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Originally Posted by maleficent
Supervising people is a skill that most people have to learn... the biggest thing to learn is to never assume that the other person knows what you want... You need to spell out your expectations clearly, and what you want her to do... If you don't tell her, while it may seem obvious to you, she might not know.
Some people require more supervision than others do, she might or might not be one of those people.
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Excellent point. How well she does her job is very much dependent on how well you supervise her. As a teacher, I'm sure this must've come up a time or two over your years in school, yes?
How you approach the relationship is also a fairly important contributing factor. Your perception of what the relationship is between you and your TA is going to color how you interact with her for better or for worse. Is it just a matter of you not being assertive enough, clear enough in what you expect or is there some other underlying problem?
Ultimately, she's a subordinate little worker bee who is being paid--in a round about way--for services rendered. She's benefitting just as much, if not more from being your TA as you are for having a TA.
Your distaste for getting this girl into trouble is cause for leniency on your part and certainly a bit of understanding, but it doesn't give your TA carte blanche to schluff her responsibilities as a member of your support staff.
Personally, I'd try to figure out what the problem was, find a way to correct it and then give her a week or two to get her act together. After that I'd put her on notice and start asking around about getting rid of, or at least reassigning your TA.