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Support Services for Departments,
Faculty, & TAs

CTL Services to Departments

  • workshops
  • syllabus design
  • writing student learning outcome statements
  • needs assessment and formulation of curricular goals
  • consultations on curriculum and course design
  •  consultations on teaching and learning issues related to academic reviews

CTL Services to Faculty

The Center provides confidential and supportive consulting services directly to individual faculty members at their request.  CTL can assist faculty to…

  • review teaching evaluation data
  • analyze classroom presentations and activities, based on observations or videotapes
  • formulate student learning outcomes and planning assessments
  • revise syllabi and courses
  • design or redesign learning activities and assignments
  • explore alternative lecture and presentation styles
  • examine strategies for managing student discussions and group work
  • consider options for authentic writing assignments
  • interpret item-analysis data from the Scantron/ParScore System used in the ITS Faculty Room
  • apply sound principles of psychology and learning to delivery systems including video, multimedia, PowerPoint, Websites, BlackBoard

Support for Teaching Assistants

Online Guidebooks for Teaching Assistants

Here are several online guidebooks that CTL recommends as resources for new and experienced Teaching Assistants at SDSU.

  • A Guide for Graduate Instructors, Teaching Assistants, and New Faculty  (University of Missouri)
  • Teaching Tips for TAs (UC Santa Barbara)
  • International Teaching Assistant Handbook: An Introduction to University and College Teaching in the United States

    • Resources in Your Department

    Start with your Course Coordinator. Usually this is the instructor of record (name listed on the course schedule) or a Lab Coordinator.

    You can also go to your Graduate Adviser in your Department – they usually have considerable experience with your department’s courses, faculty, and answering TAs’ questions.

    Your Department Chair is also a great resource with lots of experience with your department’s courses, faculty, and answering faculty, instructors, and TAs’ questions.