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Teaching Assistant Training (TAT)

Aloha Teaching Assistants!

Welcome to the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa! We think you’ll enjoy our offerings for your training. Teaching Assistant Training is mandatory for new TAs. Experienced TAs from several departments will be available throughout the training program.

There is no cost for TA Training.

Topics Include

  • Experienced TA panel
  • Undergraduate Student Panel on Teaching and Learning
  • Rights and Responsibilities of TAs
  • Teaching Your Own Class or Lab
  • Classroom Management Skills
  • Grading and Assessing Student Work
  • Professional and Ethical Issues
  • Teaching in a Multicultural Environment
  • Facilitating Effective Discussions
  • Encouraging Active Learning
  • UH as a Hawaiian Place of Learning
  • Fostering Honest and Productive Relationships
  • And more!

Presented by the OFDAS Center for Teaching Excellence (CTE), UHM Graduate Division, and the English Language Institute.

All training topics, times, and dates are subject to change.

2025 Spring TA Training schedule TBD. Check back soon.

TAT Digital Badge
Earn an official UH Mānoa TA Training Digital Badge

Visit our TAT Digital Badge page for more information.


TA Training Videos

All TA Training participants are required to watch pre-recorded videos prior to the start of their classes.

Looking for presentation slides and handouts? View our TA Training Handouts & Resources page.

Mahalo to our Affiliate TAs

Chiyeon Hwang

Chiyeon Hwang

Doctoral candidate in the Department of East Asian Languages and…
K Bovard

Kapilialoha Bovard

Sociology, Women’s Studies, and Indigenous Research Models; ABD and part-time…
Jade Lum

Jade Lum

PhD student and Graduate Teaching Assistant in English

This program is sponsored by Graduate Division and the English Language Institute.