Teaching Assistant Law and Legal Definition
An individual assisting a teacher with instructional responsibilities is a teaching assistant. Usually a graduate student assists in undergraduate course in his/her field. Teaching assistance is a non-profit service. Various teaching assistants are graduate teaching assistants, undergraduate teaching assistants, secondary school teaching assistants and elementary school teaching assistants.
In the U.S., teaching assistants receive course credits in return for their assistance. Usually a graduate teaching assistant in a university or college is awarded a fellowship that provides him or her with financial aid in exchange for teaching duties.
Legal Definition list
- Teaching and Education
- Teacher Preparation Program [Education]
- Teacher Mentoring
- Teacher Education Assistance for College and Higher Education (TEACH) Grant Program [Education]
- Teacher Adviser System
- Teaching Assistant
- Teaching Position
- Teaching Residency Program
- Teaching Skills
- Team Nutrition [USDA]
- Teaming Agreement
Related Legal Terms
- Assistant Jurisdiction
- Assistant Presiding Arbitrator
- Assistant Secretary of Defense for Public Affairs
- Assistantship (Education)
- Certified Legal Assistant
- Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA)
- Feeding Assistants
- National Association of Legal Assistants
- Nursing Assistant
- Office of Assistant Secretary for Administration and Management [Department of Labor]
