1. TA Seminar
EE500-D
Leo Lam
Changing life daily
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2. Class goals You are important!
Develop strong, collaborative teaching culture
Better understanding of students’ needs
Better teaching, interaction and communications with students
More satisfaction
More fun
Answer teaching-related questions you have
Support you over the year
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3. Introduction Who is this bozo? Performance guarantee
Anonymous message welcome
Office: PAC 236
Performance guarantee
You are my customers
12-hour response
Reasonable
Five questions!
Here to help, always with a smile!
tEEch newsletter
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4. Getting to know you…
Who are you?
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5. Expectations Be on-time Be respectful Make mistakes Get Shxt Done
Smile, you’re designed to
Deliverables
Participation
Choices:
Observation/Role playing
Keep a teaching journal
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6. TA Basics Quiz, Lab, Recit sessions Grading (!) Office hours
ABET
Office hours
Some may get to teach, too
Quick Beginning Quarter stuff
Expectation from Dept
How to…
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7. Leo’s 10 Rules to TA happiness & success
Love what you do
Be human
Be available
Be prepared
Be humble
Know the rules
Active feedback
Active learning
Work-life balance
Have fun
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8. Who are your customers? Faculty/Department Students
They pay your salary!
Students
Demographics
~40,000 students
Slightly more female than male
Minority groups: 1/3 combined
Average age ~26, youngest ~19, oldest ~49
~60% have jobs
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9. Resources Our website: EE  Student info  Class homepage
EE TA website: EE  Current grads
TA Handbook UW
Catalyst!
CIDR
DSS
CSS
FROG
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10. MyUW
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11. Catalyst
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12. Ethical concerns - Overview
Academic freedom/responsibility
Student conduct
Sexual harassment
Privacy
IP (Section 107)
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13. Major pains in EE Access Communications Curriculum mismatch Boredom
“Too much work”
You add value by having the ability to solve these problems!
Specific questions?
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