1. TA-orientation.ppt version:20070821

2. TA Orientation Fall 2007 William J. Rapaport (Outgoing) Director of Graduate Studies, SUNY Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Teaching Department of Computer Science & Engineering rapaport@cse.buffalo.edu http://www.cse.buffalo.edu/~rapaport

3. TA Responsibilities Attend all lectures of course Meet regularly with instructor Teach “recitation” section, grade, hold office hours –attend all recitation sections! –if you must be absent, please let instructor or CSE office know! Expect to work 16-20 hours/week on average Obligation begins BEFORE classes begin & ends AFTER all grades are computed –Don’t plan to leave early for vacation! Read the Grad Handbook, especially Ch. 9!

4. SPEAK Test Required by UB for all “international” grad students (TA, RA, GA) –unless “native” speaker of English Score ≥ 55  can teach Score = 45-50  need teaching demo & ESL 512 Score ≤ 40  can’t teach; need ESL 411/412; retake SPEAK http://wings.buffalo.edu/eli/esl_speak.htm

5. How to Teach Was covered in CSE 501 (& will be again!) –Golden rule of teaching: Teach others the way you would like to be taught –“Advice for (new) TAs” slide show: http://www.cse.buffalo.edu/~rapaport/cse501.ppt –“How to Teach” website: http://www.cse.buffalo.edu/~rapaport/501/501teaching.html UB Center for Teaching and Learning Resources –http://wings.buffalo.edu/provost/ctlr/index.htm

6. Give a midsemester course evaluation Course instructor should do this If not, you do it! –2 questions: 1.What aspects of recitation would you like to see changed? 2.What aspects of recitation do you especially like? – Then give feedback to students!

7. If you have problems teaching… Speak to the course instructor Speak to me

8. End of presentation Any questions?