Teaching Associate (TA) Training
The College of 研究生学习 provides a holistic orientation and training program open to all Graduate Teaching Associates at San José State University. 方向 is run through a Canvas course shell, and students can move through the various modules 按照他们自己的节奏. There are several “live” workshops and interactive sessions.
Topics included in the orientation include:
- 政策 and practices that are specific to 菠菜网lol正规平台 on a wide range of issues such as plagiarism, 第九条, student conduct, accessibility, and syllabus creation
- How to best serve and support students at 菠菜网lol正规平台, including an exploration of the various resources available to students
- Using Canvas, Zoom, and other teaching technologies
- What it means to be a unionized student employee
Students in the course are also assigned a Lead TA Peer Mentor, who they meet with several times throughout the semester and who they can contact if they ever have questions 和/或需要支持.
Orientation sessions open prior to the beginning of each semester and students are given several weeks to complete the program. There are multiple brief written assessments throughout the course, primarily asking students to reflect on aspects of the course 材料.
