in my last post, I forgot to mention the two things that are definitely required from us as TAs ( for this semester at least)...
1) attend a weekly meeting with our Professor to discuss what happened in the past three classes, go over lesson plans, and give suggestions.
2) a monthly meeting with the people responsible for this program and for others who are doing the same thing I am, where we discuss how the program as a whole is doing, what we think about it, and what can be improved.
we have also been working to set some guidelines for how we think the program should run next semester, and what future TAs should know. in other words, e need to tell student why they would want to be TAs, and what to expect if they accept the offer.
I have recently found out that the two TAs that had been with me for this entire semester will not be with me next semester because of their schedule conflicts. I actually registered for 17 credits, so I am not sure how that will play out considering this is the largest number of credits I have registered for since I got to VCU. I intend to keep everything as it is because I really do not want to pull away from the TAing experience just yet. next semester I am hoping to have a larger role in the class room more often as well as having more input into our weekly lesson plans.
I love the class I TA for they are so respectful and smart. and I would really hate to switch sections so I made sure I did not have to. :)
I am looking forward to TAing again next semester :)
more updates in upcoming posts
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