There's no way it'll be 20 hours of *actual* teaching per week. Since it's a state school (I believe?), you may have more than 2 sections to TA, but at most, you should have, perhaps, 4 sections, plus sitting in on lecture. That is: they shouldn't have you as a TA for more than one course per semester. Depending on size of courses, etc., that would determine the number of sections you TA - but 20 hours usually includes the prep time and everything. TAing is considered part-time, in conjunction with your regular work - so while you may have a week or two each term when your actual work approaches 30-40 hours (due to grading), this should be the EXCEPTION, and certainly not the norm. I think most of us actually end up working less than 20 hours most weeks.
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Date: 2007-02-08 02:24 am (UTC)