Resources for Teaching Assistants

Here are some materials that will help you at all stages of your teaching career.

  • OSU Physics TA handbook: Contains information specific to teaching in the OSU Physics Department and some general discussion, too. You will receive a copy of this in your orientation packet.
  • TA bulletin board: TA communication
  • OSU Center for Teaching and Learning: Advice about teaching, workshops, programs.
  • U. Minn. TA program: A well-developed and comprehensive TA training program.
  • Mazur, Harvard: Peer Instruction information, as well as a number of other education topics, by Eric Mazur, a pioneer of Physics Education Research.
  • UW Teaching resources
  • Oregon AAPT: The Oregon chapter of the American Association of Physics Teachers offers opportunities to meet with other physics teachers and share information about the art and science of teaching physics.