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Ethical and Legal Responsibilities of Teaching Assistants at Clark University

As a Teaching Assistant (TA) at Clark University, it's essential to understand your ethical and legal responsibilities. This includes ensuring academic honesty, maintaining privacy and confidentiality under FERPA, accurate record-keeping, and avoiding perceptions of favoritism or harassment. Be prepared to deal with challenging students and remain professional at all times. Familiarize yourself with Clark's academic integrity policies and sexual harassment guidelines to create a respectful and effective learning environment.

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Ethical and Legal Responsibilities of Teaching Assistants at Clark University

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  1. Being a TA at Clark: Ethical & Legal Responsibilities

  2. The rules (and common sense) • Academic honesty • Privacy and confidentiality • Record keeping • Avoiding (the perception of) harassment • Fairness (and favoritism) • Dealing with challenging students • Students with disabilities

  3. Academic Dishonesty • Clark Academic Integrity Policy • http://www2.clarku.edu/offices/aac • Don’t make it easy; monitor test taking, be alert for possible copying or plagiarism

  4. Privacy and confidentiality • FERPA (Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act) • Grades and other academic information must be kept strictly confidential. • Things you must not do: • Post lists of grades by name or ID# • Allow students to see other students’ graded papers or grade records • Discuss a student’s academic progress with anyone except the student or other course staff

  5. Record keeping • Grade records are arguably the most important records that Clark maintains! • TA responsibilities: • Double check every grade calculation and entry • Keep copies of graded papers for at least a year • Back up your grade file frequently, on a disk or separate computer • Maintain current and accurate record of grades on CICADA

  6. Harassment • Clark’s Sexual Harassment policy: • http://www.clarku.edu/offices/hr/policies/pdfs/HarassmentandGrievanceManual.pdf • Your responsibility: treat students in a friendly but professionalmanner • Things you must notdo: • Touch a student inappropriately • Date a student • Use offensive language • Display offensive material

  7. Fairness (and favoritism) • Equality is the law - gender, race, class, ethnicity, sexual orientation • You may not like every student equally, but you owe them all a fair share of your time and attention • You must treat everyone equally • You must not pre-judge or display bias • Avoid perception of favoritism - e.g. gifts, nicknames, out of class socializing

  8. Dealing with challenging students • Don’t take the behavior personally • Maintain an even temper; show tolerance • Do not tolerate disrespect to yourself or others • Never hold a grudge when grading student work • Enforce safety rules, without threats or physical contact • Let course instructor make most determinations. • If there is an immediate threat to safety or property, call University Police (508.793.7575)

  9. Danielle (Danny) Fontaine Program Coordinator, CETL Office 430, Goddard Library cetl@clarku.edu OR dfontaine@clarku.edu 508.793.7464 Office Hours for TAs: Mondays: 11am – 1pm Wednesdays: 1pm – 3pm

  10. Students with Disabilities

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