14. Conversations and Collaborations

This paper looks at how a series of conversations contributed to the development of a newly formed role at the University of Victoria – Teaching Assistant Consultants (TACs). TACs act as departmental mentors for teaching assistants (TAs) in their respective departments, charged with providing suppor...

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Main Author: Cynthia Korpan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: University of Windsor 2011-06-01
Series:Collected Essays on Learning and Teaching
Online Access:https://celt.uwindsor.ca/index.php/CELT/article/view/3244
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spelling doaj-e73456ba20d546b98de2a93f4becf7112020-11-25T02:03:44ZengUniversity of WindsorCollected Essays on Learning and Teaching2368-45262011-06-01310.22329/celt.v3i0.324414. Conversations and CollaborationsCynthia Korpan0University of VictoriaThis paper looks at how a series of conversations contributed to the development of a newly formed role at the University of Victoria – Teaching Assistant Consultants (TACs). TACs act as departmental mentors for teaching assistants (TAs) in their respective departments, charged with providing support in the form of discipline-specific workshops aimed at improving performance of their duties and increased confidence in their roles, as well as fostering a TA community within departments.https://celt.uwindsor.ca/index.php/CELT/article/view/3244
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