UF's Teaching Handbook
- Part One: The TA's Role on Campus
- Part Two: The TA as Teacher
- Part Three: Teaching and Learning Resources
Click here to download the teaching assistant handbook for 2007-2008 (new window, size 678K).
Teaching More Effectively Workshop Series
Free workshops for teaching assistants and other graduate students who want to improve their instructional skills are conducted each semester. There are two strands of workshops: "Improving Your Teaching" and "Using Technology to Enhance Learning." Certificates of participation are given for attending each workshop strand (one for pedagogy and another for teaching with technology).
Click here to read the workshop descriptions and register online.
Orientation for Graduate Teaching Assistants
(required of all new TA's)
Click here to view the orientation program.
- Day 1
Monday, August 18, 2008, 1:00-3:30pm
Grand Ballroom, J Wayne Reitz Union - Day 2
Tuesday, August 19, 2008, 8:30am-3:30pm
Rion Ballroom, J Wayne Reitz Union (lunch on your own) - Effective Use of Media in UF's Wired Classrooms
Wednesday, August 20, 2008, 1:00-3:00pm
Room L011, Turlington Hall
(Registration is not required for orientation or the media workshop listed above.)
Teaching Awards
Each year a committee (administered by the Graduate School) selects graduate teaching assistants to be recognized for their excellence in teaching, with the highest ranked graduate assistants receiving the Calvin A. VanderWerf award. Click here for to view current and previous Graduate Teaching Assistant Awards.