1. All Graduate Teaching Assistants will be
visited for the first four semesters of teaching at the University
of Kansas, subject to the following:
a.
G.T.A.'s may voluntarily request more visitation than provided
for above.
b.
Each G.T.A. will be assigned at the beginning of the semester
to a faculty member who will be available to consult and advise
the G.T.A. informally for the duration of the semester. The
same faculty member will also visit the G.T.A. during the
semester.
c.
Incoming G.T.A.'s with teaching experience of two years or
more shall be visited for only two semesters.
2.
Faculty visitors will announce their visits and arrange definite
times with the G.T.A. for conferences immediately after each
visit. The faculty member will make at least two visits per
semester.
3.
Evaluation procedure:
a.
G.T.A.'s will administer a short Departmental course evaluation
which is so designed as to permit at least five degrees of
response (i.e., scores of 1?5) to each question. These completed
questionnaires remain anonymous. The student designated by
the G.T.A. to administer them will return the completed forms,
in a sealed envelope, to the Departmental chairperson.
b.
It will be the responsibility of the chairperson to assign
faculty visitors to G.T.A.'s on a random basis. In addition
to their responsibilities as described in 1.b. above, the
faculty visitors will, at the end of each semester, summarize
their observations regarding each G.T.A. in their charge on
a single Departmental questionnaire (described in a. above).
Each faculty visitor will sign this form and return it to
the Departmental chairperson. The faculty evaluation will
represent 50% of the total evaluation of the G.T.A.
c.
From the student-response questionnaires supplied for each
G.T.A. the Departmental chairperson will determine the average
class score for each question.
d.
Questionnaires, together with a summary tally sheet for each
G.T.A., will be stored in the Departmental office where they
will be available to Departmental faculty. G.T.A.'s may, upon
request, be shown their questionnaires and summaries on an
individual basis by the chairperson and the graduate advisors.
4.
Teaching competence is a factor in the decision to rehire a
G.T.A.
5.
G.T.A.'s are encouraged to visit any classes of their course
supervisors and any other faculty.
