8/29/2018 1 Policies Procedures Professionalism for Teaching Assistants Sidni Justus PhD Student | Psychology Evan Mallen PhD Student | City & Regional Planning August 28, 2018 Just One Word: How do you feel about being a TA? How are you hoping TAO will benefit your development as a TA? Session Topics: • FERPA • Office of Disability Services • Academic Integrity • TA Professionalism FERPA
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I commit to uphold the ideals of honor and integrity by refusing to betray the trust bestowed upon me as a member of the Georgia
Tech community.
“Challenge Statement”
STUDENT CODE OF CONDUCT• Describes procedures to follow when rules are violated.
• Administered by Office of Student Integrity (OSI).
Unauthorized Access1
Unauthorized Collaboration2
Plagiarism3
False Claims of Performance4
Grade Alteration5
Deliberate Falsification 6
Forgery 7
Distortion 8
Intellectual Property 9
ACADEMIC MISCONDUCT AT A GLANCETA RESPONSIBILITIES
Understand what is academic misconduct• Know the common types.• Know your responsibilities.
Take steps to prevent and detect• Help professors to detail honor expectations in the syllabus.• Emphasize the severity of the consequences for academic integrity violations.
Respond if you encounter a violation• Always consult with your supervisor if you suspect a violation.• Complaint against a student for violation of the Student Code of Conduct may be filed
by any person.• Option 1: Incident Referral Form submitted at osi.gatech.edu.• Option 2: Faculty Conference held by instructor of record.
Academic IntegrityCase Study 1Checking time or
cheating?
Academic Integrity
Case Study 1
Checking time or cheating?
Do you think the action taken in the scenario is appropriate and/or
professional?
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OFFICE OF STUDENT INTEGRITYSmithgall Student Services (Flag) Building | Suite 210353 Ferst Drive | Atlanta, GA 30332 | 404.894.2566
http://osi.gatech.edu/
Sexu
alMisconduct SEXUAL MISCONDUCT
As a GT Employee you are REQUIRED to REPORT any incident or disclosure to Title IX coordinator.
http://titleix.gatech.edu/
Distressed
Students
DISTRESSED STUDENTS
• MOODINESS
• PROBLEMS WITH SCHOOL
• INABILITY TO CONCENTRATE, CONSTANT WORRYING OR ANXIETY
• ANTI‐SOCIAL BEHAVIOR
• CHANGE IN PHYSICAL APPEARANCE, MOOD OR BEHAVIOR
• ALCOHOL OR OTHER DRUG ABUSE
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Distressed StudentsWhat Can You Do As a TA?
“Teaching At Georgia Tech: A Guidebook for Faculty, Instructors, And Teaching Assistants”
Pages 70 – 71REA
DCALL Georgia Tech Counseling Center
404.894.2575
BE AVAILABLE
WATC
H Stressed or Distressed: A Video Resource for Georgia Tech Faculty Regarding Student Stress
Grad students can date undergrads, as long as everyone involved is a consenting adult and there are no power imbalances (e.g., one person is not in charge of the other person’s grades).
OK
Not OK
A student approaches their TA to say that another student has been making explicit sexual comments, which makes them uncomfortable. The TA says it’s probably just a joke, no big deal.
OK
Not OK
This is harassment, and the TA must stop it immediately. Tell TA supervisor, and the TA may need to report it higher levels of authority.
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OK
Not OK
Your boyfriend/girlfriend is taking the class for which you are the TA, but did not register for any of the lab sections you teach.
OK
Not OK
Tell your GTA supervisor immediately. Although they aren’t in your lab section(s), if you are grading quizzes or exams for the entire class, you may need to have a different TA assignment.
OK
Not OK
A group of students gets together to do homework.
OK
Not OK
As long as every person does and submits their own work, students can get together in a group to help each other with homework (unless specified otherwise in the course policies).
OK
Not OK
A TA hears two students talking to each other in another language during the test. The TA tells them to stop, but one student says he only asked what time is it, not asking about the test.
OK
Not OK
Students are not supposed to talk to each other at all during a test.
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OK
Not OK
TA is grading homework and shares some silly answers with their officemate, who was the former TA of the class last year.
OK
Not OK
Student wears an interesting t‐shirt to class. TA likes the image in the shirt and tells the student “Love your shirt, it’s awesome!”
OK
Not OK
TA is grading homework and shares some silly answers with their officemate, who was the former TA of the class last year.
OK
Not OK
This is totally fine, as long as the comment is not sexual, provocative, shaming, or insulting. But if the student says they feel uncomfortable receiving such compliments – no matter the reason – then you should stop.
OK
Not OK
Jane is a fifth year grad student, and just found out she’s two months pregnant. Her thesis advisor says this shows her lack of commitment to research and fires her.
OK
Not OK
This is discrimination. The professor is in BIG trouble.