Professional and Organizational Development Network in Higher Education

 

Date of this Version

2003

Document Type

Article

Citation

To Improve the Academy: A Journal of Educational Development (2003) 21

doi: 10.3998/tia.17063888.0021.010

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License: CC BY-NC-ND

Abstract

This article discusses an assessment of an 11-year old teaching assistant (TA) support program at a Research I institution. The TA support program was developed on the premise that professional preparation of teachers includes fundamental teaching competencies or skills that call be identified, developed, and evaluated (Simpson & Smith, 1993; Smith & Simpson, 1995). The purpose of this longitudinal study was to identify and enhance the institutional enabling factors that help graduate teaching and laboratory assistants in performing their duties and in using their graduate experience to prepare for careers at a variety of academic institutions.

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