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Common duties for TAs mentioned in policy statements include the following (or a selection of the following):
Attend lectures
Attend your discussion sections
Read textbook/assignments
Take attendance (in discussion section and/or lecture)
Take class notes
Maintain office hours
Conduct review sessions
Administer quizzes (in section and/or lecture)
Grade quizzes and homework
Grade essays/papers
Write quiz or exam questions
Proctor exams
Grade exams
Maintain class records (attendance and grades)
Meet with professor and/or other TAs regularly (once a week, once every other week, after exams, etc.)
Compute final grades
Check email regularly
Communicate with students on-line
Post to course web-site
Prepare a discussion section policy statement
Submit example of in-class activities and methods for leading classroom discussion at the end of your spring semester
Show films/videos
(This list is a compilation of policies outlined in several faculty members' policy statements and the Job Duties Checklist for Faculty and TAs from the Center for Teaching Effectiveness)
In addition some faculty members have specific written policies regarding
-grading criteria, procedures, and turn around time<> -meetings designed to coordinate and calibrate grading scales
-tools used in the compilation of grades (Excel, etc.)
-faculty visits to observe TA discussion sections
-TA responsibilities toward students with disabilities (UT policies for students with disabilities, proctoring special exams, etc.)
-TA responsibilities with regards to student athletes (procedures for making up missed work, classes, etc., in keeping with UT policy)
-TA responsibilities and resources with regards to students for whom English is a second language
-what TAs should do in cases of suspected cheating
-TA administration of make up of assignments or exams
-how TAs should deal with difficult or (let's hope not) abusive students
-how TAs should deal with grade complaints
-techniques for leading discussion section (often recommendations rather than policies)
-if TAs might be asked to present a lecture based on the faculty member's notes, if the faculty member is unable to be present (due to illness, family emergency, etc.)
-the use of the Undergraduate Writing Center