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WorkingwithYourTeachingTeamNewFacultyOrienta8on2018
SherylStevenson,Lecturer/TA&GraduateStudentSupport
DavidChan,Educa8onalDeveloper
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Your concerns and ques-ons
• Takeaminutetousetheindexcardwe’veprovidedtojotdownoneques8onorconcernthat’smostonyourmindasfarasdealingwithyourTAs
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Policies
• YourteachingassistantsarerepresentedbyaCollec&veAgreementbetweenCUPE3902(Unit1)andUofT:
• hXps://www.cupe3902.org/unit-1/documents/
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Descrip-on of Du-es and Alloca-on of Hours (DDAH) form
• TheDDAHformhelpslayouttheexpecta8onsforyourTA• Youareexpectedtohavethisfilledoutandsigned(bybothyourselfandyourTAs)priortothestartofyourcourse
• TheDDAHformisnotacontract,andtheTA’ssignatureonlyreflectsthattheyhaveseentheform
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Descrip8onofdu8es/ac8vi8es
#ofoccurrences
Time(est.)pertask
#ofstudentsforeachtask(ifapplicable)
TotalTime
CategoryofDu8es(e.g.ContactTime,Marking/Grading)
TotalHours
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Your first mee-ng with your TA(s)
• Layoutyourexpecta8onsforthecourse• GoovertheDDAHform
• Goovercoursepolicies
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Mid-Semester Review
• TAsarerequiredtomeetwiththeirCIaroundthemiddleofthesemestertogoovertheirDDAHform(andreviseifnecessary)
• Opportunitytoreallocatehours,ifnecessary• Canrequestmorehoursfromdepartment,butmany8mesitdoesnothappen
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Other Policies
Respec8ngconfiden8ality
AvoidingconflictofInterest
Safeguardingthelearningenvironment
Upholdingacademicintegrity
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FreedomofInforma8onandPrivacyProtec8on
Act(FIPPA)
Handlingassignments
Pos8nggrades Email
Officialpolicyonemailcorrespondence
Respec-ng Confiden-ality Respec8ngconfiden8a
lity
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Avoiding Conflict of Interest
• YourTAsmustdiscloseanypoten8alconflictsofinterestimmediately• YourTAsarenotallowedtoberesponsibleforgradinganyworkofastudentwherethere’sapoten8alconflictofinterest
Avoidingconflict
ofInterest
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Safeguarding the Learning Environment
• DiscusswithyourTAsanyareasofconcerntheymighthaveregardingthesafetyofthemselves,thestudents,andtheclassroom• Providethemwithcontactinforma8on(e.g.campuspolice,416-978-2222)
Avoidingconflict
ofInterest
Safeguardingthelearningenvironment
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Upholding Academic Integrity Avoidingconflict
ofInterest
Upholdingacademicintegrity
ReportittotheCI
• NOTrepor8ngisanoffenseoftheCode!
• Youcanaskthemtocompile“evidence”
• Askthemtologtheirhours
Retaintheassignment
• Don’tassignagrade
• Don’treturntheassignment(s)
Exercisecau8onwiththestudent
• Don’taccusethestudentofplagiarism
• Don’timposepenal8es
• Don’tadvisethestudenttowithdraw
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Best prac-ces
• WorkingwithTAscanposeuniquechallenges,asTAshavecompe8ngpriori8es
• Sharingandpartneringwithyourteachingteamwillencouragecohesiveness
• CheckinginwithyourTAsatfrequentintervalswillprovideintoanyissuesthatmayarise,foreitherthemorthestudents
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Best prac-ces
• InformyourTAsconcerningthebestwaystoreachyou(e.g.,officehours,email,phone)
• Askabouttheirscheduleandanyan8cipatedbusy8mes
• Clearlylayoutboundariesandlimita8ons• Gradingdecisions• Assignmentdecisions
• Usebenchmarkingsessionstopromoteuniformityingrading
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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