Teaching Assistant Training
Graduate teaching assistants for BIOL 1100L, 1101L, 1102L, and 2209L have several mandatory responsibilities (1-12) in addition to teaching their assigned lab sections. Teaching assistants will be evaluated on their fulfillment of these responsibilities and on their teaching abilities.
| 1 | Take the Graduate Teaching Assistant Seminar (BIOL 5514) during the Fall semester of your first teaching assignment. | ||
| 2 | Fill in the contact information and the weekly schedule forms. | ||
| 3 | Attend TA meetings (see schedules) each week during the semester: | ||
| A | At the first TA meeting you will be given a key to the teaching laboratory, a textbook, and notes. | ||
| B | Print the required materials from the Moodle website and read them before each meeting. | ||
| C | Read the notes before each meeting. | ||
| 4 | Understand and maintain laboratory safety. | ||
| 5 | Foster a comfortable learning environment. | ||
| 6 | Participate in laboratory set up and maintenance during the TA meetings and during your assigned lab sections. | ||
| 7 | Use Moodle as a grade book and enter assignment grades in a timely manner (see grading scheudle in your notes bundle). | ||
| 8 | Use all laboratory equipment correctly: | ||
| A | Microscopes (1100, 1101, & 1102) | ||
| B | Micropipettes (1100 & 1101) | ||
| C | Vernier Logger Pro, Lab Pro, Go!Link, pH, O2, CO2, gas (1101) | ||
| D | Spectrophotometer Genesys 20 (1101) | ||
| 9 | Hold one office / tutoring hour per week in LS 208 (Poc) or CHE 107 (IF). If unable to attend office hours make sure to leave a note on the door. | ||
| 10 | Proctor lecture exams. | ||
| 11 | Attend the course lecture. If you have attended the lecture (as a graduate student) in a previous semester you are not required to attend the lecture unless the new instructor of record for the course requires your attendance. | ||
| 12 | Find a replacement if unable to teach one of their lab sections due to an illness, national meeting, or workshop (see schedules). | ||
Last Modified: 8/20/13
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