A Handbook for Graduate Teaching and Laboratory Assistants

 

Welcome from Center for Teaching and Learning!

Letter from Graduate School Dean Maureen Grasso

Understanding the Teaching Assistantship

Notes On Your Teaching Assistantship

Course Preparation

Assisting a Professor

  • Course Goals, Learning Outcomes
  • Attendance, Classrooms, and the Section Syllabus
  • Grading (a brief word)

Conducting a Complete Course

  • Compliance with UGA Policies
  • Course Design
  • Organizational Questions
  • Course Outline
  • Textbook Selection
  • Supplemental Materials
  • Teaching Strategies

The Syllabus

Administrative Details

  • Book Orders
  • Library Reserve and eReserve
  • Class Schedule and Location
  • Classroom Preparation
  • Field Trips
  • Office Hours

Support

  • Teaching Support
  • Academic Support

Beginning the Course: The First Day

Teaching Effectively

  • Lecturing
  • Discussion
  • Science Laboratory Sections
  • Language Laboratories

Evaluating Students

  • Testing
  • Development
  • Format
  • Grading
  • Papers
  • Fostering Academic Honesty

Student-Teacher Interactions

  • International Teaching Assistants
  • Special Teaching Situations
  • Teaching Challenges

Concluding the Course

  • Evaluating Student Performance
  • Evaluating Teacher Performance
  • Documenting Teaching Effectiveness
  • Teaching Portfolio
  • Teaching Certificate
Directory of Teaching Resources

References