teaching assistants
Professors' academic aides
Teaching assistants is the plural of teaching assistant—a person who assists a teacher or professor, typically a graduate student helping with undergraduate courses or a paraprofessional supporting a classroom teacher.
They may grade papers, lead discussion sections, tutor students, or help with administrative tasks: The professor relies heavily on her teaching assistants.
Often shortened to TA.
One who teaches skills
- professorSenior university teacher
- lecturerOne who teaches formally
- facultyInherent power or ability
- supervisorOne who directs workers
Technical assistance service
- guidanceAdvice for decisions
- mentoringAdvising someone less experienced
- advisingGiving informed guidance
- coachingGuiding others to improve
counseling · encouraging · nurturing · feedback · orientation · accommodations · tutoring
Assigning marks to work
- tutoringIndividual academic guidance
- proctoringSupervising an examination
- feedbackReturned response data
- clarificationMaking meaning plain
Funded academic work position
- universityHigher education institution
- collegeHigher education institution
- departmentDistinct unit within organization
- courseworkStudent academic tasks
syllabus · curriculum · lectures · seminars · research · academia · dissertation · stipend
instructor
One who teaches skills
helpdesk
Technical assistance service
- guidanceAdvice for decisions
- mentoringAdvising someone less experienced
- advisingGiving informed guidance
coaching · counseling · encouraging · nurturing · feedback · orientation · accommodations · tutoring
grading
Assigning marks to work
- tutoringIndividual academic guidance
- proctoringSupervising an examination
- feedbackReturned response data
clarification · facilitation · recitation · attendance · demonstrations
assistantship
Funded academic work position
- universityHigher education institution
- collegeHigher education institution
- departmentDistinct unit within organization
coursework · syllabus · curriculum · lectures · seminars · research · academia · dissertation · stipend · funding
- preschool staffclassroom aides, early childhood educators
- school staffprincipal, professor, librarian, counselor, instructor
- student typesjocks, kindergartners, nerds, first graders, geeks
- economics departmentprofessors, faculty, department head, chair, graduate students
- faculty perkssabbatical, tenure, research funding, grants, academic freedom
- Teacher Supportmentoring, coaching, training, workshops, peer support
teaching assistantsprofessors
Highest-ranking university instructors
head teachers · department chairs · tenured faculty · full professors · deans
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