Teaching Resources

New to a Teaching Assistantship? What should you do to prepare? Have a particular challenge in class?

The Division of Graduate Studies recommends consulting the Teaching and Learning Center (TLC) for resources and training. TLC offers several teaching and mentoring resources, including certificate programs.

If you are a new TA, you are required to take the online Canvas course Teaching as an Ethical Practice (“TA Ethics”). Developed by TLC and UCSC Online Education, TA Ethics is available to all TAs as a resource. Your graduate student adviser will notify the Graduate Division prior to your first quarter of teaching that you are a first-time TA, and the Graduate Division will invite you to enroll in the course to take during that first quarter. If you do not receive an invitation from Canvas to accept enrollment in the course at the start of your first quarter of teaching, notify both your graduate student adviser and the Graduate Division Current Student Services team at gss-group@ucsc.edu. To access an unofficial version of the course as a resource, as faculty, staff, or a continuing TA and graduate student, enroll here.