Teaching Assistant Job Description
| Course Name: | Drama 202 TA |
|---|---|
| Curricular Purpose | Drama 202 is imed at developing, demonstrating, and exercising both courage and leadership's other critical skills: connecting and communicating. |
Duties include:
- Attend all class sessions
- Attend instructor/TA meetings
- Set up and strike classroom
- Assist in audio/visual equipment use
May include as needed:
- Maintaining grading records
- Help maintain materials on canvas site
- Leading critiques and/or discussions in class
- Maintain/update webpage
- Calculate quarter grades, (in conjunction with professor)
- Place course materials on library reserve
- Preparing handout materials
| Assigned Course | Drama 202 |
|---|---|
| Faculty member or supervisor to whom the ASE will report | Valerie Curtis-Newton |
| Procedures used for evaluation (if any) |
SCHOOL OF DRAMA TEACHING ASSISTANTS If the evaluator concludes that the TA is not meeting departmental criteria for teaching competence, then s/he will work with the TA to determine a specific, written plan for addressing the TA’s teaching difficulties. A TA should feel free at any time to give input to the observation process. Any appeal, should one feel the need to appeal the outcome of any decision based on the observation, should follow procedures outlined in Executive Order 28. This appeal would begin with contacting the Executive Director of the School. Criteria to be used in the evaluation will include at least the following: |
| Course meeting times and location | TBD |
| The maximum number of students for which the ASE will be responsible | Approximately 50 |
| Office hours (if applicable) | TBA by TA |
| Training programs (if applicable) | Center for Teaching and Learning, TA training for new TAs, |
| Work location |