TA Activities Survey
Fall 2006 - Spring 2007

The term will soon be coming to a close. Before you forget how hard you worked, we ask that you take the time to complete this record of your activities as a TA.

Your Name (Last, First): E-mail:

Course you TA'd for:

Last Name(s) of other TAs:

For each of the activities you performed for the above course, please estimate the amount of time you spent on the activity. Note that regular weekly activities are listed first (to be estimated in hrs/wk) followed by non-weekly activities, like giving a review session, grading exams, or giving a lecture (to be estimated in hrs/term).

You might find it helpful to glance at all the activities before you start. Except for "meeting with students" and "scheduled office hours," you should not report the same minutes or hours in more than one category.

Weekly TA Activities

Hours per week, on average

Doing class readings

hrs/wk

Attending lectures

hrs/wk

Conducting weekly Lab or Discussion sections

hrs/wk

Preparing for weekly Lab or Discussion sections

hrs/wk

Classroom setup/shutdown

hrs/wk

Lab setup/shutdown

hrs/wk

Meeting with prof and/or TAs

hrs/wk

Meeting with students individually (in or out of office hours)

hrs/wk
Scheduled office hours (with or without students present)

hrs/wk

E-mail and phone calls to/from students

hrs/wk

Clerical (typing, zeroxing, grade entry)

hrs/wk

CourseWorks or class web page (setup and maintenance)

hrs/wk

Lab or Discussion section web page (setup and maintenance)

hrs/wk
Non-weekly TA Activities
Total Hours per term

Making up exams/quizzes

hrs/term

Grading exams and quizzes

hrs/term

Grading written papers or lab reports

hrs/term

Conducting review sessions

hrs/term

Preparing guest lecture(s)

hrs/term

Giving guest lecture(s)

hrs/term

VERY IMPORTANT

Please estimate how many hours you spent on all TA-related activities during
your lightest week: hrs
your average week: hrs
your heaviest week: hrs

COMMENTS? (Any last words of advice for your successors in this course? What do you wish you knew before you started this TAship? Where did you hold your TA Office Hours? Was the room satisfactory? How could the TA Orientation better prepare you for this TAship?)


NOTE:When you click the SUBMIT button, one copy of your responses will be returned to the email address you provided, and another will be sent to Lois Putnam. Your data will also be entered into a confidential "inbox" and will be viewed by Lois Putnam (Director of Graduate Teaching), as well as by the Dept. Chair and the Director of Graduate Studies. For more information about how this information will (and will not) be used, click here.

If you have questions, comments, or suggestions about the form itself, please send them to lep1@columbia.edu.


Thank you for completing this survey,
and for your contribution as a Teaching Assistant to the undergraduate program.






















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May 7, 2007