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Originally Posted by highthief
If it's the third "talk" you've had with her and she truly is not doing her job (and not just failing to live up to your own personal expectations) and you have documented everything, the next step needs to be more decisive.
But as this is your first responsibility for another worker, you should probably talk to your own supervisor or mentor first, to make sure you cross the t's and dot the i's.
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My supervisor is Dr. Departmenthead, and he's a big jerk. I don't have a mentor, and hadn't really thought that such a thing would funtion at this level. I figure if I do my job well and get published, I can make steady progress and be up at full professor in ten or fifteen years. I'm not in any hurry to get it by 40 like many in the department seem to be. I'm not ambitious, I just want to teach and do research.
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Originally Posted by martinguerre
here's my two cents on the "gone often, but eager when she's there" idea...
i think i might fall under a pretty similar description at points in my life...but i'm grateful to the people who busted my ass and made me manage my time well enough to actually be there when i was supposed to.
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I've done what I can, asking her several times to be in class and grade the quizzes and objective portions of major tests. At this point it's up to her. She's an adult; I can't force her to do anything she's decided she doesn't want to do.
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Originally Posted by maleficent
To document:
1. each time you give her a task to do... make sure the instructions are clearly given, and give her a deadline. if that deadline isn't met.... document that...
2. Document each time she's not where she's supposed to be... Coming to class and taking notes is one of her tasks... she's not doing it.
since you've alread talked to her once... I'd let the past go... Make sure she understands your expectations... and go from there... If she can't meet your expectations, then she's not the right person for the job, I'm sure there are others.
A TA is supposed to make your job easier... to assist you... if she's not... well then...
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Thank you. I'll do this in the future, and make sure she understands she's used up her second and third chance and this is it.
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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.
I'd also talk to another professor, about what your options are...
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I told her, in very clear terms before classes started, and she's assured me in each of the subsequent talks we've had that she understands what she's supposed to do, it just . . . followed by a list of excuses.
I'm going to talk to Dr. KGB tomorrow. She usually stops by my office to hang out in the afternoons during office hours, which we have in common MWF.
Gilda