Comments from Teaching Assistants

Graduate education and Higher Education Consideration

• “You start to think like a professor. When I read for other classes now I often stop and think about how I could teach a different concept to others. I have come up with games to play and ways to talk about a concept that is difficult to learn that I wouldn’t have thought to do if I didn’t have this experience as a TA.” –Amy Jo Heer, ’06 Women’s Studies and Sociology
• “[Being a TA has] fostered an even deeper sense of the power of learning (and language!) and has caused me to lean seriously towards graduate school and a career in higher education.” –Marly Ramstad, ’07English
• “I cannot stress enough that this opportunity has been extremely beneficial to me—in planning my future goals, broadening my understanding of teaching, and deepening my appreciation for the written arts.” – Shaina Praska, ’05 English

• “I have gained skills in speaking and articulating my thoughts to the class as well as presentation and group facilitation skills.”
• “I am learning more and more about learning styles and effective ways to accommodate different styles.”
• “My presentation skills and confidence level have improved immensely.”
• “I have become a better student: Learning from an “inside” perspective as to what professors look for in answers, and especially the concept of quality versus quantity, has helped me learn how to word and answer short-essay questions for various classes.” –Courtney Ahlers,’06 Biology

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