Career & Tools

The “Pillars of Teaching Assistantship” workshop series and certificate is designed to provide TAs with a comprehensive, research-based foundation for teaching in the role of TA. TAs will earn a Pillars certificate after completing all six workshops and their brief pre- and post- workshop activities. In this workshop on February 19 you will use learning objective taxonomies and a lesson planning framework to design active, student-centered classes. Read on to learn more!

Thursday, January 7th, 2021 - 2:40pm


The "Pillars of Teaching Assistantship" workshop series and certificate is designed to provide TAs with a comprehensive, research-based foundation for teaching in the role of TA. TAs will earn a Pillars certificate after completing all six workshops and their brief pre- and post- workshop activities. More information about this series as well as other Winter 2021 Instructional Development workshops can be found here.

Click on the link below to register for the session. You will receive an email confirmation with more information.

Pillar 2: Engaging Students in their Learning
2B. Creating Engaging Lessons

Facilitator: Katie L. Jan, TA Pedagogical Advisor

Creating lessons is essential, but how can we ensure those lessons are engaging for our students? In this workshop, you will use learning objective taxonomies and a lesson planning framework to design active, student-centered classes.

When: Friday, February 19
Time: 1-2pm
Register today!