(Graduate) Teaching Assistants at MBS Recruitment, Selection, Training and Support For academic year 2015/6 John Pal Programme Director and TA Academic Coordinator Michelle Kipling TA PSS Coordinator

A.I want to work as an academic when I finish my PhD B.I want to develop new skills that will be of use in my personal development

What is a GTA? Why bother becoming a GTA?

RECRUITMENT TO TA POOL SELECTION BY CC APPROVAL BY DIVISION ALLOCATION LOGGED LETTER OF INTENT POSTED HR LOG PAPERWORK PAYMENT MBS HR Services HR REPORT TO PAYROLL Apr-May Jun-Aug Sept Sept/ Jan Sept/ Jan Oct, Nov, Dec Feb, Mar, Apr Faculty Training 1hr webinar Faculty Training 1hr webinar Faculty Online Modules 6 hours Faculty Online Modules 6 hours Faculty 2 hour Workshop MBS 3 day Training Course Note: Supervisor approval is a mandatory requirement to teach The Process – from recruitment to payment

Useful Information Manchester Business School: Key personnel Recruitment Process Selection Process Training Peer Support Course Coordinator Support Bursary Awards Annual Awards

Faculty The role of a Teaching Assistant Teaching Resources HR and Payroll Requirements

When can I teach? Normally from Year 2 of your PhD Programme. First year students are allowed to teach, on the basis of the criteria set out in the School policy approved in April 2012: –They have previous experience - which helps address the issue of lack of time for training to be undertaken - especially if there is a teaching need in semester 1; and –There is a shortage of other suitable teachers, i.e. a specific case needs to be made that there is no one else suitable; and –An agreed maximum number of hours is set to avoid overload; and –There is a clear understanding that students should not miss their research training classes, nor do they have grounds to request extensions to coursework submission, end of year reviews, etc; and –They have their supervisor support

To teach in MBS you must have: Completed the Faculty of Humanities online training programme Completed the online training log book that accompanies the online training (see section 8.8 of the handbook) Participated in the Faculty of Humanities Webinar about being a TA Attended the Faculty workshop for TAs Attended the MBS training for TAs In addition to apply for AHEA status you also need to have: Reflected on the MBS training by completing the relevant log book (see section 8.4 of the handbook) Undertaken and reflected on seven hours of teaching (see 8.3) Had an observation of teaching by a course co- ordinator (see 8.5) Written a 1500 word reflective essay

What you can do as first years ….. Review the intranet to see which courses used Teaching Assistants last year (see previous slide) Make contact with the Course Co-ordinator via your Supervisor with an expression of interest in teaching Contact the current Teaching Assistant to join a seminar group to gain experience Join one of the regular Divisional TA Feedback Hubs where good practice is shared When dates are circulated, mark your calendar for the launch of the recruitment and training for 2016/17. Faculty and MBS training is mandatory

The TA Training Hub learning/tahub/ learning/tahub/

Our aim is….. To provide students with an experience we would be happy to have engaged in ourselves.