TEACHING ASSIGNMENTS AND POLICIES

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.