L&S hosts New and Returning TA Training before every fall semester. Spring training focuses on New TAs. Every L&S TA Training has a Canvas course and a training day with large group sessions and small group workshops lead by experienced L&S Teaching Mentors.
L&S Teaching Mentors facilitate the annual L&S Fall TA Training event and provide mentorship throughout the semester. Those selected to be Teaching Mentors have not only a proven track record of excellence as educators, but also a strong desire to share their experience and mentor other graduate student teachers.
TAs ask, “How do I get to know my students?” “What are ways to grade fairly and efficiently?” New TA Training offers pratical tips for these and other teaching challenges. TAs also learn foundational teaching concepts of backward design, classroom community, and active learning.
TAs in Returning TA Training work on their teaching philosophy, strategize sustainable approaches to teaching, go deeper in their Canvas skills, and work through advanced teaching challenges.
Photos by David Macasaet (Instructional Design Collaborative), B Dowling, and Danielle Clevenger.