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TA Responsibilities

1) It is the responsibility of each instructor to meet his/her classes on time, grade and proctor all exams, attend meetings scheduled by the course coordinator, and have three office hours per week. These responsibilities continue until course grades are handed in.

2) There will be times, however, due to illness or some other reason, when you may not be able to meet these obligations. In such cases, the procedures to follow are listed below.
  • If you are unable to meet your class, you should try to find someone who is either teaching the same course or has taught it recently to substitute. Also, contact your course coordinator for approval of the substitute. If you are unable to find a substitute, contact your course coordinator and Tammy and let them know the situation; they will try to assist you in finding a substitute.
  • When you will not be able to meet your class, hold scheduled office hours or perform assigned proctoring or grading, both the course coordinator and the Department office (Tammy, Arcelia or Monique) should be notified, so that they can answer questions when students come looking for you. If someone is substituting for you, you must tell them who that person is. If you will be missing a meeting, the course coordinator should be notified.

3) The University requires teaching evaluations to be distributed near the end of the semester. A student should be appointed to do this, and the task involved should be explained to the student. You should leave the vicinity of the classroom, and make sure that the student (and not you) brings the sealed and signed envelope to the Department office. If the student comes to your office, send him/her to the Math office.

4) It is recommended that office hours be in non-overlapping time blocks, to maximize the ability of the student to fit at least one of your office hours each week into his/her schedule.

mathemagician

   "Teaching and research are
   mutually supporting activities"
               -- The Mathemagician