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► Working with TAs: A Guide for Instructors
► Onboarding Your Teaching Team: A Resource for Instructors
Teaching Team Roles
A teaching team consists of all the instructional support staff attached to a course.
These roles can include:
- Instructor
- Graduate student or undergraduate student Teaching Assistant(s) (TAs)
- Course Assistant(s) (CAs)
- Readers
- Undergraduate tutors (such as via Learning Support Services)
- Undergraduate learning assistants
- Embedded Learning Support Advisors (LSAs) through the Academic Excellence Program (ACE)
The Value of Collaboration
Collaboration amongst all members of a teaching team can support pedagogical coherence, create the sense of a course community, and support student learning. These resources provide support and guidance for building and sustaining a teaching team, with particular attention to the role of working with TAs within a teaching team.
TLC Guides
- Working with TAs: A Guide for Instructors
- Onboarding Your Teaching Team
- What Might a TA Do at UC Santa Cruz?
- Grade Norming on Teaching Teams
See Also
Teaching as an Ethical Practice: A Guide for Teaching Assistants (TAs) (“TA Ethics”): Required training for new TAs
Additional Resources
Description of Duties for Academic Student Employees (ASEs)
Academic Student Employee (ASE) Essentials
UAW 4811 Contract