Emmanuele Jones Mante
MFA in Theatre Arts (directing track) and lecturer, Theatre &…
Teaching Assistant Training (TAT)
Fall Semester Training
August 17–19, 2026
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!
All training topics, times, and dates are subject to change.
Information on TA Training
Earn an official UH Mānoa TA Training Digital Badge
Visit our TAT Digital Badge page for more information.
Looking for presentation slides and handouts? View our TA Training Handouts & Resources page.
TA Training is presented by the OFDAS Center for Teaching Excellence (CTE), UHM Graduate Division, and the English Language Institute.
Updated 12/17/25
Fall 2026 TA Training Schedule August 17–19, 2026 TBD
Mahalo to our Affiliate TAs
Chiyeon Hwang
Doctoral candidate in the Department of East Asian Languages and…
Kapilialoha Bovard
Sociology, Women’s Studies, and Indigenous Research Models; ABD and part-time…
Amali Wedagedara
PhD program in Political Science
Rafael Borges Amaral
PhD student in Music Composition
Jade Lum
PhD student and Graduate Teaching Assistant in English
This program is sponsored by Graduate Division and the English Language Institute.