# Brief my teaching assistants and align their grading for the term

A TA onboarding guide covering roles, communication, grading norms, a calibration session, and escalation rules.

- Topic: Learning & Teaching
- Framework: Few-Shot
- Level: Standard
- Tags: Education, Explain & Teach, Fill-in Template
- Source: https://www.thinkwithprompt.com/prompts/brief-my-teaching-assistants-and-align-their-grading-for-the-term

## Prompt

```text
Help me prepare my teaching assistants for the term.

**Course:** [TITLE, ENROLLMENT, FORMAT]
**TA team:** [number, experience level, hours per week]
**What TAs will do:** [e.g. "lead weekly sections, grade problem sets and lab reports, hold office hours"]
**Grading materials:** [PASTE RUBRICS OR DESCRIBE]
**Communication tools:** [LMS, forum, email, chat]
**Problems from past terms:** [e.g. "inconsistent grading between sections", "TAs extending deadlines on their own"]

Create:
1. **A TA guide:** roles and responsibilities, weekly time expectations, what TAs can decide on their own vs. must send to me (extensions, regrades, integrity concerns, accommodations, student distress).
2. **Grading norms:** how to apply each rubric criterion, partial-credit rules, feedback expectations (length, tone, at least one specific next step), and turnaround times.
3. **A 45-minute calibration session plan:** everyone grades the same 3 sample responses, compares scores, discusses differences, and agrees on decision rules. Include what to record.
4. **A weekly check-in agenda** (15 minutes).
5. **A student-wellbeing note:** how TAs should respond and refer if a student discloses distress or a crisis, using our campus resources [ADD CAMPUS RESOURCES].

Keep it practical and short enough that TAs will read it. Remind TAs about student privacy rules for grades and records.
```

## What to fill in

- TITLE, ENROLLMENT, FORMAT
- number, experience level, hours per week
- PASTE RUBRICS OR DESCRIBE
- LMS, forum, email, chat
- ADD CAMPUS RESOURCES

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