Teaching Assistants' Training Program

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

UDL + Quercus: 5 Strategies for Assessment and Feedback (Webinar)

Wondering how to design assessments to enhance student learning? Want to explore strategies  for creating a feedback culture in your teaching? Want to re-develop assessments and mechanisms for feedback for the online environment using the Universal Design for Learning (UDL) principles? In this webinar, we will examine ways to create more engaging assessment options and […]

UDL + Quercus: 5 Strategies for Student Engagement and Community Building (Webinar)

To tap into learners’ variable interests, provide appropriate levels of challenge, and increase motivation—you need to build and maintain a community of learners. Creating a sense of belonging is even more important for the online environment. Want to re-develop student engagements as well as design and sustain your community of learners in the online environment […]

UDL + Quercus: 5 Strategies for Accessible Learning (Webinar)

Creating your content with accessibility in mind will ensure that you can reach and support the widest variety of learners, and eliminate the need for individual accommodation, thus creating a more equitable learning space. Want to make learning more accessible in your course using the Universal Design for Learning (UDL) principles? Make your materials more […]

Preparing Your Teaching Dossier – Webinar

Name: Centre for Teaching Support & Innovation Address: 130 St. George St. Toronto ON

The teaching dossier is a comprehensive record of teaching activities and accomplishments that is now required in applications for permanent positions at the University of Toronto and at an increasing number of institutions across North America. In this session, we will review the elements of a successful teaching dossier and discuss how to use it […]

Course Instructor Training Camp Summer 2020

Online Please note that these sessions are for Course Instructor Job training only and cannot be counted towards either the Teaching Fundamentals or Advanced University Teaching Preparation Certificates. The spring 2020 Course Instructor Training Camp will consist of 3 hours of asynchronous modules in Quercus and three hours of synchronous webinars (6 hours total). You […]

Tri-Campus Online TA Week 2020

This week of synchronous online sessions is open to all new and returning TAs at the University of Toronto. Sessions indicated with a * can be used as paid training.  TA Week can be used towards the TF and AUTP certificates. You must attend a minimum of three sessions throughout the week (sessions that you […]

Online First Contract Training – Social Sciences

Bb Collaborate Ultra (Online) This is a 2-hour webinar for first-contract TAs. All departments may allow TAs to use this 2-hour session as part of their 4 hours of paid mandatory training (per the collective agreement between C.U.P.E. 3902 and the University of Toronto). If you have any questions, please contact services.ta@utoronto.ca.

Online First Contract Training – Sciences & Engineering

Bb Collaborate Ultra (Online) This is a 2-hour webinar for first-contract TAs. All departments may allow TAs to use this 2-hour session as part of their 4 hours of paid mandatory training (per the collective agreement between C.U.P.E. 3902 and the University of Toronto). If you have any questions, please contact services.ta@utoronto.ca.

Online First Contract Training – Humanities

Bb Collaborate Ultra (Online) This is a 2-hour webinar for first-contract TAs. All departments may allow TAs to use this 2-hour session as part of their 4 hours of paid mandatory training (per the collective agreement between C.U.P.E. 3902 and the University of Toronto). If you have any questions, please contact services.ta@utoronto.ca.

Online Training for Returning TAs

Bb Collaborate Ultra (Online) Returning TAs who have already received the 4 hours of initial mandatory training may require additional training because they are teaching a tutorial in a different category from the one for which they were initially trained, or they require additional training in online/remote teaching. This is a 2 hour synchronous sessions […]

Online First Contract Training – Sciences & Engineering

Bb Collaborate Ultra (Online) This is a 2-hour webinar for first-contract TAs. All departments may allow TAs to use this 2-hour session as part of their 4 hours of paid mandatory training (per the collective agreement between C.U.P.E. 3902 and the University of Toronto). If you have any questions, please contact services.ta@utoronto.ca. A link to the […]

Online First Contract Training – Humanities

Bb Collaborate Ultra (Online) This is a 2-hour webinar for first-contract TAs. All departments may allow TAs to use this 2-hour session as part of their 4 hours of paid mandatory training (per the collective agreement between C.U.P.E. 3902 and the University of Toronto). If you have any questions, please contact services.ta@utoronto.ca. A link to […]

Online First Contract Training – Social Sciences

Bb Collaborate Ultra (Online) This is a 2-hour webinar for first-contract TAs. All departments may allow TAs to use this 2-hour session as part of their 4 hours of paid mandatory training (per the collective agreement between C.U.P.E. 3902 and the University of Toronto). If you have any questions, please contact services.ta@utoronto.ca. A link to […]

Online First Contract Training – Social Sciences

Bb Collaborate Ultra (Online) This is a 2-hour webinar for first-contract TAs. All departments may allow TAs to use this 2-hour session as part of their 4 hours of paid mandatory training (per the collective agreement between C.U.P.E. 3902 and the University of Toronto). If you have any questions, please contact services.ta@utoronto.ca. A link to […]

Online First Contract Training – Sciences & Engineering

Bb Collaborate Ultra (Online) This is a 2-hour webinar for first-contract TAs. All departments may allow TAs to use this 2-hour session as part of their 4 hours of paid mandatory training (per the collective agreement between C.U.P.E. 3902 and the University of Toronto). If you have any questions, please contact services.ta@utoronto.ca. A link to […]