Manuals

Columbia University

A Guide for Teaching Assistants In The Biological Sciences At Columbia University (Deborah Mowshowitz, Department of Biological Science, Columbia University)

A "How-To" Collection (Deborah Mowshowitz) Includes Instructions to graders on how to read and evaluate papers, how to give oral reports, how to write a lab report and things to keep in mind when lecturing to a class

Teaching Manual Search Engine

The TA Cyber-Handbook (courtesy of Tufts University CTE) Need help? Search by subject...look at manuals from many other universities

Extra-University (not comprehensive)

Brown University (Teaching at Brown)

Dalhousie University (University Teaching and Learning: An Instructional Resource Guide for Teaching Assistants at Dalhousie University) Click on the picture (their home page) to start, or download the

Michigan State University (Handbook for Teaching Assistants)

Ohio State University (Teaching at Ohio State):

Penn State University (The Penn State Teacher II:Learning to Teach, Teaching to Learn)

Stanford University (Teaching at Stanford)

Trent University (Guidelines for Teaching at Trent University)

University of California, Santa Barbara (TA's As Teachers : a handbook)

University of California, Santa Barbara (International Teaching Assistant Handbook)

University of California, Santa Barbara ( Handbook on Teaching for UCSB Faculty)

University of Nebraska, Lincoln (Teaching Tips)

University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill (Teaching at Carolina)

Articles

Teaching Tips for TA's (University of California, Santa Barbara) includes ideas on Effective Questioning, Wait - time (amount of time to wait after a question is posed), Recommendations for first time TA's, How to teach problem solving, TA-ing large classes, Encouraging participation in the classroom, What to do when students haven't done the reading, Acknowledging Responses and Dignifying Errors and Dramatic ideas for the classroom

The TA as Faculty-Student Liaison (University of Massachusetts)

Six Ways to Handle Nervousness (Stanford University)

Recitations & Labs: Teaching at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln

Bibliography and Additional Reading for TA's & Other Educators

A Short Reading List for Teaching Assistants (University of Waterloo)

Bibliography on TA Training (University of Virginia)