Teaching Journal

Who: TAs

Deadline: Weekly, by Sunday 11:59pm

Estimated time: 5-10 minutes per week

Why Junrui wants you to do this

1. Help you with time management!
   • TA’ing can eat up a TON of time if you’re not careful
   • Make sure you’re not overworked by your instructor
2. Help you reflect on what you learned about teaching
   • Your weekly reflections are great fodder for your teaching philosophy statement!

What you need to do

Junrui will create a Canvas assignment for you to submit your journal entry every week. In your journal entry, please do the following two things:

1. Log how much time you spent on what teaching-related duties. Be sure to include all teaching-related duties, including but not limited to:
   • Holding office hours
   • Preparing for and running sections
   • Answering student questions on Piazza or other Q&A platforms
   • Grading assignments
   • Debugging autograders and student submissions
   • Meeting with your instructor or fellow TAs
   • Attending CS 501
   • Slacking off because you don't wanna work on your research (just kidding)
2. Reflect on your experiences in the past week of teaching. Feel free to choose one or more prompts from the list below and respond to it. No need to write a full essay, just a few sentences is fine!
   • What went well in your teaching this week? What didn't go so well?
   • What is something surprising/unexpected that happened in your section/office hours?
   • What strategies have you tried, or want to try, in your teaching?
   • How do you feel what you have learned in CS 501 so far can be applied to your teaching?
   • What is one thing you want to improve in your teaching next week?