PGC works with our Faculty and TAs to create the best learning environment. PGC has been running TA workload surveys to gage the amount and type of work that TAs are asked to perform, in the hopes of quantifying areas where TAs are well supported and other areas where work assigned is inefficient. We have compiled trends and statistics which are then brought to the department as part of an ongoing conversation on how to best run our TA program. For more information email Jack Lubin at jlubin@uci.edu.
Secondly, PGC can serve as an intermediary for conflict resolution between Faculty and TAs. If you are experiencing a situation where you are uncomfortable with what Faculty is asking of you and/or wish to discuss a matter confidentially, PGC is there to support you. Reach out to Jack or any officer. We will proceed however you want us to. In the past we have sat in on meetings between Faculty and TA as a third party intermediary, we have brought attention to department heads, and we can assist with formal complaints to the TA Union.
General TA Responsibilities & Qualifications
Teaching Assistant: An academically qualified and registered graduate student in full-time residence chosen for excellent scholarship and for promise as a teacher, who is assigned to assist in the delivery of instruction under the active supervision of a faculty member. A majority of graduate students who perform instructional functions are assigned to the Teaching Assistant title.
Office of Academic Personnel Link to General TA Responsibilities & Qualifications
Graduate Student Teaching Development
The Division of Teaching Excellence and Innovation encourages graduate students and postdoctoral scholars to be student-centered teachers with ongoing practice and feedback because excellent teaching develops over time.
Division of Teaching Excellence Link: