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What should good TAs do?

• TA preparation
• What do the students expect from a TA
• Do's from experienced TAs
• Do not's from experienced TAs
• "Before I teach as a TA" (The TA newsletter from MIT)
  http://web.mit.edu/chemistry/www/academic/tanewsletter1.pdf
  http://web.mit.edu/chemistry/www/academic/tanewsletter2.pdf
  http://web.mit.edu/chemistry/www/academic/teaching.html
  http://cte.udel.edu/TAbook/lab.html

How do I teach effectively?

• Pedagogyin general
  http://www.cast.uark.edu/local/tatew/TTT.html
  http://cte.udel.edu/TAbook/principles.html
• Make my own syllabus
  http://cte.udel.edu/TAbook/syllabus.html
  http://web.mit.edu/tll/published/contracts.htm
• Motivating students
  http://www.cast.uark.edu/local/tatew/Motivation.html
  http://ddi.cs.uni-potsdam.de/Lehre/WissArbeitenHinweise/teachingassistant/hand/motivate.html
• Teaching without talking
  http://ddi.cs.uni-potsdam.de/Lehre/WissArbeitenHinweise/teachingassistant/hand/talk.html
• Tips for effective presentation
  http://ddi.cs.uni-potsdam.de/Lehre/WissArbeitenHinweise/teachingassistant/hand/present.html
• Teaching to individual
  http://www.cast.uark.edu/local/tatew/Inclusive.html
• Questioning and answering questions
  http://web.mit.edu/tll/published/responding_effectively.htm
  http://cte.udel.edu/TAbook/question.html
  http://web.mit.edu/tll/published/question.htm
• Creating grading rubric
  http://www.cast.uark.edu/local/tatew/Rubric.html

How do I manage the class?

• Leadership in the classroom
• Starting out as a TA
• Handling conflict and disruptive student
  http://www.cast.uark.edu/local/tatew/Conflict.html
  http://cte.udel.edu/TAbook/disruptive.html
  http://www.umass.edu/cft/handbook/handbook.htm#Classroom%20Management
• Maintaining professional relationship
• Ethics
  http://cte.udel.edu/TAbook/plagiarism.htm
  http://www.umass.edu/cft/handbook/handbook.htm#ETHICS%20AND%20THE%20TEACHING%20ASSISTANT

What university policies and procedures do I need to know?

• Plagiarism
  Definition and prevention (Requires neo ID and password)
  Consequences

• Lab safety Check list
  Departmental safety
  Contacts and resources
• Student Rules for Attendance
• Other student rules

Other Resources for TAs

• Other University Manuals for Graduate Teaching Assistants
  Dalhousie University
  Ohio State University
  Penn State University
  Princeton University
  Tufts University
  University of California, Santa Barbara
  University of Florida
  University of Massachusetts-Amherst
  University of Michigan
  University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
  University of Washington
  University of Wisconsin
  Western Michigan University
  Washington University in St. Louis
  Yale Graduate School
  Queen's University, Canada
  University of Guelph, Canada

• Other Resources for TAs

Thursday, Oct 16

Last edited 01/16/23