TA Orientation

All new graduate students with instructional responsibilities are required to attend the Teaching Assistants Orientation before the beginning of fall semester classes. Returning graduate students are encouraged to attend sessions of interest. Sessions include instructional methods and strategies as well as important legal and managerial information for beginning instructors. 

The fall 2011 TA Orientation will take place August 11, 2011 in the Miller Learning Center from 8:45 - 12:30. Download the 2011 program.

Below are handouts from TA Orientation sessions:

• Academic Honesty
• Campus Resources
• Classroom Management
• Diversity in Teaching
• Strategies for the First Weeks of Class
• Graduate School Teaching Development Initiatives
• Large Class Management
• Helping Students Learn
• Syllabus Creation
• Testing Strategies
• Lecture Strategies
• Research Assignments

Read more at TA Programs.