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What Makes a Good TA

2. Session Objectives. Define the role of a TAIdentify characteristics of great TAsCreate potential responses to challenges TAs may encounterIdentify resources and strategies. 3. What is the role of a TA?. Must manage two positions at same timeAssistantResponsibility to supervising professor to help Run the courseTeachTeacherResponsibility to students to help them learn.

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What Makes a Good TA

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    1. 1 What Makes a Good TA? Paula Quinn Educational Consultant p-quinn@comcast.net

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    3. 3 What is the role of a TA? Must manage two positions at same time Assistant Responsibility to supervising professor to help Run the course Teach Teacher Responsibility to students to help them learn

    4. 4 Characteristics of Great TAs Assistant Take initiative Maintain strong communication with supervising professor Respect the demands of the job

    5. 5 Characteristics of Great TAs Teacher Communicate effectively with students Foster cooperation among students Use active learning techniques Give prompt feedback Emphasize that effort + time ? good results Communicate high expectations Respect diverse talents & ways of learning

    6. 6 Challenges Being Assertive A TA disagrees with the way she has been told to do her job, and she thinks her advisor is unapproachable. How might Shymili approach this supervisor she thinks is not so approachable? What strategies might she use to tell him that she’d like to do something different from what he’s told her to do?

    7. 7 Challenges Providing Support A TA is unsure about how to help a student in need. What would you suggest to Adam? Does Adam have to manage this on his own?

    8. 8 Challenges Balancing A TA begins to feel overwhelmed by competing demands. What are some strategies that Minh could use to help manage these competing demands?

    9. 9 Resources Other TAs Graduate Student TA Handbook Campus services Professor for the course

    10. 10 Strategies Identify two biggest TA challenges you expect to encounter ____________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________ Identify strategies you can use to deal with them effectively ____________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________

    11. 11 Information Source Seven Principles for Good Practice in Undergraduate Education A.W. Chickering & S.C. Ehrmann AAHE Bulletin (March, 1987)

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