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Welcome to Conestoga

Hello and welcome to Conestoga College’s world-class community of teaching and learning professionals! Here at Teaching and Learning Conestoga, we’re incredibly excited for you to join us on this next stage in your own professional teaching and learning journey. We’ve designed this page to help you get situated as you settle into your teaching position here at the College. 

Getting Started

Begin your orientation by browsing the links in the accordion below.

Here are several resources to help get your journey started:

Optional

  • Submit scanned Direct Deposit and TD1 forms to Payroll.
  • Purchase a parking permit or download the Honk Mobile parking app.
  • Obtain printing codes for photocopiers and the M&T Print Shop.  

Access the Conestoga Employee Training site to complete the necessary standard employee training modules. 

Once completed, access the Conestoga Employee Portal to confirm that your training status has been updated on your employee profile. To find your training status, open the Human Resources tab, then select Employee under the Training sub-tab. 

Human Resources at Conestoga requires that all part-time and full-time faculty complete a series of eight (8) modules during their first semester of teaching as part of a mandatory orientation and onboarding course.

Please reach out to teachingandlearning@conestogac.on.ca to find out more information or to be enrolled in this course.

Review the following policies, procedures, and guidelines from Conestoga and/or required by law:

  • Academic Policies for policies and procedures that guide your work in teaching and learning, especially:
    • Academic Integrity Policy & Procedure
    • Course Delivery Procedure
    • Evaluation of Student Learning Policy & Procedure
  • Academic Handbooks for details on program information and requirements for students
  • Accessibility and AODA for information on student accommodations and faculty responsibilities related to accessibility
  • IT Conestoga for technology access and supports you need to get started with your teaching
  • Evolving AI Guidelines Portal for Conestoga’s approach and guidelines for AI use in teaching
  • Library and Learning Services for research services and supports for faculty and students, including academic integrity
  • Conestoga Employees for teaching, employee, and student help resources

Find a full list of Faculty Supports on our site.

Before your first class, please review each of the following introductory tutorials to master several essential faculty activities. 

Select any of the boxes below to get started.

Teaching on Campus

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Orienting to Technology at Conestoga

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Read Your Course Outline

A course outline is a map of the course in terms of learning and evaluation.

Find Your Timetable and Delivery Mode

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Review Materials Provided

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Access and Use eConestoga

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Prepare Your First Email to Students

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Preparing For Your First Lesson

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Excellent Fully Online Teaching

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Helping Students Understand Assignments in Your Course

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Group Work for Effective Learning and Assessment

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Marking Assignments in eConestoga

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Take the Next Step

Once you’re all set up, Conestoga Teaching and Learning provides offers tons of different support options for faculty beyond initial onboarding in the form of courses, workshops, drop-ins, research, tips, consultation, and more!

Browse the navigation menu above, or review a few common links below, to take full advantage of the many resources Teaching and Learning Conestoga has to offer.

Faculty Supports
Library

A curated one-stop-shop of resource links to help faculty navigate the vast library of faculty and student supports at Conestoga.

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Teaching Tips
Hub Posts

A regular series featuring current teaching and learning stories, research, and tools to help you develop your teaching practice. 

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