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Almost 70% of the UW-Madison's Teaching Assistants teach within the College of Letters and Science, where they play an essential role in undergraduate education. Letters and Science TAs provide an important link between faculty and undergraduates through their diverse roles in undergraduate education.

The College of Letters and Science has relied on its outstanding teaching assistants throughout its history, and TAs continue to play a critical role in the College's educational mission. The college takes a leading role in the recognition of teaching excellence by organizing the campus-wide teaching awards that are distributed at the end of the fall semester."

Since 1990, L&S has worked closely with its Teaching Assistants to provide professional development opportunities and to help meet pedagogical challenges. Each August, the College has offered a comprehensive day of training workshops which are led by past recipients of L&S teaching awards. In January, L&S conducts a training session for TAs who teach for the first time in the Spring Semester.

L&S also maintains a Teaching Assistant Resource Center in Room 307 South Hall. The Center houses a collection of teacher training videos, books, and periodicals of interest to TAs. The links on this page have been developed to provide quick access to resources on UW-Madison Web sites, resources from other institutions of higher education and the federal government, and relevant student organizations.

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PROGRAM: August 2002 Teaching Assistant Training Workshops

 

University of Wisconsin-Madison Web Sites:

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Teaching Improvement Plan

National Institute for Science Education

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Resources From Other Institutions

TA Resources:

Michigan State University

Queen's University at Kingston

Teaching and Learning Centers:

University of Kansas

University of Oregon

University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill

University of Virginia

National Resources

US Department of Education

Preparing Future Faculty

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Higher Education Resources

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Chronicle of Higher Education

Electronic Journal of Excellence in College Teaching

Higher Education Research Institute

Professional and Organizational Development Network in Higher Education

Teaching Assistant Association (TAA)
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University of Wisconsin-Madison TAA

National Association of Graduate-Professional Students

UW Graduate Student Council



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