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Establishing a Partnership with Faculty
A shared understanding of course goals, policies, and expectations achieved through frequent communication between the TA and professor. An effective partnership is characterized by a clearly defined division of teaching roles and responsibilities. |
- Establishing communication before the class begins to identify course goals and align expectations of students, TA, and professor .
- Maintaining open communication throughout the course regarding students readiness levels, areas of strengths and weaknesses.
- Previewing activities used in discussion sections with the professor to get any guidance.
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- Communicates to students that TA is competent and can be trusted.
- Reduces student anxiety and improves performance.
- Helps ensure that students’ behavior supports learning objectives.
- Increases teaching satisfaction and effectiveness.
- Helps TA anticipate and schedule his/her duties and responsibilities throughout the semester.
- Helps TA identify and target the most essential course content and skills for students to practice, and to better integrate discussion sections with course lectures, readings, and graded assignments.
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