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Contents
The TA Balancing Act
The TA as Student
The TA as Teacher
The Instructor-Student Liaison Role
The International TA
The Distance Education TA
The TA as Union Member
The TA as GSA Member
In the Classroom . . . |
In the Classroom . . .
- You are TAing a course for the first time and you are responsible for
running seminars each week. Part way through the semester, your students
begin to complain that they have never heard of some of the topics you
have been bringing up in the seminar. You attend some of the lectures and
realize that the course instructor has a preference for discussing topics
other than those listed on the course outline. You now understand your
students' confusion and concerns about the midterm that they will have
in two weeks. What would you do?
- This semester you have been given a half-time TA position, which is
great, because between your course load and volunteering activities you
don't have much time. You have been keeping track of your hours as the
course instructor asked and so far you have been able to keep your time
to 5 hours/week on average. However, you realize that your students will
be handing in their major lab report in two weeks. The time you will need
to grade these reports will be on top of your regular hours. The course
instructor is fairly open to discussing issues with you but s/he did say
that it was your responsibility to make sure you did not go over your allotted
hours. What would you do?
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