DEPARTMENT OF PHYSICS, OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY

A TEACHING ASSISTANT'S HANDBOOK

This handbook is one of many means to assist you to become a better and more confident teaching assistant. It provides some basic information about matters particular to the OSU physics department, but also contains some guidelines about the art and science of teaching. It is currently on the web at http://www.physics.orst.edu/~tate/TA/TA_handbook.html.

Contents:

WORD VERSION (.doc)	HTML VERSION
	This introduction
	TA orientation schedule
Courses that employ TAs	Courses that employ TAs
Time Distribution	Time Distribution
The first week	The first week
Professionalism	Professionalism
Labs	Labs
Recitation	Recitation
Office Hours	Office Hours
Grading and Proctoring	Grading and Proctoring
Gender and minority issues	Gender and minority issues
Safety	Safety
Student evaluations	Student evaluations
Training & Mentor program	Training & Mentor program