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About the TAC program
The TA Consultant program at UVic positions TA mentors (known as “TA Consultants” or “TACs”) in most departments throughout campus. The TACs develop discipline-specific seminars designed for the TAs in the departments they are responsible for, taught in the fall or over the academic year that cover a range of practical topics, tips, approaches and issues most pertinent to TAs at UVic and complemented by supporting materials.
The TA Consultants (TACs) are typically senior graduate students with considerable teaching experience and demonstrated teaching excellence who are therefore likely to garner the respect of other TAs and be capable of serving in a mentoring capacity. The TAC reports to the LTC TATP Coordinator and is responsible for liaising with the Graduate Advisor (or designate) in his/her home department to ensure the smooth running of services for TAs there.
The TAC’s primary role is to facilitate the professional development of TAs in his/her department(s), assisting them to be effective teachers, primarily by offering a discipline-specific TA seminar (or series of workshops), as well as helping with one-on-one questions/consultations and providing advice and referral to appropriate campus resources. The TATP Coordinator at the LTC provides all TACs with the necessary training, support, and resources in order to be able to fulfill this crucial role.
Participating in this innovative professional development program is not necessarily part of a TA’s regular responsibilities since such duties are assigned by units. Rather this is an opportunity that UVic is providing institutionally to support our graduate students in being successful in the classroom and as competitive as possible in their future careers.
Cynthia Korpan ( left rear),
TA Training Program Manager
at the LTC, and Adel Younis, former Teaching Assistant Consultant for Mechanical Engineering, at the 2010 annual STLHE Conference which took place from June 23 to 26, 2010, in Toronto.
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Program Manager: Cynthia Korpan
Contact: tatrain@uvic.ca or 250-472-4798
Teaching Assistant Consultants (TACs) Job Opportunities
Teaching Assistant Consultants (TACs) for 2012-2013
Shaun MacPherson, English
Edward White, Sociology
Catherine Nutting, Writing and History of Art
Alison James-Lomax, Political Science
Jacob Autio, Music
Derek Murray, History
Ioana Sevcenco, Mechanical, and Electrical and Computer Engineering
Diotima Coad, Pacific and Asian, and Greek and Roman Studies
Peter Bell, Economics
Megan Yim, Psychology
Jill Harvey, Geography
Teaching Assistant Consultants (TACs) for 2011-2012
Alison Hedley, English
Edward White, Sociology
Ryan Harper Brown, Writing and History of Art
Joelle Alice Michaud-Ouellet, Political Science
Libby Concord, Music
Derek Murray, History
Sohad Kadhum, Mechanical, and Electrical and Computer Engineering
Natasha Fox, Pacific and Asian Studies and Greek and Roman Studies
Ron Gibson, Economics
Megan Yim, Psychology
Lisa Glass, Physics and Astronomy
Jill Harvey, Geography
2010-2011 TAC Contact Information
2009-2010 TAC Program
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