1. Working with Teaching Assistants (TAs): A roundtable discussion on strategies for success Facilitators
Alina Choo
Associate Director
Student Success Division, Suffolk University
Michael Dunlop
Visiting Associate Professor
Sawyer Business School, Suffolk University

2. In this session, participants will…
Goals 
In this session, participants will…
Describe the roles and responsibilities they assign to TAs
Discuss strategies for training, mentoring, and communicating with TAs
Share approaches for optimizing the TA experience for both faculty and TAs

3. Agenda
10:45am Introductions
10:55am TA Roles and Responsibilities
11:15am Scenarios on communicating, mentoring, and training
11:55am Optimizing the TA experience and staying connected

4. Introductions Name Institution, Department, Job Title
Context in working with TAs (e.g., hope to in future, many years of
experience, etc.)

5. TA Roles & Responsibilities
Role/responsibility
Affordances/benefits
Potential concerns/issues
Example: Grading
Frees up faculty’s time; helps TA develop grading skills
Requires careful training; TA’s grading may not be reliably consistent with faculty’s

6. Scenarios Scenario 1: A colleague says to you….
Scenario 2: You’re browsing the student chat room….
Scenario 3: You’ve worked with TAs a couple times in the past….
Scenario 4: After weighing the pros and cons….

7. Optimizing the TA Experience & Staying Connected
1) What is one thing you can do to optimize this experience for both you and the TA?
2) Would you be interested in continuing this dialogue?
3) Other comments?

8. Thank you
We hope you enjoy the 2017 Symposium on Innovation in Teaching & Learning