TA Days 2020

Teaching Assistant (TA) DAY is going online for 2020!

This year TA DAYS will offer a week of professional development for Brock University Teaching Assistants, Lab Demonstrators, Course Coordinators, Marker/Graders, and Tutorial Leaders from all disciplines. By participating in the workshops and activities TAs will earn credits towards the TA certificates in Teaching and Learning in Higher Education.

New and Returning TAs are welcome to join us on Saturday September 12, 2020 to kick off this week-long event. Registration now open!

Event Information

Questions? Please feel free to contact us at eddev@brocku.ca!

TA DAYS 2020. Register now.

Program and Schedule

To increase flexible access and model online teaching and learning environments, TA workshop sessions will take place both synchronously through Teams and asynchronously through Sakai, Brock University’s Learning Management System.

Please register for the “TA Days 2020” event to ensure you are added to the CPI TA Sakai site and the TA Microsoft Teams site for the 2020-2021 academic year.

CPI Workshops

Synchronous Workshops (Through Teams)

Asynchronous Workshops (Sept 12-Sept 18, via joinable sites in Sakai)

Live drop-in sessions happening all week. Visit the events site to register.

New this year, discipline-specific asynchronous workshops led by Faculty Instructional Support Assistants

All links lead to registration for TA Days 2020 and instructions on how to register for asynchronous sessions by joining the Sakai sites.

Faculty of Math and Science Workshops

Facilitating Synchronous Tutorials in Math and Science

Facilitating Forums and Supporting Asynchronous Course Components in Math and Science

Faculty of Humanities Workshops

Assessing Student Performance in a Humanities Course

Faculty of Education Workshops

Grading and Providing Feedback: Consistent and Equitable Assessment Approaches for TAs in the Faculty of Education

Humanizing your Online Presence: Guidance for Interacting in the Digital Learning Space for TAs in the Faculty of Education

Faculty of Social Science Workshops

Effective Online Communications in the Socials Sciences

Using MS Teams as a TA: A Social Sciences Perspective

Goodman School of Business Workshops

Grading Strategies and Feedback: A workshop for Business Marker-Graders/TAs

Building Interpersonal Connections: Teaching and Learning Business Online

Faculty of Applied Health Sciences Workshops

Thriving, not just surviving in online education: A workshop for FAHS TAs