Archives: TA News

Wednesday, November 2, 2016

Blog: Reassessing Assessment

By: Melissa Pullara After years of being students ourselves, many Teaching Assistants (TAs) have likely become well-acquainted with the fact that not all students learn the same way. Many of us, too, have likely been subject to various forms of categorization: my grade ten Careers class, for instance, required us to take an aptitude... More

Friday, October 28, 2016

Registration now open for our Preparing to Teach certificate program

Registration for the Winter 2017 cohort of our Preparing to Teach (PTT) certificate program is now open! PTT is a blended program specifically designed to help PhD candidates prepare for the teaching components of a career in academia. This 10-week program, which consists of weekly 2-3 hour meetings plus a significant weekly online component,... More

Monday, October 3, 2016

EDC wraps up its most successful TA Training Day yet

The EDC’s Fall 2016 TA Training Day on Sept. 17 saw more than 600 TAs take part in 11 unique training sessions aimed at their personal and professional development, which represents the largest number of participants for this event in its history. We were especially privileged to hear keynote addresses from award-winning faculty members... More

Thursday, September 1, 2016

Fall 2016 TA Training Day

The full programme for the EDC's Fall 2016 TA Training Day is now available here, and registration for all sessions is now open on Carleton Central. TA Training Day is on Saturday, September 17th, 10am-4pm, and it consists of two sets of concurrent workshops (eight in total), two keynote addresses from award-winning faculty members,... More

Thursday, September 1, 2016

Try Our New Online Workshop, “An Introduction to cuLearn”!

Just in time for the Fall 2016 term, the EDC has launched a new, fully online workshop entitled "An Introduction to cuLearn."  While every TA assignment is unique, most TAs at Carleton University are required to have some interaction with cuLearn, whether in the form of emailing students, sending out announcements, overseeing student discussions,... More

Thursday, September 1, 2016

Fall 2016 TA Workshop Schedule Now Available!

The EDC's Fall 2016 schedule for TA Training workshops is now available, and registration for all sessions is also open on Carleton Central. The final programme for the EDC's Fall TA Training Day (Saturday, September 17th, 10am-4pm, 2nd floor Tory Building) will be available shortly, and registration via Carleton Central for all TA Training... More

Friday, July 29, 2016

Registration for “Preparing to Teach” is Now Open!

Registration for the Fall 2016 cohort of our certificate program "Preparing to Teach" is now open! To access the program description and the registration form, please click here. The number of seats for the program is limited, so register... More

Wednesday, May 11, 2016

Blog: Metacognition in the Classroom: Engaging the Mind, Engaging the Student

By: Naba Ahsan It’s common to see instructors at the front of the lecture hall, repeatedly asking students to limit laptop usage to note taking (instead of Facebook) or disallowing cell phone usage—I’ve even come across a syllabus or two explicitly asking students to reserve sleeping for outside the classroom. Apparently, the word... More

Tuesday, April 19, 2016

Carleton’s Outstanding TA Award recipients honoured at luncheon

Dr. Roseann O’Reilly Runte (President and Vice-Chancellor), Dr. Peter Ricketts (Provost and Vice-President [Academic]), Dr. Joy Mighty (Associate Vice-President [Teaching and Learning]), and other members of Teaching and Learning Services celebrated the 2015-16 Outstanding Teaching Assistant Award recipients at a private luncheon at Baker’s... More

Wednesday, March 30, 2016

Announcing the EDC’s 2015-2016 Outstanding Teaching Assistant Award Recipients and Honourable Mentions

The EDC is pleased to announce the five outstanding Teaching Assistants (TAs) who have been named recipients of the 2015-2016 Outstanding Teaching Assistant Award. The awards celebrate the support TAs give to the undergraduate programs in their disciplines, their roles in establishing a positive learning environment, and their work in... More

Tuesday, March 29, 2016

Blog: Teaching Narratives of the Sea in the Classroom: Paulo Freire’s Pedagogy and the Shipwreck

By: Michelle K. Barron Preparing lessons on shipwreck excavations and underwater cultural heritage discoveries can be a daunting task, primarily because of the numerous intersections of disciplines. Each area of study—be it maritime archaeology, oceanic anthropology, diasporic and migration literature, international law of the sea, or heritage... More

Wednesday, March 23, 2016

Blog: Learning to Read Before You Can Discuss: Critical Reading in First-Year and Peer-Led Tutorials

By: Victoria Bisnauth Critical reading and thinking are skills that students applying to university, especially to programs in the arts, humanities, social sciences, and public affairs, are often told they will develop over the course of their post-secondary education and that are easily transferable and highly regarded in the job market. While... More

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