […]

Labs and Practicals

Blackburn Room

Blackburn Room, 4th Floor Robarts Library Facilitating laboratory sessions is a complex task that even the most experienced teaching assistants are constantly aiming to refine. On the one hand, labs usually follow a well-constrained step-by-step methodology. On the other hand, it is not always clear how this methodology supports a theoretical concept, or how a […]

Skills Based Tutorials: Problem Sets

Blackburn Room

Blackburn Room, Robarts Library 4th Floor Learning how to effectively and efficiently solve problems is the key to success in many math, science and engineering disciplines. This training session will expose TAs to proven approaches to working with students who are learning the process for solving problems in their discipline. Participants in this session will […]

Skills Based Tutorials: Supporting Student Writing

Blackburn Room

Blackburn Room, Robarts Library 4th Floor This training session will focus on how to support students in the process of developing writing skills. Over the course of the session, we will discuss various approaches to engaging your students through writing, both through in-class writing activities and assigned writing outside the classroom. TAs in this workshop […]

First Contract Training: Sciences & Engineering

Blackburn Room

Blackburn Room, Robarts Library, 4th Floor This is a 3-hour training session for first-contract TAs. First Contract TAs should attend this session as well as the 1-hour tutorial training session that focuses on the particular kind of tutorial teaching they have been assigned. If you have questions about what tutorial training session to attend, please […]

First Contract Training: Humanities & Social Sciences

Blackburn Room

Blackburn Room, Robarts Library, 4th Floor This is a 3-hour training session for first-contract TAs. First Contract TAs should attend this session as well as the 1-hour tutorial training session that focuses on the particular kind of tutorial teaching they have been assigned. If you have questions about what tutorial training session to attend, please […]

UTSC: First Contract Training: All Disciplines

University of Toronto Scarborough - AA160 This is a 4-hour session for first-contract TAs 4 hours of general pedagogical training: 10:00am - 2:00pm This session will include topics such as University of Toronto Policies around teaching, classroom management, professionalism, grading and other important information for first contract TAs All departments may allow TAs to use […]

UTSC: First Contract Training: All Disciplines

University of Toronto Scarborough - AA160, IC318 This is a 4-hour session for first-contract TAs 3 hours of general pedagogical training: 9:00am - 12:00pm - AA160 1 hour of tutorial training: 12:30pm - 1:30pm Review and Q&A - AA160 Problem Sets - IC 318 This session will include topics such as University of Toronto Policies […]