Office of Teaching Support at OISE

Dean's Memo announcing the opening of OTSO

Background:

As an outcome of the Report of the Teaching Task Force published in February 2008, the Dean’s Office is in the process of establishing the Office of Teaching Support at OISE. The mandate of this office will be to implement the recommendations of the Task Force in order to enhance current practices for helping faculty members with their teaching and assessment of learning at the undergraduate and graduate levels.

Key responsibilities of the Office of Teaching Support at OISE will include:

• Coordinating faculty development activities
• Assisting in the implementation of the new OISE Guidelines for Assessing Teaching
• Improving the coordination of nominations for teaching awards
• Increasing teaching opportunities for graduate students 
  
  For full details please see: Report of the Teaching Task Force 

Contact Information:

252 Bloor Street West
Toronto, Ontatio M5S 1V6
Canada
(416) 978-1311
otso@oise.utoronto.ca


The Office of Teaching Support at OISE will work in collaboration with existing institutional and divisional partners to provide comprehensive information and support for the improvement of teaching. These include:

University of Toronto:

Centre for Teaching Support & Innovation (CTSI)
(Formerly OTA and RCAT)

OISE:

Education Commons
School University Partnerships Office and Student Services
Continuing Education Office