Latest posts (RSS 2.0)We have discussed mandatory TA training with a few TAs, but most of our information on this subject came from Alexi White the Academic Affairs commissioner of the AMS. Mandatory TA training would benefit all students including TAs. Any job requires training –TA training would improve the quality of time spent in the classroom and make grading more consistent. Students shouldn’t hand in nearly identical assignments and receive different letter grades. In researching our platform, we talked to numerous students who told us versions of this story. Even in Commerce where TAs do receive training, it is more a logistical info session then about how to effectively do the job.
WCW: Have you talked to any TAs about the possibility of mandatory training? Whom did you speak with, and what did they say?
Posted by Yanique Williams on January 27, 2008 @ 02:37 p.m. CST
Categories: AMS
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