Hear It From Your Peers

Being a teaching assistant provides growth in many skills, but not without its challenges.

T0-Do:

Listen here to experiences and tips coming directly from DeGroote’s Teaching Assistants:

  • creating open spaces for students and guiding first-year students
  • encouraging participation and pacing yourself when leading a tutorial
  • mental health and how to support your students
  • your TA community and support
  • building positive relationships with students, and much more.

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Lauren Murphy

About creating open spaces for students and guiding first-year students.

Khoa Topp-Nguyen

About encouraging participation and pacing yourself when leading a tutorial.

Anisha Jaigirder

About mental health and how to support your students.

Justin Singh

About the community and support that you can find by working closely with other TAs in your course to help each other out.

Evelyn Franz

About building positive relationships with students and how they impact engagement.

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