Graduate assistant vs laboratory teaching assistant

Differences between graduate assistant and laboratory teaching assistant duties and responsibilities

Graduate assistant example responsibilities.

• Lead a number of introductory and advance philosophy lecture courses under close faculty supervision.
• Manage graduate program twitter handle @ comugrad and assist in developing and implementing engagement strategies.
• Develop and manage syllabus material; evaluate students' performance relative to standardize learning objectives.
• Collaborate with professors to accomplish academic educations through fulfilling academic instruction tasks in blackboard system and other academic activities.
• Assist students with completing financial aid applications (FAFSA and TASFA) and applications for various scholarships.
• Handle administrative tasks including preparation of PowerPoint presentations data entry and analysis, website development and collation of marketing materials.
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Laboratory teaching assistant example responsibilities.

• Lead and instruct college level students in the fundamentals of astronomy through experiments design to teach basics to non-engineering majors.
• Manage and develop the instruction of anatomy and physiology labs.
• Lead discussion sections for students to understand concepts including introductory quantum theory and statistical thermodynamics as well as their applications.
• Operate laboratory equipment including IR spectrometers, NMR spectrometers and mass spectrometers.
• Plan lessons for laboratory, split grading responsibilities with other TA, assist students with weekly laboratory experiments.
• Head laboratory instructor for general physiology, comparative physiology, comparative morphology, anatomy and physiology, and herpetology.
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