Graduate
Meeting Professional Responsibilities
All students admitted into the graduate program are expected to serve as TAs or AIs (unless they have been exempted from this requirement by the Graduate Advisor at the time of their admission). In order to remain in good standing and thus continue in the program, they must therefore not only meet the requirements established by the Graduate School, but they must also successfully execute their professional responsibilities as TAs or AIs. Should a graduate instructor (a TA or an AI) fail to execute his or her responsibilities, a committee composed of the supervising professor, the GSC Chair, and the Graduate Advisor will be convened to make a binding decision about termination.
Failure to meet professional responsibilities includes, but is not limited to, such things as the following: failure to grade and return student papers and exams in a timely manner; failure to meet classes; failure to attend faculty lectures (as a TA); failure to turn in grades at the end of the semester; conducting (as a TA) a discussion section in a way that undermines the purpose of the class; compromising (as an AI) the DRW syllabus; and failure to meet staffing obligations in the UWC or the CWRL in a satisfactory manner.