Teaching Assistants' Training Program

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

Discussion Based Tutorials for the Sciences & Engineering

Blackburn Room

Blackburn Room, Robarts Library 4th Floor Lauren Norman, TATP Sciences Trainer Nick Eaves, TATP Sciences Trainer 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 […]

Discussion Based Tutorials for the Sciences & Engineering

Blackburn Room

Blackburn Room, Robarts Library 4th Floor Nick Eaves, TATP Sciences Trainer 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, […]

First Contract Training: Sciences & Engineering

Blackburn Room

Blackburn Room, Robarts Library, 4th Floor This is a 4-hour training day for first-contract TAs 2 hours of general pedagogical training: 10am - 12pm 1 hour of tutorial training (Discussion Based Tutorials, Labs/Practicals, or Skill Based: Problem Sets): 12:15pm - 1:15pm 1 hour of grading: 1:30pm - 2:30pm All departments may allow TAs to use this […]

Tackling “Hot Moments” in the Classroom: Effectively Navigating Controversial or Polarizing Material

Blackburn Room

  Blackburn Room, Robarts Library 4th Floor - ELECTIVE Salina Abji, TATP Social Sciences Trainer Nick Eaves, TATP Sciences Trainer Session description: This two-hour workshop is designed to share strategies and develop methods for teaching contentious or sensitive subjects. TAs will learn not simply how to manage heated debates but also how to foster critical […]

Active Learning in Discussion-based Classrooms

Blackburn Room

Blackburn Room, Robarts Library 4th Floor - CORE Robin Sutherland-Harris, TATP Humanities Coordinator Kathleen Ogden, TATP Humanities Trainer Active learning is a teaching philosophy in which students participate in the lesson, rather than listening passively. Active learning techniques can increase retention and depth of understanding by engaging students through learning by doing, reflection, group discussion, […]

First Contract Training: All Disciplines

Blackburn Room

Blackburn Room, Robarts Library, 4th Floor This is a 3-hour session for first-contract TAs 2 hours of general pedagogical training: 10am - 12pm 1 hour of Grading: 12pm - 1pm 1 hour of Discussion-based: 12pm - 1pm All departments may allow TAs to use this three-hour session as their paid mandatory training (per the collective […]

Discussion Based Tutorials for the Sciences & Engineering

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 […]

First Contract Training: All Disciplines

Blackburn Room

Blackburn Room, Robarts Library, 4th Floor This is a 3-hour session for first-contract TAs 2 hours of general pedagogical training: 10am - 12pm 1 hour of Grading: 12pm - 1pm 1 hour of Discussion-based: 12pm - 1pm All departments may allow TAs to use this three-hour session as their paid mandatory training (per the collective […]

Discussion Based Tutorials for the Sciences & Engineering

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 […]

Discussion Based Tutorials for the Sciences & Engineering

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 […]