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(Graduate) Teaching Assistants at MBS
Recruitment, Selection, Training and SupportFor academic year 2015/6
John Pal ([email protected])Programme Director and TA Academic Coordinator
Michelle Kipling ([email protected])TA PSS Coordinator
A. I want to work as an academic when I finish my PhD
B. I want to develop new skills that will be of use in my personal development
What is a GTA?
Why bother becoming a GTA?
RECRUITMENT TO TA POOL
SELECTION BY CC
APPROVAL BY DIVISION
ALLOCATION LOGGED
LETTER OF INTENT POSTED
HR LOG PAPERWORK
PAYMENT
MBS HR Services
HR REPORT TO PAYROLL
Apr-May
Jun-Aug
Jun-Aug
Sept
Sept
Sept/Jan
Sept/ Jan
Oct, Nov, DecFeb, Mar, Apr
Faculty Training
1hr webinar
Faculty Online Modules6 hours
Faculty 2 hour Workshop
MBS 3 day Training Course
Note: Supervisor approval is a mandatory requirement to teach
The Process – from recruitment to payment
Useful Information
Manchester Business School:• Key personnel• Recruitment Process• Selection Process• Training• Peer Support• Course Coordinator Support• Bursary Awards• Annual Awards
Faculty
• The role of a Teaching Assistant
• Teaching Resources
• HR and Payroll Requirements
When can I teach? • Normally from Year 2 of your PhD Programme.• First year students are allowed to teach, on the basis of the criteria
set out in the School policy approved in April 2012:– They have previous experience - which helps address the issue of lack of time for
training to be undertaken - especially if there is a teaching need in semester 1; and
– There is a shortage of other suitable teachers, i.e. a specific case needs to be made that there is no one else suitable; and
– An agreed maximum number of hours is set to avoid overload; and– There is a clear understanding that students should not miss their research
training classes, nor do they have grounds to request extensions to coursework submission, end of year reviews, etc; and
– They have their supervisor support
To teach in MBS you must have:• Completed the Faculty of
Humanities online training programme
• Completed the online training log book that accompanies the online training (see section 8.8 of the handbook)
• Participated in the Faculty of Humanities Webinar about being a TA
• Attended the Faculty workshop for TAs
• Attended the MBS training for TAs
In addition to apply for AHEA status you also need to have:• Reflected on the MBS
training by completing the relevant log book (see section 8.4 of the handbook)
• Undertaken and reflected on seven hours of teaching (see 8.3)
• Had an observation of teaching by a course co-ordinator (see 8.5)
• Written a 1500 word reflective essay
What you can do as first years …..
• Review the intranet to see which courses used Teaching Assistants last year (see previous slide)
• Make contact with the Course Co-ordinator via your Supervisor with an expression of interest in teaching
• Contact the current Teaching Assistant to join a seminar group to gain experience
• Join one of the regular Divisional TA Feedback Hubs where good practice is shared
• When dates are circulated, mark your calendar for the launch of the recruitment and training for 2016/17. Faculty and MBS training is mandatory
The TA Training Hub• http://www.humanities.manchester.ac.uk/humnet/our-services/teaching-and-lear
ning/tahub/
Our aim is…..
To provide students with an experience we would be happy to have engaged in ourselves.
