Word: tfs
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...believe that requiring TFs to attend lectures is a good idea. We urge the Faculty Council to vote in favor of the stronger proposal...
...benefits of having TFs at lectures should be fairly clear. Teaching fellows who attend course lectures will have a better idea of which concepts to focus on and which ones to spend less time on. They will be aware of any changes in the way that professors teach the material at hand...
...could argue that some TFs, if forced to attend lectures that go over material they know backwards and forwards, won't get any benefit from going. Instead, they will be bored and will fall asleep. But we believe that it is far better for TFs to fall asleep in lecture than to fall asleep at home...
Admittedly there will be a certain amount of flexibility when it comes to enforcement this rule. Certainly some courses are less in need of having TFs attend every lecture than others. If some-one is teaching an introductory course in a discipline where there are only a few basic ways of approaching the material, perhaps having TFs at each and every class meeting would not be necessary...
...that by requiring attendance but leaving enforcement to professors, it places the decision about the necessity of TF attendance in the hands of professors. The proposal achieves an important goal; it removes non-attendance at lecture as a possible bargaining chip in the negotiations between professors and the TFs they want to hire. It sends the strong message that attendance at lectures is something that is required of TFs, not something that is above and beyond their duty...