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Complete sidenote to the post: I'm looking at this guy's CV and when describing what he did as a head TA he says "developed and taught lectures; designed and ad

• divbzero 6y ago
  Increased teaching responsibilities for TAs definitely happens at universities, especially for larger courses where TAs divide a large class into smaller sections. This seemed to be the case for OP and is all the more expected given that he was head TA.
• Gunax 6y ago
  When reading a resume, it's important to remember that often one attributes group effort to oneself. That's just the generally agreed upon etiquette for resumes. So a programmer who says 'Designed and developed a Ruby web app' probably did not do it herself from start to finish--she worked on a team with 20 others. That is meant to be understood in resume-speak and isn't misleading. If I were reading that, I would infer that he assisted a professor in preparing/reviewing material, lead discussions (perhaps in study sessions or small groups), and suggested or wrote exam material on behalf-of and with the professor's approval.
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• davidajackson 6y ago
  Yeah it's pretty common, for example the TAs at Stanford taught a few of the engineering lectures sometimes. I think maybe it was to help them internalize the material and also practice teaching.
• Evidlo 6y ago
  For some courses, yes. In Senior Design at UIUC the TAs basically run the whole course and the professors are there to evaluate the teams' final presentation and the end of the semester.