Laboratory teaching assistant vs faculty assistant

Differences between laboratory teaching assistant and faculty assistant duties and responsibilities

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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Faculty assistant example responsibilities.

• Manage curriculum to meet regulatory requirements for accreditation; teach medical coding and billing, anatomy and physiology and medical terminology.
• Provide sociology instruction though lectures and preparation of relate course materials.
• Train students to teach yoga base on human anatomy and physiology.
• Contribute to the development of class syllabus; maintain MBA course websites.
• Tutor engineering students in calculus, chemistry, and other classes as required.
• Teach lab course on the synthesis, purification and characterization techniques of organic chemistry.
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