Teaching Assistantship
- Fall and Spring semesters of Year 2
- Purpose: Teaching is considered an integral part of the educational experience and is a requirement of the program. PhD students serve as Teaching Assistants for two BME undergraduate courses. Note: students must take BMED 7004 and BMED 7005 during their first and second semesters of TAing, respectively.
- Assignments: The Director of Graduate Training makes the final course assignments, based primarily on student preference.
- TA Orientation (TATT 600):
- Students must register for this day and a half orientation through OPUS at the beginning of their first semester as a TA.
- Held at Laney Graduate School at Emory.
- Designed to introduce students to common issues associated with being a TA.
- BME Teaching Assistant Expectations:
- TAs should not be expected to devote more than an average of ten hours per week to TA duties.
- To ensure that students are given reasonable responsibilities and an accurate expectation of their roles throughout the semester, all TAs are required to complete a BME Teaching Assistant Expectations Form.
- This form facilitates a guided discussion between the TA and the Instructor at the beginning of the course semester.
- Both the TA and the Instructor must sign the form, and the form must be uploaded to the appropriate T-Square site (BMED 7004 or BMED 7005) by the second Friday of the semester.
- TAs should not be expected to devote more than an average of ten hours per week to TA duties.
- BME Teaching Assistant Evaluations:
- All Instructors will complete the BME Teaching Assistant Evaluation Form at the end of each semester.
- This form includes a performance rubric. All TAs must perform an average of 3 on each criterion for successful completion of his/her Assistantship. Failure to reach this level of performance will result in required attendance of one-on-one teaching training at the Center for Enhanced Teaching & Learning, and an additional semester of TA responsibilities.
- Both the TA and the Instructor must sign this form to encourage feedback and mentorship.
- All Instructors will complete the BME Teaching Assistant Evaluation Form at the end of each semester.