Information about Teaching Assistant
This article is about teaching assistants in higher education. For teaching assistants in UK schools, see Teaching assistant (United Kingdom).
A teaching assistant (TA) is a junior scholar employed on a temporary contract by a college or university in teaching-related responsibilities. TA responsibilities vary greatly and may include tutoring; holding office hours; grading homework or exams; assisting a professor with a large lecture class by teaching students in recitation, laboratory, or discussion sessions; and even teaching their own classes. In some universities (such as the University of Michigan), they are known as graduate student instructors (GSIs). In New Zealand, Australian, and some Canadian universities, they are known as tutors. At Harvard College they are known as teaching fellows (TFs).TAs include graduate teaching assistants (GTAs), who are graduate students, and undergraduate teaching assistants (UTAs), who are undergraduate students. While the term assistant implies that they assist with a class, most (about two-thirds) GTAs serve as the sole instructor for one or more classes each semester;[1][2][3] although these GTAs may work under a supervisor or course coordinator, they have the responsibility to prepare and teach class, make and grade homework and quizzes, and even create and administer their own exams. Like professors, GTAs generally have a fixed salary determined by each contract period, usually an academic school year.
Undergraduate Teaching Assistants
UTAs usually serve as true assistants to a class; they typically have taken the course with which they are assisting, often with the same professor, and have performed well in it. This case is less common for GTAs, since many would have been undergraduates at other institutions. Unlike professors and GTAs, UTAs generally do not have a fixed salary but instead are paid by the hour, earn credit hours, or volunteer their time.
High School Teaching Assistant
The term teaching assistant is used in the high school and middle school setting for students or adults that assist a teacher with one or more classes. The responsibilities, situations, and conditions of these individuals' involvement differ from those in higher education. A less formal position, a TA job in secondary education is generally determined by the supervising teacher. Common tasks include grading tests and papers, and taking attendance. Rarely, TAs in high school are allowed to participate in teaching students.
Elementary School Teaching Assistant An elementary teaching assistant is the same as a teaching assistant in middle and high school except they are more commonly referred to as paraprofessionals or paras for short. These teaching assistants have the same responsibilities a high school teaching assistant has.
See also
References
1. ^ Allred, K.N.; J.B. Belnap (2006). "Mathematics Teaching Assistants: Ascertaining their involvement in university instruction". (Manuscript in preparation).
2. ^ Butler, D.D.; J.F. Laumer Jr. & M. Moore (1993). "A content analysis of pedagogical and policy information used in training graduate teaching assistants". Journal for Higher Education Management, 9 1: 27–37.
3. ^ Gray, P.L.; N. Buerkel-Rothfuss (1991). "Teaching assistant training: A view from the trenches", in J. D. Nyquist, R. D. Abbott, D. H. Wulff, & J. Sprague (Eds.): Preparing the professorate of tomorrow to teach. Dubuque, Iowa: Kendall/Hunt, 40–51.
2. ^ Butler, D.D.; J.F. Laumer Jr. & M. Moore (1993). "A content analysis of pedagogical and policy information used in training graduate teaching assistants". Journal for Higher Education Management, 9 1: 27–37.
3. ^ Gray, P.L.; N. Buerkel-Rothfuss (1991). "Teaching assistant training: A view from the trenches", in J. D. Nyquist, R. D. Abbott, D. H. Wulff, & J. Sprague (Eds.): Preparing the professorate of tomorrow to teach. Dubuque, Iowa: Kendall/Hunt, 40–51.
External links
- Teaching Assistant Resources
- International Teaching Assistant Handbook
- TA Program at Syracuse University
- Reading list on 'Training and Working With TAs'
- The Art of TAing
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