Tips for TAs

10 Helpful tips for TAs

  1. Set communication standards with your team

    1. Identify a preferred method of contact (MS Teams or email)

    2. Provide students with your available times to respond to messages via MS Teams and/or email

  2. Be assertive

    1. Set deadlines

    2. Assign students with tasks and responsibilities

    3. Set semester expectations

  3. Have multiple 1:1 meetings with each student throughout the semester

    1. Get to know your students on an individual basis

  4. Identify strengths and weaknesses of the team

    1. Utilize your mentors and your TDM support system to assist with any challenges

  5. Utilize datamine-help@purdue.edu

    1. The Data Science team checks tickets daily

  6. Organize project work via a Kanban Board

    1. Keep students accountable, follow deadlines

  7. Organize a team activity outside class hours

    1. The Data Mine might be able to provide meal swipes for the dining courts for lunch or dinner (check with your corporate partner liaison)

  8. Set a time to meet with your mentors on a regular basis

    1. weekly or bi-weekly if possible

  9. Request to meet with your corporate partner liaison as needed

  10. Remind students of upcoming sprint reports