The preparation of teaching assistants is an important part of the teaching responsibility of faculty members. Every department maintains procedures for the preparation of new teaching assistants and for the further development of teaching skills in continuing teaching assistants.

At no time may a teaching assistant, even one who has the responsibility of teaching a separate section of a course or one who has had many years of teaching experience, be without a course supervisor. The course supervisor ensures that departmental and collegiate standards are upheld in the course and that departmental and collegiate policies are adhered to. The course supervisor's name must appear on the syllabus and on the ISIS listing for the course.

Faculty supervisors and their department should contact the Associate Dean for Academic Programs for assistance with TA preparation for teaching. The Center for Teaching also supports the preparation of graduate students to teach, through a Handbook for Teaching Assistants, workshops, and other programs.

Additional information on graduate students as teaching assistants is available in the DEO Administrative Help pages, here.