Supporting Documentation
TAs under consideration for this award will be asked to provide ALL the following documentation:
DO NOT INCLUDE MATERIAL FROM CURRENT STUDENTS. This would include emails, letters or any student work.
Please include a COVER LETTER with the supporting documentation package.
The statement and the materials provided must have been prepared by the TA, not a colleague or the Course Coordinator.
The Teaching Assistants’ Training Program’s (TATP) Teaching Excellence Award was created in 2003 to recognize the outstanding contributions of teaching assistants at the University of Toronto. The award seeks to value the work of TAs who regularly inspire and challenge undergraduate students. Recipients of this award will receive a monetary award, a certificate and will be invited to attend a luncheon in their honour. Award winners will also be asked to participate in a panel discussion at TA Day 2010 (date to be determined).
Additional letters or emails from students or faculty members may also be included. Candidates must submit all materials to the TATP office, accompanied by a COVER LETTER, by Monday, April 15, 2013 at 5:00 pm.
- one or more letter of support from a faculty member familiar with the TA’s work
- a teaching philosophy statement
- sample teaching materials (these may include):
- sample lesson plan for a tutorial or class
- sample quiz or test
- examples of exam questions
- examples of essay questions
- instructions for an in-class activity
- selected slides from a lecture presentation
- course syllabus (if the TA being nominated is a Course Instructor and designed the syllabus - do not include syllabi prepared by other instructors)
- instructions for an individual assignment
- unsolicited emails from students from a course TA'd between May 2012 and December 2012
- course evaluations (if available) from a course TA'd between May 2012 and December 2012
DO NOT INCLUDE MATERIAL FROM CURRENT STUDENTS. This would include emails, letters or any student work.
Please include a COVER LETTER with the supporting documentation package.
The statement and the materials provided must have been prepared by the TA, not a colleague or the Course Coordinator.
The Teaching Assistants’ Training Program’s (TATP) Teaching Excellence Award was created in 2003 to recognize the outstanding contributions of teaching assistants at the University of Toronto. The award seeks to value the work of TAs who regularly inspire and challenge undergraduate students. Recipients of this award will receive a monetary award, a certificate and will be invited to attend a luncheon in their honour. Award winners will also be asked to participate in a panel discussion at TA Day 2010 (date to be determined).
Additional letters or emails from students or faculty members may also be included. Candidates must submit all materials to the TATP office, accompanied by a COVER LETTER, by Monday, April 15, 2013 at 5:00 pm.