When you engage a teaching assistant, you do so to help with the work and take over some of the teaching assignments that need to be handled in a timely matter (so you can review the results with students). But then the teacher should always have control over what the teaching assistant is supposed to do in detail. The assistant should always be in sync with you so that the students are benefited.
An assistant will always have to work under the supervision and guidance form teacher and roll out the programs and exercises as designed by the teacher. She is at best an aid to the teacher to manage the class but the entire responsibility of the students of the class lies with the teacher alone and this is to be remembered at all times.
Once the teacher and the assistant have worked together in the class for a few weeks, you can begin to see them jelling and forming a team for they now know each other well enough to be able to cover each one's weak spots and team up together.
You can include your assistant and work together in preparing the plan, the lessons as well as the assignments and projects so that there is no gap in communication.
You can assign some individual responsibilities to the assistant once she gets a grip on things so that you are able to share the work load too.
Make it a point to go through with your assistant on the proposed projects, lessons and the subjects as well as the resources and aids so that both of you are better prepared to handle the class. Once done, always review the performance to see where the gaps are and what can be improved for the next time. It is important that you thank your assistant and appreciate the good work put in before the entire class.
The students always watch the teacher and imitate the attitude towards the teaching assistants. Therefore it is your responsibility to show them the right way of respecting the people.
As a good teacher you should always be open to suggestions and invite your assistant to participate with her own ideas and bring about new changes too.
Never try to overload your assistant with too much of responsibility or too much of work which is not possible for them to complete in the given time. In case if they are not able to complete it will hamper your class and make you look like a failure.
An assistant will always have to work under the supervision and guidance form teacher and roll out the programs and exercises as designed by the teacher. She is at best an aid to the teacher to manage the class but the entire responsibility of the students of the class lies with the teacher alone and this is to be remembered at all times.
Once the teacher and the assistant have worked together in the class for a few weeks, you can begin to see them jelling and forming a team for they now know each other well enough to be able to cover each one's weak spots and team up together.
You can include your assistant and work together in preparing the plan, the lessons as well as the assignments and projects so that there is no gap in communication.
You can assign some individual responsibilities to the assistant once she gets a grip on things so that you are able to share the work load too.
Make it a point to go through with your assistant on the proposed projects, lessons and the subjects as well as the resources and aids so that both of you are better prepared to handle the class. Once done, always review the performance to see where the gaps are and what can be improved for the next time. It is important that you thank your assistant and appreciate the good work put in before the entire class.
The students always watch the teacher and imitate the attitude towards the teaching assistants. Therefore it is your responsibility to show them the right way of respecting the people.
As a good teacher you should always be open to suggestions and invite your assistant to participate with her own ideas and bring about new changes too.
Never try to overload your assistant with too much of responsibility or too much of work which is not possible for them to complete in the given time. In case if they are not able to complete it will hamper your class and make you look like a failure.
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Besides education, this writer also regularly pens articles on teaching assistants jobs and summer teaching jobs.
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