Lesson 6: Next steps
Activity
As you reflect on the previous modules, what is one idea or strategy from each quadrant that you will use or explore further in your teaching assistant role this term? Write down these four key ideas and post them somewhere you will see often throughout the term. Use them as prompts for reflection when the term is done.
Taylor Institute resources
Explore more teaching assistant programs at the Taylor Institute for Teaching and Learning.
Practical tips for supporting online teaching and learning: Graduate Teaching Assistants Teaching and Learning Continuity Information
A comprehensive guide written by UCalgary teaching assistants: Graduate Student Guide for Teaching Development
Certificates in University Teaching and Learning
The Graduate Student Certificate in University Teaching and Learning provides you an opportunity to develop evidence-based teaching expertise and skills that are relevant across disciplines in postsecondary education.
Additional resources
Teaching assistants play a wide array of valuable roles in education at Carnegie Mellon and, with approximately 1,000 TAs each year, students in many courses benefit from their contributions. This book provides practical insights from dozens of TAs and several faculty, along with research on teaching and learning, to make TAs’ work with students more successful and more efficient. You should be able to use this booklet to prepare for teaching each semester and also to find helpful ideas or resources at any time during a course.
The first day of class is your opportunity to present your vision of the class to prospective students. It is helpful if you can introduce yourself as a scholar and educator and provide insight into how you will teach the class and what you will expect them to contribute to the learning process.
Lesson checklist
- Use the quadrants of the framework to reflect on your aims for the term
- Review additional resources
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Lesson 1: Introduction
Lesson 2: Reflect regularly
