2. Two Types of Teaching Appointments Teaching Assistant (TA) A full-time graduate student who assists an instructor in the teaching of a course. Teaching Fellow (TF) A full-time graduate student who has obtained a master’s degree in his or her area of teaching specialty or has equivalent qualifications; TFs teach courses. Both types of appointments are administratively processed in the same manner.

3. Unique Relationship of TAs and Students  As students themselves, TAs identify with their students and can be strong motivators  TAs are often less intimidating than professors  TAs often have more direct contact with undergraduate students than do professors

4. TA and TF Responsibilities (may vary)  Assist professors and students  Attend all classes  Lead discussion groups  Grade papers and exams  Take attendance  Prepare a syllabus and teach a course (TFs)  Hold office hours (very important)

5.  Setting up electronic classrooms and laboratories  Preparation of instructional aids and web pages  Preparation of exams  Conducting review sections  Leading discussion or lab sections  Offering to give guest lectures (TAs)  ASK YOUR PROFESSOR WHAT IS EXPECTED OF YOU! TA and TF Responsibilities (continued) Being a TA or TF is a collaborative effort among the graduate fellow or assistant, the supervising professor, and the students in the class.

6. Helpful Resources  Lead Professor  Chairperson of Department or Associate and Assistant Deans of the School  Other Teaching Assistants  Graduate Studies Website Graduate Studies Website  Academic Undergraduate Announcements Academic Undergraduate Announcements

7. Related PoliciesPolicies  Grading Grading  Personal Integrity  Disruptive Behavior Disruptive Behavior  Academic Integrity Academic Integrity  Final Exam Final Exam

8. Grading and Personal Integrity  TAs are looked upon as individuals with authority; therefore it is important to not have favorites or to develop personal relationships with members of your class  Grade all students using the same standards  Treat all students with the same degree of courtesy and respect To be the most effective TA, you must treat all students equally in regards to both personal interaction and grading.

9. Disruptive Behavior “deprives other students of instruction to which they are entitled”  Request to stop  Speak to instructor We are responsible for creating an environment that promotes learning!

10. Academic Integrity Essential for the educational mission and Catholic commitment of CUA

11. Categories of Dishonesty  Plagiarism  Improper use of one’s own work  Fabrication  Cheating

12. Academic Dishonesty Sanctions –Undergraduate-Failing the course. Lesser sanction is some cases. –Graduate of University-revocation of degree Process –Faculty confers with student –Faculty may investigate the facts –Record of disposition and facts –Deans make decisions

13. “Modern man [woman] listens more willingly to witnesses than to teachers, and if he [she] does listen to teachers, it is because they are witnesses.” Pope Paul VI, Apostolic Exhortation Evangelii Nuntiandi, Dec. 8, 1975 The dynamic between personal encounter, knowledge and Christian witness is integral to the diakonia of truth which the Church exercises in the midst of humanity. Pope Benedict XVI, Address to Catholic Educators, The Catholic University of America, April 17, 2008 Witness: “Informative” & “Performative”

14. “You must shake off your sluggishness,” the Teacher said, “for no one comes to fame who sits in soft pillows of down, or lies at ease in bed, And when his life is wasted utterly he leaves such traces of himself behind as smoke in air or foam upon the sea. Get up, then!” Dante, Inferno, Canto XXIV, L. 45-52 (Esolen).

15. Thank you for your commitment to student success at CUA!