Archives: TA News

Friday, August 28, 2015

EDC TA Training Workshops – Fall 2015

Looking for TA Training workshop options? We've got you covered! All 40 of the EDC's TA Training workshops for Fall 2015 are now publicly viewable and open for registration. Regular Workshop offerings TA Training Day offerings To register for any of these workshops, go to the "TA Training" tab on Carleton Central. Don't forget... More

Wednesday, August 19, 2015

TA Training Starter Kit

Welcome to Carleton University, and congratulations on becoming a Teaching Assistant (TA)! We hope that your experience this year is a fulfilling and rewarding one. Among all the other new and exciting things that you're learning about as you settle into Carleton, one thing the EDC would like to remind you of is that your TAship... More

Tuesday, August 11, 2015

Register for “Preparing to Teach” Today!

Interested in pursuing a career in teaching? Then don’t miss out on the opportunity to take part in the EDC’s Preparing to Teach certificate course, which is scheduled to run on Thursdays, 1-4pm, from October 1st to December 3rd (excluding October 29th, the Fall reading week). The last day to apply for the Fall 2015 cohort is Friday,... More

Thursday, July 23, 2015

Interested in Being an “Out-of-Priority” TA This Fall?

Are you an "out-of-priority" TA this coming fall who is still hoping to apply for a TAship? If so, you'll be interested to read FGPA's recent announcement on this subject. Click on the link to learn more and for application instructions. Note: questions on this subject should be raised with... More

Monday, April 27, 2015

The Certificate in TA Skills — Program Update

The EDC has implemented two changes to the Certificate in Teaching Assistant Skills (CTAS), one administrative and one programmatic, that will impact anyone who registered in the program prior to May 2015. All program registrants were sent an email on this subject, but just in case, we are re-broadcasting it here. Please take note of the... More

Tuesday, April 21, 2015

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 2014-15 Outstanding Teaching Assistant Award recipients at a private luncheon at Baker’s... More

Wednesday, April 1, 2015

Announcing the EDC’s 2014-2015 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 2014-2015 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

Wednesday, March 18, 2015

Celebrating Carleton’s outstanding TAs

Congratulations to the 202 teaching assistants who were nominated for the EDC’s Outstanding TA Award and many departmental TA awards. We received a record number of nominations this year, highlighting the amazing accomplishments of Carleton’s TAs. The awards celebrate the teaching assistants’ dedication to undergraduate learning. TAs occupy... More

Wednesday, February 25, 2015

Blog: Beyond the Empty Avatar: Teaching Assistants as Dynamic Facilitators in Online Learning

By Stuart MacKay, Department of History Over the past few years, online courses have exploded in popularity amongst universities all over North America. Ranging from Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) to smaller online courses, online learning presents both problems and opportunities for teaching assistants. Teaching assistants, accustomed to... More

Monday, January 12, 2015

Register for the Winter 2015 TA Training Day – Updated Schedule

Registration is now open for the Winter 2015 TA Training Day taking place on Saturday, Jan. 17 from 10 a.m. - 4 p.m. on the third floor of the River Building. Both new and continuing TAs don't want to miss this daylong event filled with more than 10 workshops on a wide variety of topics... More

Friday, January 9, 2015

Register for the Winter 2015 TA Training Day

Registration is now open for the Winter 2015 TA Training Day taking place on Saturday, Jan. 17 from 10 a.m. - 4 p.m. on the third floor of the River Building. Both new and continuing TAs don't want to miss this daylong event filled with more than 10 workshops on a wide variety of topics... More

Monday, December 8, 2014

Calling all International Graduate Students!

Would you like direct and engaging feedback on your academic writing? Would you like to collaborate with others as a part of an interdisciplinary learning community? Whether you are writing a course paper, a dissertation, an abstract, a research paper or an op-ed piece, the International Graduate Student Learning Community is a great space... More

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