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Academic Development Centers play a significant role in enhancing the quality of education by building and improving pedagogical, digital, and interpersonal skills. At Khalifa University's Center for Teaching and Learning (CTL), a Teacher Assistant (TA) training course, which is composed of eight instructional and microteaching modules that are taught by KU faculty, has shown to promote these skills and even motivate TAs to become future educators. A 24-item survey questionnaire which was adopted from the American Society of Engineering Education and focuses on training skills for TAs was disseminated to all 106 participant who have completed the training course over the past three years. Of the 106 TAs who received the survey, 60 (56%) have responded and answered all the questions. Stepwise regression showed that creating a positive learning environment, as covered in the CTL's training course, as a strong predictor for the TAs motivation to teach, F (1, 60) = 80.4, p <.001. Additionally, data analysis using SPSS showed a statistically strong positive correlation between the completion of the training course and the TA's motivation to teach,R 2 = .832, P < .001. Data analysis also showed a statistically moderate positive correlation between the TA training course and the TA's consideration of a career in teaching, R 2 = .647, P < .001. Implications for future trends in TA training as well as limitations of this study are discussed.