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Initial
Meeting
TA Issues to Discuss at Initial Meeting with Instructor
Note: Some of these you will probably want to discuss at your first meeting
with the instructor; other issues you’ll want to bring up again
prior to exam time.
- General Responsibilities
- Would you like me to attend lectures? Read the assigned chapters?
- Will you and I have regular meetings during the quarter?
- Will I be giving lectures to the class? If so, will I be responsible
for organizing the content of the lecture?
- When are your office hours going to be? Are there particular times
that I should or shouldn’t hold mine?
- How should I notify you in case of emergency (e.g., illness)?
- Will I be receiving additional desk copies of the text and/or readers?
- Assignments and grading
- Are there regular homework assignments that I will be grading?
- Are there special projects that I will be organizing, overseeing,
or grading (papers or research projects)?
- Will I be responsible for keeping grade sheets during the quarter?
- In what form would you like to receive grade information (e.g.
Do you want it alphabetized, organized by score, and/or with frequency
distributions or graphs?
- When do you want the grade information: after the exams and/or
at the end of the quarter?
- Will grades be posted? (If so, a waiver is needed.) Also –how,
when, and where should they be posted?
- How should I deal with suspected cheating on exams, papers, etc.?
- How do you handle students who request grade changes?
- Exams
- What is the exam schedule (usually found in course syllabus)?
- Will I have to help write questions for the exam? (find this one
out early)
- What types of questions will be used (e.g., multiple choice, essay,
completion)?
- What are your expectations regarding content? Difficulty?
- When should the exams/questions be ready?
- What are my responsibilities regarding preparing, proofing and
giving the exam?
- How many versions of the exam do you use (e.g., Exam A, Exam B,
...)?
- Who will review the exam items before copying?
- When will you give me the final version of the exam and when do
the copies need to be ready?
- Any special instructions regarding printing, copying, and collating?
- Will students be required to bring Scantrons, Parscore forms,
Blue Books?
- How many proctors will there be?
- What are my responsibilities regarding grading the exam? When do
you want the grading done?
- What is your policy regarding make-up exams?
- Do I need to schedule an exam overflow room? Or a room for DSP
students?
- Are graded exams returned to students? Are they recycled?
- Discussion Sections and Review Sessions
- Will I be leading discussion sections? Is there a set curriculum,
or am I responsible for content?
- Will I be giving review sessions?
- What should the structure be? When should it be given? What size
room should I reserve?
Are there any other expectations you have regarding my responsibilities?
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