![]() ![]() However, my concern disappeared rapidly as I became aware that many of our graduate students were excellent teachers and that our UTAs not only provided our busy faculty and graduate students with the assistance they needed, but also offered our students the support, advice, and insights our faculty and graduate students were not always willing and/or able to provide. I was initially concerned that our students were receiving an inferior education because those who were teaching them were not always faculty. One of the first things I observed when I moved to a large public research university was that graduate students taught some of our classes and that many undergraduate students served as UTAs to both our faculty and graduate students. My teaching career began at a small private liberal arts college where we boasted that our students were taught by faculty who possessed the appropriate graduate degrees-not by graduate students-and certainly not by their fellow undergraduates. Did you wonder about the duties of your teaching assistant and perhaps also the knowledge, skills, and characteristics (KSCs) and experience and/or training it takes to become a UTA? In this article, I would like to provide some answers to these questions and also discuss the benefits and challenges of this experience. ![]() These screenings may include a national background check and/or drug screen.Do you remember your first college class in which the instructor had an Undergraduate Teaching Assistant (UTA)? You may have been surprised when you realized that a peer was going to be teaching and perhaps even grading you. ![]() In the interest of maintaining a safe and healthy environment for our students, employees, patients and visitors the University of Kentucky is a Tobacco & Drug Free campus.Īs an Equal Opportunity Employer, we strongly encourage veterans, individuals with disabilities, women, and all minorities to consider our employment opportunities.Īny candidate offered a position may be required to pass pre-employment screenings as mandated by University of Kentucky Human Resources. We also value the well-being of each of our employees and are dedicated to creating a healthy place to work, learn and live. We strive to foster a community where people of all backgrounds, identities, and perspectives can feel secure and welcome. The University of Kentucky is committed to a diverse and inclusive workforce by ensuring all our students, faculty, and staff work in an environment of openness and acceptance. Digitization, editing, and preservation of audio and video. Participating in the archival collection inventory process. Conducting general research pertaining to interview contents in order to ensure the accuracy and spellings of mentioned names and entities, adding outside research and archival materials to oral history interviews, as well as participating in the research process, production, and implementation of Nunn Center outreach initiatives including social media, podcasts, radio programs, or other special projects and initiatives. Indexing interviews using the OHMS system in accordance with the Nunn Center’s standards and style guides. Specific duties for each job will depend on current projects, initiatives, and priorities and may include: ![]() Nunn Center for Oral History in the Special Collections Division. The Oral History Center Student Assistant is responsible for a variety of work at the Louie B. ![]()
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