Chris Gregg

Have teaching assistant candidates do a mock teaching and debugging session in the interview process to begin their training assess their ability to scaffold students’ learning.

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Motivate unpaid teaching assistants (TAs) by creating a TA community, recognizing excellent TAs, and offering TAs a letter of recommendation.

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Give teaching assistants (TAs) opportunities for contributing to the course and TA program to increase their investment in the class and reduce your workload.

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Organize weekly sessions for teaching assistants to discuss their experiences assisting students, learn from each other, and prepare for teaching.

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Host group grading sessions to provide opportunities for teaching assistants to interact with each other and avoid falling behind in grading.

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Create an online staff chat-room to help undergraduate teaching assistants form community, ask for help, and share teaching strategies.

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Train teaching assistants to use the Socratic method so they can help students improve their reasoning skills.

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Create an environment where students feel safe approaching teaching assistants for help to ensure they get all the support they need to succeed in the course.

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Train teaching assistants on how to provide feedback using the growth mindset so they can keep their students motivated to improve their skills and understanding.

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Create a code of conduct for unpaid teaching assistants (TAs) to make department and institution expectations clear so violations are easily acted on.

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