TA Toolkit
TA RESPONSIBILITIES: POLICIES YOU NEED TO KNOWESSENTIAL DIVISIONAL POLICIES EVERY TA SHOULD KNOW
IMPORTANT RESOURCES AT UofT
TRAINING PRESENTATIONS
First Time TA: Sciences & Engineering: a Powerpoint presentation (in PDF format) of the TATP first time TA session
First Time TA: Humanities & Social Sciences: a Powerpoint presentation (in PDF format) of the TATP first time TA session.
DEVELOPING STUDY SKILLS IN UNDERGRADUATE LEARNERS
RESOURCES: Where to refer struggling students on campus and online
Teaching Strategies for Reading Comprehension (Leora Freedman)
YOUR FIRST CLASS
ICE-BREAKERS: GETTING TO KNOW YOUR CLASS
RESPONDING TO STUDENT DIVERSITY
ACADEMIC INTEGRITY AND THE ROLE OF THE TA
Students in Crisis: 10 Steps to Making an Appropriate Referral from Student Life
How Not to Plagiarize from the Writing Centre, University of Toronto
ETHICAL PRINCIPLES IN UNIVERSITY TEACHING
10 COMMON TEACHING MISTAKES NEW (AND VETERAN) TA MAKE
Library Resources
The library offers a number of services for faculty, including workshops and tours. (For up-to-date information see the Library and Internet Skills – Classes, tours and self-study for faculty and TAs at: robarts.library.utoronto.ca/help/library-workshops
In addition, the library web site provides information for faculty who wish to make requests for course-related library materials or arrange short-term and general collection loans. For more detailed information please visit their web site at: http://discover.library.utoronto.ca/resources-research/find-books/put-items-on-course-reserve
o Bladen Library, UTSC: www.library.utoronto.ca/utsc/
o UTM Library: www.erin.utoronto.ca/library/
STUDENT RESOURCES
The University of Toronto Student Life mission is to offer all students at the University of Toronto support and counselling in the areas of career development, housing, learning skills, health, personal/emotional development, family concerns and support for Aboriginal and international students. For more detailed information please visit their website at:
www.studentlife.utoronto.ca/
In addition, the Counselling and Psychological Services (www.caps.utoronto.ca/) assists students with time management skills, exam preparation, note-taking, motivation, and stress management and provides professional counselling and psychotherapy.
The following Writing Support services offer assistance to students.
St. George Campus: www.writing.utoronto.ca/writing-centres/centres
The Writing Centre, UTSC: ctl.utsc.utoronto.ca/home/
Academic Skills Centre, UTM: www.utm.utoronto.ca/~w3asc/