TA Resources

TA Training (required!)

Please check the Fall 2008 Zoology TA Training Schedule carefully to be sure that you are aware of date/time of required training sessions for Fall 2008 Zoology TAs.

TA Schedule forms

Zoo 101 Schedule form | Zoo 102 schedule form | Zoo 151-152 schedule form

Zoology TA Applications

Given that our TA roster sometimes changes during the summer, we will continue to accept TA applications through the end of August. We expect all TAs to have completed a minimum of basic, college-level biology coursework.

View list of positions available  |  Preview the Application (pdf)

Complete the Application

If you have questions, please contact Sharon Kahn (smkahn@zoology.wisc.edu).

Teaching Resources

• http://ctl.stanford.edu/ - Center for Teaching and Learning at Stanford has several resources for TAs
• http://www.delta.wisc.edu/ - The Delta program at UW is dedicated to integrating research, teaching, and learning
• http://www.yale.edu/eeb/stearns/advice.htm - Some Modest Advice for Graduate Students by Steve Stearns
• http://faculty.washington.edu/hueyrb/prospective.php -  A reply to Stearns
• http://teaching.berkeley.edu/teaching.html - Office of Educational Development at UC/Berkeley
• http://users.ece.gatech.edu/~mleach/myturn/makingthegrade.html - Newsweek article titled “Making the Grade” by Kurt Wiesenfeld
• http://www.hcc.hawaii.edu/intranet/committees/FacDevCom/guidebk/teachtip/teachtip.htm Teaching Tips Index, Honolulu Community College
• http://www.oid.ucla.edu/units/tatp - UCLA Office of Instructional Development

Training opportunities

• http://mendota.english.wisc.edu/~WAC/seminar.jsp?id=9 – Fall 2006 Comm B training
• http://www.wisc.edu/edrc/workshop_sched.html - Schedule for the Graduate Assistant Equity Workshops offered by the Equity and Diversity Resource Center.  You must attend this training (and teach for 2 semesters) to advance from “Regular” to “Experienced” in TA status
• http://mendota.english.wisc.edu/~ESL/shortcourse.htm - International TA training
• http://www.ls.wisc.edu/TAresources.htm - Fall 2006 L&S TA Training

Campus Resources

• http://www.mcburney.wisc.edu/ - McBurney Disability Resource Center
• http://www.wisc.edu/students/ - Office of the Dean of Students
• http://www.uhs.wisc.edu/index.jsp - University Health Service
• http://www.doit.wisc.edu/ - Division of Information Technology
• http://www.doit.wisc.edu/lists/classlists/ - Classlists (free listserv for your class)
• http://mendota.english.wisc.edu/~ESL/speak.htm - SPEAK test information
• http://www.biology.wisc.edu/ICBE/ - ICBE information
  
  
  If you have additional resources to list here or if you have questions, please contact Sharon Kahn (smkahn@zoology.wisc.edu or 262-2741).