TA (Teaching Assistant) Mentoring


Five Tips for Working with Graduate Teaching Assistants | Inside Higher Ed

A Guide to Working with Course and Teaching Assistants | Barnard College Center for Engaged Pedagogy

How Do I Work Effectively with Teaching Assistants? | UMass Amherst Center for Teaching & Learning

How to Mentor Your TAs and Realize the Role’s Full Potential | University Affairs (Canada)

Working with Teaching Assistants and a Teaching Team | Cornell University Center for Teaching Innovation


Campus Resources

Information for Teaching Assistants | Syracuse University Institutional Effectiveness

Outstanding Teaching Assistant Award | Syracuse University Graduate School

TA Training and Support | Syracuse University Graduate School


Further Reading: Examples of TA Handbooks

CS 161 TA Manual | Stanford University Computer Science Department

Everything You Need to Know About Being a Teaching Assistant | Brandeis University Business School

Resources for Graduate Students | Stanford University Linguistics Department

TA Handbook | University of Pittsburgh

TA Resources | Stanford University Statistics Department

Teaching Assistant Handbook | Columbia University Math Department

Teaching Related Resources for Graduate TAs | University of Maine Communication and Journalism Department


Further Reading: Teaching Resources for TAs

A Guide to Being a Lecture TA | Jared Stang

Checklist for TAs and Supervisors | Georgia Tech Center for Teaching and Learning

Collected Wisdom: Strategies and Resources from TAs for TAs | Carnegie Mellon Eberly Center for Teaching Excellence

How Being a Teaching Assistant Transforms Student Success | Carleton College

Leading A Discussion Section: Suggested Activities for Effective Learning | Angela C. Jenks

Strategies for Leading Sections in Science and Engineering for TAs | Stanford University Teaching Commons

Student Engagement: Where to Start As a Teaching Assistant | UConn NEAG School of Education

Teaching Gradually: Practical Pedagogy for Graduate Students, By Graduate Students | Routledge

Teaching Matters: A Guide for Graduate Students | West Virginia University Press

The K. Patricia Cross Academy

The Missing Course: Everything They Never Taught You About College Teaching | Harvard University Press

The Teaching Assistant’s Guide: Essential Skills for Lectures and Labs | Cold Spring Harbour Laboratory Press

Uncovering Barriers to Teaching Assistants (TAs) Implementing Inquiry Teaching: Inconsistent Facilitation Techniques, Student Resistance, and Reluctance to Share Control over Learning with Students | Journal of Microbiology & Biology Education


Further Reading: Working with TAs

Guidance for Faculty with TAs | University of Virginia Teaching Continuity

How Do I Effectively Work with TAs? | University of Washington Center for Engineering

How to Work Well with Graduate Teaching Assistants | University of South Florida

Mentoring Teaching Assistants | Inside Higher Ed

Principles for Graduate Teaching and Mentorship | University of Pennsylvania School of Arts and Sciences

Supervising TAs and Graduate Students | Western University Centre for Teaching and Learning

TAs and the Teaching Team | Stanford University Teaching Commons

Teaching Mentorship | University of California Santa Cruz Teaching and Learning Center

Techniques for TAs in Large Enrollment Classes | Angela Thatcher

Working with TAs: A Guide for Instructors | University of California Santa Cruz Teaching and Learning Center

Working with TAs During Significant Disruptions | UGA Center for Teaching and Learning

Working with TAs to Create Effective Interactive Lectures | Inside Higher ED

Working with Your TA | University of Pittsburgh Center for Teaching and Learning