Effective Instructor-TA Communication: Working Together as a Remote Teaching Team
Workshop Description
The Center for the Advancement of Teaching (CAT) and the Center for Education Innovation and Learning in the Sciences (CEILS) have collaborated to create a workshop for faculty and TAs centered around what TAs wish faculty knew about their experience teaching during this extraordinary time. The session will be centered around questions of disruptions and difficulties that TAs are experiencing, how faculty and TAs can best communicate with each other, how to manage work expectations in this time of disruption, and how to function as a team in order to meet students’ needs.
Learning Outcomes
Consider TA equity and what is a reasonable ask
Establish plans for communication
Design assessments with TAs and grading in mind
Create an instructor-TA agreement about shared expectations
Workshop materials
Couldn't attend live? Watch the video here!
Effective Faculty-TA Communication: Working Together as a Remote Teaching TeamSlides
Instructor-TA Checklist rough draftInstructor-TA Communication Checklist
Establishing Shared Expectations Between Instructors and TAsEstablishing Shared Expectations Worksheet
Conference Instructor-TA Workshop Activity GuideActivity Guide
Links to various breakout room documents are linked here.
