{"id":13714,"date":"2013-03-19t08:46:00","date_gmt":"2013-03-19t13:46:00","guid":{"rendered":"\/\/www.imrbdigital.com\/?p=13714"},"modified":"2013-03-22t08:03:19","modified_gmt":"2013-03-22t13:03:19","slug":"video-asks-tas-what-does-peabody-want","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"\/\/www.imrbdigital.com\/2013\/03\/video-asks-tas-what-does-peabody-want\/","title":{"rendered":"video asks &#8220;tas: what does peabody want?&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>by nancy chick, cft assistant director<a href=\"https:\/\/cdn.vanderbilt.edu\/vu-wp0\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/59\/2018\/07\/09154503\/peabodyvideo.png\"><img data-attachment-id=\"13838\" data-permalink=\"\/\/www.imrbdigital.com\/2013\/03\/video-asks-tas-what-does-peabody-want\/peabodyvideo\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/cdn.vanderbilt.edu\/vu-wp0\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/59\/2018\/07\/09154503\/peabodyvideo.png\" data-orig-size=\"1500,844\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"peabodyvideo\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/cdn.vanderbilt.edu\/vu-wp0\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/59\/2018\/07\/09154503\/peabodyvideo-300x169.png\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/cdn.vanderbilt.edu\/vu-wp0\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/59\/2018\/07\/09154503\/peabodyvideo-650x366.png\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-13838\" title=\"peabodyvideo\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.vanderbilt.edu\/vu-wp0\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/59\/2018\/07\/09154503\/peabodyvideo-300x168.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.vanderbilt.edu\/vu-wp0\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/59\/2018\/07\/09154503\/peabodyvideo-300x168.png 300w, https:\/\/cdn.vanderbilt.edu\/vu-wp0\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/59\/2018\/07\/09154503\/peabodyvideo-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/cdn.vanderbilt.edu\/vu-wp0\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/59\/2018\/07\/09154503\/peabodyvideo-650x365.png 650w, https:\/\/cdn.vanderbilt.edu\/vu-wp0\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/59\/2018\/07\/09154503\/peabodyvideo.png 1500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p>teaching assistants live in a liminal space between student and professor, balancing their own studies with the responsibilities of assigning grades, delivering lectures, facilitating review sessions, running labs, and in some departments designing entire courses.\u00a0 they must negotiate the varying expectations of multiple audiences, including their thesis or dissertation advisors, their faculty-supervisors, and their students.\u00a0 their work is complex and complicated\u2014and integral to the functioning of the university.<\/p>\n<p>a few years ago, vanderbilt\u2019s chemistry and biological sciences departments created a video to address some of these complexities.\u00a0 entitled \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=jxwmzaj320s\" target=\"_blank\">what vandy students want<\/a>,\u201d it includes interviews of students talking about their expectations for tas.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/jxwmzaj320s\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>this video, while in some ways specific to these two departments, is useful in helping all new tas think about their roles. preparation, patience, and respect are universal requests of teachers, but hearing the students explain why is more compelling than the simple command to be prepared, patient, and respectful.<\/p>\n<p>this year, two of the 2022年世界杯中国小组赛积分\u2019s <a href=\"\/\/www.imrbdigital.com\/about\/staff\/#gta\" target=\"_blank\">teaching affiliates<\/a>, <strong>maggie konich<\/strong> (higher education administration) and <strong>andrew greer<\/strong> (human and organizational development), created a similar video for peabody, \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=wljdvi3wzgk&amp;feature=youtu.be\" target=\"_blank\">teaching assistants: what does peabody want?<\/a>\u201d<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/wljdvi3wzgk\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>they divide the video by questions:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\u201cwhat have your experiences with tas been like?\u201d<\/li>\n<li>\u201cwhat expectations do you have of tas?\u201d<\/li>\n<li>\u201cwhat challenges have you had with tas?\u201d<\/li>\n<li>\u201chow do you communicate with tas?\u201d<\/li>\n<li>\u201cwhat have your tas taught you?\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>this video includes interviews with undergraduate students <em>and faculty members<\/em>, effectively capturing a broader range of perspectives, as well as some of the complexities inherent in a ta\u2019s identity. for instance, on one hand, a professor describes expectations for professionalism, \u201cacting like any other university faculty member,\u201d and moments later, a student talks about the blurry line between the ta being a teacher and a friend.<\/p>\n<p>what would this video look like for your department or school?\u00a0 what are the specific responsibilities, expectations, and complexities of tas in your neck of the woods?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>by nancy chick, cft assistant director teaching assistants live in a liminal space between student and professor, balancing their own studies with the responsibilities of assigning grades, delivering lectures, facilitating review sessions, running labs, and in some departments designing entire 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