Resources for Teaching Assistants
Teaching Assistant Orientation
All first-time Teaching Assistants are required to attend a tailored half-day orientation with sessions about pedagogy, expert bias, academic integrity, Title IX, small group discussions with advanced graduate student teachers, and library resources. The 2019 TA orientation will occur on Tuesday, August 27 from 9:00 am – 2:00 pm in the Shapiro Campus Center Theater:
- 8:30 am – 9:00 am: Light breakfast served
- 9:00 am – 9:20 am: Welcome
- 9:20 am – 10:10 am: Flash talks: Accessibility and Accommodations, Library Resources, LATTE, Transparent Teaching principles, Students in Distress
- 10:10 am – 10:30 am: SEIU Union presentation
- 10:30 am – 12:00 pm: Title IX, Equal Opportunity Office Training, Sonia Jurado
- 12:00 pm – 12:30 pm: Break, light snacks served
- 12:30 pm – 1:30 pm: Expert TA Panel
- 1:30 pm – 1:50 pm: Muddiest Point exercise
- 1:50 pm – 2:00 pm: Recap and Wrap-up
If you have questions, please contact Alyssa Stalsberg Canelli, PhD, Assistant Dean of Academic Affairs,
at [email protected] or 781-736-3413.
Handbook
The Handbook outlines available resources, describes best practices, and suggests ways to manage your classroom. In addition, it explains all the administrative procedures that TFs need to know.
Title IX Training
All graduate students with teaching duties are required to attend a Title IX educational training that emphasizes their roles as responsible reporters and instructs them on what to do if they witness, or a student discloses to them, an incident of sexual misconduct. This training is mandatory for graduate students to be able to teach at Brandeis. The training is offered near the beginning of every semester, and graduate students are required to attend only once.
