Approximately 50 teaching assistantships are awarded every quarter to exceptional students. Students are eligible to receive an award anytime during their period of study; however, renewal of teaching assistantship status is not guaranteed. Applications for renewal will be considered with those of new students. Students who are not making satisfactory progress towards their degree may not be eligible for additional appointments.
Students who receive teaching assistantships will help instruct an undergraduate or graduate course within the ECE department. All new teaching assistants, international and domestic, will be required to attend the TA Conference on Teaching and Learning, coordinated by the Center for Teaching and Learning each fall.
Essentials
- TA Website
- Memo 15: Conditions of Appointment for TAs who are not Native Speakers of English
- Departmental Procedures for TA appointments
- TA & Grader Assignments – List of current/previous quarter EE course TA’s and Graders
- UW Executive Order 28 – University procedures for TA appointments and grievances
- Variable Rate TA Salary Schedule– information on TA salary
- TA Award – Awarded annually by the EE department to an Outstanding TA
- Graduate Appointee Insurance – DO NOT forget to enroll/re-enroll online with the WPAS at the beginning of every academic year
- Course Computing – Information on instructional labs and lab access
- Course Webpage – How to initiate a web page for your class
- Student Privacy – Importance of protection of student records
- Emergency – Emergency contact numbers and services
- TA FAQ – List of most commonly asked questions by TA’s of ECE department
- ECE Stores – The department’s internal store is located in ECE 137
University Resources
- Teaching @ the UW – a gateway to teaching resources at the University of Washington. This is an excellent reference for TA’s at UW
- CTL – Center for Teaching and Learning. CTL is dedicated to teaching at the UW. They conduct TA workshops, individual consultations, classroom observations, international TA training etc.
- Office of Educational Assessment – provides a variety of evaluation and assessment services to UW (including the TA evaluation forms)
- CELT – Center for Engineering Learning and Teaching. CELT is the teaching resource center of the College of Engineering. They can help, among other things, on issues related to your classroom experiences
- Learning & Scholarly Technologies – UW Information Technology provides the useful Catalyst web site consisting of tools and resources that can help integrate technology with education
- FROG – Faculty Resource on Grading. A grading reference for graduate students who are course instructors
- UW Counseling Center – offers counseling services to students
External Resources
- Tomorow’s Professor – includes postings on a broad range of teaching topics
- Richard Felder’s Teaching Resources at NCSU – includes various articles and papers relevant to aspects of teaching and learning in Engineering
- American Academics for Higher Education – a community working to improve higher education
- American Society for Engineering Education – a non-profit association working to improve Engineering and Technology education