In addition to the College of Engineering TA development program, University-wide TA development workshops are also available to all graduate students. These are one-day workshops offered by the Center for Learning and Teaching in both the fall and spring semesters. Some topics of past workshops are managing stress and time, creating a teaching portfolio, constructing a classroom presence, and facilitating discussions. With sufficient experience, you may even get the chance to be a volunteer facilitator for these workshops. Workshops often include free lunch and more importantly a great chance to meet people interested in teaching from all across the campus.
Direct your questions about this program to Dr. Virleen Carlson (vmc3@cornell.edu, 255-8427), Assistant Director of the Office of Instructional Support. Her office is in room 415 at the Computing and Communications Center (D4).
The Office of Instructional Support also publishes a handbook for teaching assistants at Cornell, which is free when you sign up for a TA development workshop (engineering or university-wide), or can be purchased for $1.50.