Inappropriate language in the classroom, off-color remarks or jokes in class as well as in personal conferences, and frequent deviations from the course topic have no proper place in the teaching academy. TAs should make appropriate preparations for all student-teacher encounters, meet classes as scheduled, evaluate students’ work fairly and impartially, and be prompt for prearranged conferences and regularly scheduled office hours. Study, instruction, evaluation, and research can flourish well only in such an environment.Īcademic integrity is a joint endeavor. All members of the academic community should conduct themselves in a straightforward and honorable manner. Scholarship is at home only in an atmosphere of honest practice by both students and TAs. Adapted with permission from University of Tennessee, 1986
