Hi PSAC Members:
CANVAS TRAINING:
The attached email was sent out from Teaching and Learning and our office would like to add some clarity.
TEACHING ASSISTANTS
All Teaching Assistants are eligible for the required Canvas training compensation (3 hours of training). If you do not have access to the Canvas- classroom please let our office know.
All Teach Assistants who take the Canvas Training will be compensated for this training at their pay rate as per appendix A of the CA.
Teaching and Learning will advise Payroll when you have completed the training and at that point, 3 hours of work will be added onto your pay (outside of your regularly scheduled pay).
If your supervisor wants you to attend Kaltura Virtual Classroom and Google Meet, and Netiquette, Cultural Competency, and Professional Communication training they must included this training time as part of your contractual work hours- in other words, this training has to be on your work form.
This training does not do not fall under the supplemental training allowance.
SESSIONAL INSTRUCTORS
All Sessional Instructors are eligible for Canvas training compensation, and also the compensation for being required to attend Kaltura Virtual Classroom and Google Meet, and Netiquette, Cultural Competency, and Professional Communication. (5 hours of training). If you do not have access to the Canvas classroom please let our office know.
This type of training is usually done in the orientation session – and you are normally paid $200 for an 8-hour session. You will be paid $120.00 for 5 hours.
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From: teachingandlearning@uoit.ca
Sent: Monday, August 24, 2020 14:27
Subject: Mandatory Training – Information
Hello all;
We would like to provide clarification for teaching assistant and sessional instructor training provided by the TLC.
Accessing Training Sessions
All teaching assistants and sessional instructors at Ontario Tech are pre-registered for training and have been added to a Canvas course for training (https://learn.ontariotechu.ca/), In that course, you are able to access the virtual classroom where the real-time training will take place, as well as access other resources to support your teaching practice. Simply visit the course during your desired training time.
*For those who have used an older registration form, please visit https://learn.ontariotechu.ca/ at your designated training time – no registration is necessary at this time. If you need to change your pre-registered time, please simply join the session at your chosen time.
Training Requirements
Canvas Part 1 and Canvas Part 2 are mandatory sessions for all TAs and sessional instructors. (3 hours of training)
Sessional instructors are also required to attend Kaltura Virtual Classroom and Google Meet, and Netiquette, Cultural Competency, and Professional Communication. (5 hours of training)
For additional questions, please contact your department or union representatives.
Thank you,
The Teaching and Learning Centre Team
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