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TA Roles & Responsibilities. Responsi-bilities. Work. Roles. Instructors. 100. 100. 100. 100. 200. 200. 200. 200. 300. 300. 300. 300. Warm up. Final Jeopardy. Question:. TA Work #1. What should you do if there are multiple TA’s for the course you are TAing ?. Question:.

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  1. TA Roles & Responsibilities Responsi-bilities Work Roles Instructors 100 100 100 100 200 200 200 200 300 300 300 300 Warm up Final Jeopardy

  2. Question: TA Work #1 What should you do if there are multiple TA’s for the course you are TAing?

  3. Question: TA Work #2 What can you do to help students prepare for exams, but is not a requirement of Taing?

  4. Question: TA Work #3 What online tool is available for you to maintain and distribute homework, quiz, and exam grades?

  5. Question: TA Roles #1 What is the main role of most Engineering TAs? (this responsibility includes actual teaching!)

  6. Question: TA Roles #2 What essential role does the TA have that will take up one to two hours of your week?

  7. Question: TA Roles #3 Whom should you report common student difficulties, errors, and special concerns to?

  8. Question: TA Responsibilities #1 If students are given weekly homework assignments, whose responsibility is it to grade them?

  9. Question: TA Responsibilities #2 What might you have to provide for students in cases where the professor assigns non-textbook problems?

  10. Question: TA Responsibilities #3 What are some “end-of-the-quarter” tasks the TA is responsible for?

  11. Question: Instructors #1 What is the best way to know what the course instructor has taught, what he/she thinks is important, and to prepare for your discussion section?

  12. Question: Instructor #2 What might you have to do if the class instructor has to miss class?

  13. Question: Instructor #3 Where should you be able to find the professor’s policies on late assignments, plagiarism, and make-up exams?

  14. Question: Light #1 Light bouncing off of an object.

  15. Question: Light #2 This word refers to when light hits something like a wall, the light is stopped and held in.

  16. Question: Light #3 When white light is passes through this object, each color of light bends at a different angle.

  17. TA Work #1 Answer: Attend weekly TA meetings and / or coordinate with other TA’s

  18. TA Work #2 Answer: Conduct review sessions before exams

  19. TA Work #3 Answer: EEE Gradebook

  20. TA Roles #1 Answer: Holding discussion / lab sections

  21. Answer: TA Roles #2 Holding regular office hours

  22. Answer: TA Roles #3 The course professor and other TA’s

  23. Answer: TA Responsibilities #1 The course reader / grader

  24. Answer: TA Responsibilities #2 Detailed solution sets

  25. Answer: TA Responsibilities #3 • Recording grades • Computing final grades • Reading final evaluations • Help proctor final exam, etc.

  26. Instructors #1 Answer: Attend lectures (or talk to the professor before the quarter or weekly)

  27. Instructors #2 Answer: Give a guest lecture

  28. Instructors #3 Answer: The course syllabus or ask the professor at the beginning of the quarter

  29. Light #1 Answer: What is reflection?

  30. Light #2 Answer: What is absorption?

  31. Light #3 Answer: What is a prism?

  32. Final Jeopardy TLTC Welcome Video

  33. Final Jeopardy TLTC Welcome Video Based on the TLTC Welcome video clip, what services does the TLTC provide for TA’s?

  34. Answer: Final Jeopardy • Online midterm feedback, • 1-on-1 consulting appointments, • Video recording of teaching • Workshops though out the quarter • TAPDP

  35. Warm Up What does TAPDP stand for?

  36. Warm Up Answer: Teaching Assistant Professional Development Program (TAPDP)

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