Laboratory teaching assistant vs graduate instruction assistant

Differences between laboratory teaching assistant and graduate instruction 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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Graduate instruction assistant example responsibilities.

• Develop and manage syllabus material; evaluate students' performance relative to standardize learning objectives.
• Develop and teach a workshop on best practices for PowerPoint presentations.
• Gain valuable teaching experience through the instruction of mathematics in a college classroom.
• Develop innovative PowerPoint lectures with maps, charts, tables, and video clips that engage students with assign course texts.
• Serve as a mathematics laboratory assistant.
• Provide instruction within introductory and upper-division philosophy courses.
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