This document presents 11 papers that consider the problems and opportunities relating to the design and implementation of training programs for foreign teaching assistants (FTAs): "Academic Sub-cultures within U.S. Higher Education: Implications for FTA Training of Differences in Teaching Styles and Methods" (Patricia Byrd); "Cross-cultural Awareness: Understanding Ourselves and Sensitivity to Others" (Lynne A. McNamara); "Background Issues in Testing and Evaluation of Foreign Teaching Assistants" (Janet C. Constantinides); "Gaining and Maintaining Campus-wide Support for an International Teaching Assistant Training Program" (Jane Averill, Dave Clark, Lynne McNamara); "Oral Interview for International Graduate Assistants" (Ralph Pat Barrett); "Video-taped Teaching Simulations: Issues in the Testing and Evaluation of Foreign Teaching Assistants" (Patricia Byrd); "Clarification of Terms in FTA Training,""Information Classification System," and "Foreign TA Training Programs: An Overview of Design Components and Comparison Chart of FTA Program Formats,""Training Foreign TA's - Pedagogical Teaching Skills: A Matrix System to Target FTA Training" (Claire K. Langham); "Five Phases in a Training Program" (Claire K. Langham); and "ITAs and the Road to Communicative Competence: Learning to Map a Department" (Debra-L Sequeira). References are provided for most papers. (GLR)