What do I put on my syllabus?

• An exercise to help you develop your rationale for your syllabus,
  
  
• a template to help you build your syllabus, and
  
  
• a checklist for double checking your syllabus contents
  from the Teaching and Learning Center, University of Nebraska-Lincoln.

What do I do on the first day of class?
Practical and creative suggestions for the most important day of the semester.

Got any quick tips?
Excellent tips for first time TAs, from the TA Development Program, University of California, Santa Barbara. Adapted from "Better Training for Teaching Assistants" by Paul D. Travers.

How can I get students to participate more?
Simple, effective tips from the TA Development Program, University of California, Santa Barbara.

Argh! How can I learn all these students' names?
Helpful ideas for large and small classes.

What if English is not my first language?
Strategies for non-native English-speaking TAs.

Wha t about grading?
Preparing to grade, grading, handling problems in grading, evaluating grade distribution.

What if a student cheats?
Academic integrity chapter, TAs as Teachers: A Handbook for Teaching Assistants at UCSB.

TEACH ME MORE ABOUT TEACHING!
Links to addtional educational sites on the UT faculty resource page.