Getting Started as a Graduate Teaching Assistant

These questions will help new TAs understand their role and the expectations that faculty and students have for them.

Giving effective feedback is a complex skill, impacted by both the giver and receiver of the feedback. This guide outlines key considerations for TAs as they develop their capacities both to give effective feedback and to create the conditions for students to receive and act on it.

This article introduces strategies for more inclusive office hours and review sessions for all graduate student teaching assistants across disciplines. It covers tips that make office hours more accessible and links to active learning techniques to address common challenges during office hours and review sessions.

It can be challenging for TAs to grade efficiently and effectively. This piece offers strategies that can help you manage your time and make the grading process less stressful.

This article is intended for TAs leading discussion sections in the humanities and social sciences. It describes how to structure sections, and discussions specifically, to encourage student participation.

Graduate students working as lab assistants (GLAs) fill an important role in the laboratory-based educational experience. Laboratory-based courses contribute to student learning by providing opportunities to practice inquiry and experimentation that supplement traditional lecture courses. Thus, the primary role of the GLA is to facilitate and guide students through an authentic inquiry experience.