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Understanding the Teaching Assistantship

Notes On Your Teaching Assistantship

I. Course Preparation

A. Assisting a Professor

1. Course Goals, Learning Outcomes
2. Attendance, Classrooms, and the Section Syllabus
3. Grading (a brief word)

B. Conducting a Complete Course

1. Compliance with UGA Policies
2. Course Design
3. Organizational Questions
4. Course Outline
5. Textbook Selection
6. Supplemental Materials
7. Teaching Strategies

C. The Syllabus

D. Administrative Details

1. Book Orders
2. Library Reserve and eReserve
3. Class Schedule and Location
4. Classroom Preparation
5. Field Trips
6. Office Hours

E. Support

1. Teaching Support
   
2. Academic Support

F. Beginning the Course: The First Day

II. Teaching Effectively

1. Lecturing
2. Discussion
3. Science Laboratory Sections
4. Language Laboratories

III. Evaluating Students

1. Testing
2. Development
3. Format
4. Grading
5. Papers
6. Fostering Academic Honesty

IV. Student-Teacher Interactions

1. International Teaching Assistants
2. Special Teaching Situations
3. Teaching Challenges

V. Concluding the Course

1. Evaluating Student Performance
2. Evaluating Teacher Performance
3. Documenting Teaching Effectiveness
4. Teaching Portfolio
5. Teaching Certificate