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TA Orientation Fall 2007

TA Orientation Fall 2007. William J. Rapaport (Outgoing) Director of Graduate Studies, SUNY Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Teaching Department of Computer Science & Engineering rapaport@cse.buffalo.edu http://www.cse.buffalo.edu/~rapaport. TA Responsibilities.

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TA Orientation Fall 2007

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  1. TA OrientationFall 2007 William J. Rapaport (Outgoing) Director of Graduate Studies, SUNY Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Teaching Department of Computer Science & Engineering rapaport@cse.buffalo.edu http://www.cse.buffalo.edu/~rapaport

  2. TA Responsibilities • Attend all lectures of course • Meet regularly with instructor • Teach “recitation” section, grade, hold office hours • attend all recitation sections! • if you must be absent,please let instructor or CSE office know! • Expect to work 16-20 hours/week on average • Obligation begins BEFORE classes begin& ends AFTER all grades are computed • Don’t plan to leave early for vacation! • Read the Grad Handbook, especially Ch. 9!

  3. SPEAK Test • Required by UBfor all “international” grad students (TA, RA, GA) • unless “native” speaker of English • Score ≥ 55  can teachScore = 45-50  need teaching demo & ESL 512Score ≤ 40  can’t teach; need ESL 411/412; retake SPEAK • http://wings.buffalo.edu/eli/esl_speak.htm

  4. How to Teach • Was covered in CSE 501 (& will be again!) • Golden rule of teaching: • Teach others the way you would like to be taught • “Advice for (new) TAs” slide show: • http://www.cse.buffalo.edu/~rapaport/cse501.ppt • “How to Teach” website: • http://www.cse.buffalo.edu/~rapaport/501/501teaching.html • UBCenter for Teaching and Learning Resources • http://wings.buffalo.edu/provost/ctlr/index.htm

  5. Give a midsemester course evaluation • Course instructor should do this • If not, you do it! • 2 questions: • What aspects of recitation would you like to see changed? • What aspects of recitation do you especially like? • Then give feedback to students!

  6. If you have problems teaching… • Speak to the course instructor • Speak to me

  7. End of presentation • Any questions?

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