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Before Being Hired for Your First TA Position
Finding Work as a TA (Teaching Assistant)
To identify your own needs and qualifications for employment as a TA, you can reflect on your experience and expertise. Have you previously been employe…
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ResourcesAlone But Not Alone
Students and teachers often worry that online learning can be isolating, and virtual classrooms pose unique challenges to nurturing connections amongst learners. Nevertheless, there are strategies and techniques for buil…
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ResourcesIn this resource, seven instructors from the University of Toronto share their original and innovative pedagogical approaches to curriculum design that welcomes students with disabilities and mental health into their classrooms. These innov…
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ResourcesThe University of Toronto library system offer resources and services to support TAs and CIs in delivering courses, and to help enhance students’ learning experience.
Where to Start?
Supporting students
A good place to start as a new TA or …
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ResourcesNOTE: Duties and responsibilities that must be reflected on the DDAH form are marked by *
Roles and Responsibilities
Review with your course TAs the Big Picture: what are the key learning objectives of the course?
What are your goals and t…
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ResourcesWhat are Transferable Skills?
Transferable skills are abilities and attributes that can be used across a variety of careers and environments. Skills developed through your teaching as a graduate student can set you up for success in traditi…
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ResourcesThe goal of this resource is to generate ideas for using active learning in the online environment. According to Prince, active learning is defined as “any instructional method that engages students in the learning process. In short, active…
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ResourcesThis resource is a concise version of the Putting the “Info” in Infographics Workshop provided by TATP. Visit TATP’s Event Calendar for the future offerings of this workshop.
What is an infographic?
Communicates…
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ResourcesTutorial Time Management – Planning your Tutorial
Timesaving starts with planning ahead!
Before you Plan:
Planning ahead helps you to deal with unforeseen changes, questions, and challenges. It also helps with your personal time management …
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ResourcesStudies have shown that students form an impression of a teacher and subject area within the first 15minutes of the very first class. This impression often varies little throughout the rest of the term. Your first class is of paramount impo…
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ResourcesOverview of Active Learning
What is Active Learning?
Active learning comprises a wide range of activities that are defined as “any instructional method that engages students in the learning process. In short, active learning requires studen…
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ResourcesThe information below provides definitions and attributes for each of the six levels of Bloom’s Revised Taxonomy, along with Active Verbs that should be used when developing learning outcomes. (Adapted from: L.W. Anderson and D.R. Krathwohl…
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