WorkingwithYourTeachingTeamNewFacultyOrienta8on2018

SherylStevenson,Lecturer/TA&GraduateStudentSupport

DavidChan,Educa8onalDeveloper

Your concerns and ques-ons

•  Takeaminutetousetheindexcardwe’veprovidedtojotdownoneques8onorconcernthat’smostonyourmindasfarasdealingwithyourTAs

Policies

•  YourteachingassistantsarerepresentedbyaCollec&veAgreementbetweenCUPE3902(Unit1)andUofT:

• hXps://www.cupe3902.org/unit-1/documents/

Descrip-on of Du-es and Alloca-on of Hours (DDAH) form

•  TheDDAHformhelpslayouttheexpecta8onsforyourTA•  Youareexpectedtohavethisfilledoutandsigned(bybothyourselfandyourTAs)priortothestartofyourcourse

•  TheDDAHformisnotacontract,andtheTA’ssignatureonlyreflectsthattheyhaveseentheform

Descrip8onofdu8es/ac8vi8es

#ofoccurrences

Time(est.)pertask

#ofstudentsforeachtask(ifapplicable)

TotalTime

CategoryofDu8es(e.g.ContactTime,Marking/Grading)

TotalHours

Your first mee-ng with your TA(s)

• Layoutyourexpecta8onsforthecourse• GoovertheDDAHform

• Goovercoursepolicies

Mid-Semester Review

• TAsarerequiredtomeetwiththeirCIaroundthemiddleofthesemestertogoovertheirDDAHform(andreviseifnecessary)

• Opportunitytoreallocatehours,ifnecessary• Canrequestmorehoursfromdepartment,butmany8mesitdoesnothappen

Other Policies

Respec8ngconfiden8ality

AvoidingconflictofInterest

Safeguardingthelearningenvironment

Upholdingacademicintegrity

FreedomofInforma8onandPrivacyProtec8on

Act(FIPPA)

Handlingassignments

Pos8nggrades Email

Officialpolicyonemailcorrespondence

Respec-ng Confiden-ality Respec8ngconfiden8a

lity

Avoiding Conflict of Interest

•  YourTAsmustdiscloseanypoten8alconflictsofinterestimmediately•  YourTAsarenotallowedtoberesponsibleforgradinganyworkofastudentwherethere’sapoten8alconflictofinterest

Avoidingconflict

ofInterest

Safeguarding the Learning Environment

• DiscusswithyourTAsanyareasofconcerntheymighthaveregardingthesafetyofthemselves,thestudents,andtheclassroom• Providethemwithcontactinforma8on(e.g.campuspolice,416-978-2222)

Avoidingconflict

ofInterest

Safeguardingthelearningenvironment

Upholding Academic Integrity Avoidingconflict

ofInterest

Upholdingacademicintegrity

ReportittotheCI

• NOTrepor8ngisanoffenseoftheCode!

• Youcanaskthemtocompile“evidence”

• Askthemtologtheirhours

Retaintheassignment

• Don’tassignagrade

• Don’treturntheassignment(s)

Exercisecau8onwiththestudent

• Don’taccusethestudentofplagiarism

• Don’timposepenal8es

• Don’tadvisethestudenttowithdraw

Best prac-ces

•  WorkingwithTAscanposeuniquechallenges,asTAshavecompe8ngpriori8es

•  Sharingandpartneringwithyourteachingteamwillencouragecohesiveness

•  CheckinginwithyourTAsatfrequentintervalswillprovideintoanyissuesthatmayarise,foreitherthemorthestudents

Best prac-ces

•  InformyourTAsconcerningthebestwaystoreachyou(e.g.,officehours,email,phone)

•  Askabouttheirscheduleandanyan8cipatedbusy8mes

•  Clearlylayoutboundariesandlimita8ons•  Gradingdecisions•  Assignmentdecisions

•  Usebenchmarkingsessionstopromoteuniformityingrading

Some great resources •  SeetheCentreforTeachingSupportandInnova8on(CTSI)websiteon

assessmentforexpertadvice(videos)andexamplesoftypesofassessment:hXp://teaching.utoronto.ca/teaching-support/strategies/lct/assessment/

•  peerfeedback•  rubricsforvariouspurposes(e.g.,par8cipa8on,presenta8ons,differenttypesof

essays)

•  Studentswantconsistencyofassessment,andgoodcommunica8onplusbenchmarkingandeffec8verubricsreallyhelp