So you Want to be Prof. Clampitt’s Teaching Assistant…So What?

Name:____________________________ Communication Emphasis:_______________

Intended Graduation Year:____________ GPA in the major:______________________

What class would you be interested in being a TA for?__________________________

• Have you already taken this course? YES NO

• How do you plan on making Phil’s life easier?

• What value can you add for the students?

• How do you plan to make this experience fun for everyone?

Mini CaseAfter today’s class, you were approached by a group’s leader asking you to attend their group meeting the same evening. In order to prepare for the meeting, you asked him a few questions and came away from the conversation with the following:• The group lacks an agenda and is tactic oriented• The meeting lacks facilitation and the “leader” has a hidden agenda• The group has unhealthy conflict and an over powering devil’s advocate• The orientation for the project is verbatim of the old stated problem and the presentation is in 1 weekUse the remaining space and the back of the page to provide your strategic approach to managing this group. Provide your rationale.