Welcome to Teaching @ UBC

The Welcome to Teaching @ UBC guide is your go-to resource for starting your teaching journey at UBC. Designed to support new instructors, this guide offers practical tips, essential information, and helpful tools to navigate your first year with confidence. From course planning and classroom strategies to student support and campus resources, the guide is here to help you succeed in and out of the classroom.

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1. Course Design Basics

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2. First Day of Class

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3. Work with Teaching Assistants

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4. Inclusive, Universal and, Accessible Design 

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5. Wellbeing for You and Your Students

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6. Classroom Climate

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7. Digital Tools

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8. Open Education @ UBC

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9. AI in Teaching and Learning

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10. Educational Leadership

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11. Scholarship of Teaching and Learning

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Download the 2019 New Faculty Orientation Guide

Access a summary of key resources designed to help you get started at UBC — this is an earlier version of the Welcome to Teaching guide.

Download the 2019 New Faculty Orientation Guide (PDF)

Browse the Faculty Primer

Here you will find a list of curated resources that can help with your teaching responsibilities over the next couple of years.

Browse the Faculty Primer

The CTLT is located on the ancestral and unceded territory of the hən̓q̓əmin̓əm̓ - speaking xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam) peoples. These lands have long been a place of learning for Musqueam, with cultural and traditional knowledge passed down from generation to generation for thousands of years.