Document Actions
Teaching Assistant Training Program
The OID TA Training Program assists TAs at UCLA in improving their teaching and advancing their professional development.
190 Powell Library Building
(310) 206-2622
tatp@oid.ucla.edu
If you are like the majority of UCLA graduate students, you will become a Teaching Assistant at some point during your graduate career. Becoming a successful TA is a skill, and not unlike other skills, requires practice, preparation, and feedback for improvement. The TA Training Program pages are designed to help you be a more effective TA.
UCLA TA Resources
What campus resources are available to help TA's teach undergraduates at UCLA? Learn about hiring procedures, detailed responsibilities, and campus resources. Find out how a TA can request up to $250 for classroom activities by completing a TA Mini-grants Form. Get help with teaching and grading writing through the Teach2write website.
Many UCLA departments require their TAs to complete a 495 Seminar designed to prepare them for the TA role. Those seminars are organized, developed, and taught jointly by a faculty member and an experienced graduate student holding the title of a TA Consultant (TAC). The TA Training Program trains and mentors all TACs.
Are you looking for easy-to-implement ideas for improving teaching? We have collected what seem to be common questions about teaching and proven advice on how to answer them.
The Technology Solutions section targets effective use of technology in the classroom.
Each year prior to the Fall quarter, the OID TA Training Program organizes a day-long conference designed for TAs. The conference consists of a series of workshops, a teaching practicum, a Faculty & TA Panel, and a Language TA Panel. Both new and experienced TAs can benefit from the enthusiastic and knowledgeable TA workshop leaders.
