TA Essentials: Starting Strong as a TA
Module Description: This module is designed to orient you to your role as a teaching assistant (TA), connect you with teaching-focused resources on our campus, and prepare you for a successful start as a TA. The module will address topics relevant to all TAs at Waterloo, including an introduction to teaching and learning at the University of Waterloo, instructional roles performed by TAs, tips for success, and useful resources available for developing your skills. We’ll also provide guidance for common situations you may face as a TA, and introduce considerations for professionalism, communicating with students and the course instructor, academic integrity, and artificial intelligence use.
To access the Teaching Assistant Training site in LEARN:
Teaching Assistants who are completing the TA Essentials: Starting Strong as a TA module either as a department/faculty requirement, or for their own interest, can add themselves to the Teaching Assistant Training site in LEARN.
- log in to Waterloo LEARN
- click the Self Registration link along the top of the System level Navbar
- locate the Teaching Assistant Training site in the list and click on it
- confirm that you wish to register in the course
- You now have access to the Teaching Assistant Training site in LEARN and can access it from your LEARN class list under "ongoing courses".
Please note, if you enrol for a LEARN site you do not need access to you will have to contact learnhelp@uwaterloo.ca and request you be removed from that site.