Teaching Assistanships, Felowships, etc.

[Benjamin Rifkin]

Dear SEELANGers:

AATSEEL has a committee for language program directors; it is chaired by
Jeff Holdeman of Indiana University (jeffhold at indiana.edu).  The committee
regularly sponsors roundtable discussions of these and other related issues
at the annual AATSEEL Conference.

In addition, the American Association of University Supervisors,
Coordinators and Directors of Foreign Language Programs (AAUSC) maintains a
webpage with useful information on issues of language program direction and
publishes an annual volume as well.  For more information, see
www.aausc.org.

Sincerely,

Ben Rifkin


On 8/12/04 10:13 PM, "Natalia Pylypiuk" <natalia.pylypiuk at UALBERTA.CA>
wrote:

> Dear Colleagues,
>
> I turn to those among you who are course coordinators, especially
> within language programs:
> Would you please let me know, off line,
>
> (1)  who in you department is responsible for assigning
> Teaching Assistantships  and/or Teaching Fellowships to Graduate
> Students -- the Course Coordinator or the department's graduate office?
>   Does anyone else have a voice?
>
> (2) does the coordinator get to see the graduate student's file before
> any decisions are made?
>
> (3) in cases where teachers of course sections are sessional
> instructors (rather than
> graduate students), is there a regular review of their performance by
> the coordinator?
>
> (4) who keeps the files containing undergraduate student evaluations of
>   the teaching performance of Graduate Student Teachers and/or Sessional
> teachers?  Is it the coordinator?  Someone else?
>
> I would be most grateful for your responses.
>
> Best,
>
> Natalia Pylypiuk
> U of Alberta
>
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University of Wisconsin-Madison

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