The Robert Gillespie Academic Skills Centre (RGASC) provides UTM instructors and teaching assistants with support through individual consultations, formative observations of teaching practices, academic skills workshops, and initiatives and programs focused on the enhancement of student learning.
Support for Instructors
We offer Instructors the following:
To book a confidential individual appointment, contact: eddev.utm@utoronto.ca.
Formative teaching observations can be requested through the UTM Teaching Observation Request Form.
Funding Opportunities
The Writing Development Initiative (WDI) provides financial and pedagogical support for projects that integrate more writing instruction into courses through assignments, direct instruction, providing feedback, and/or TA instruction.
Teaching and Learning Collaboration
The Teaching and Learning Collaboration (TLC) is a community of colleagues centred on a shared interest in teaching and learning, offering professional development through workshops and events, pedagogical reading groups, and teaching and learning exchange lunches.
An initiative of the Office of the Dean in collaboration with RGASC, the TLC fosters a culture of teaching excellence and innovation to enhance student learning across our campus. The TLC provides an avenue for instructors to collaborate, share ideas, engage in critical discussion, explore challenges, and build teaching and learning expertise.