This program will provide opportunities for graduate students in  
Marine Sciences to obtain supervised, documented experience in 
preparing and delivering lectures, leading discussions, and/or 
assisting with laboratories and laboratory preparations.  At 
present graduate students obtaining a graduate degree in any of 
the departments in the Biological Sciences Division have few such 
opportunities as graduate lab assistants (GLAs).  This program is 
not to be used to relieve faculty of their teaching responsibilities.

1.  The department head or a faculty member designated by the 
head will administer the program.
2.  Participation is voluntary by both the faculty instructor and 
graduate student intern (GSI).  Any undergraduate (including 4000/6000 
level courses) departmental course taught by one or two instructors 
may be included in the program.
3.  To be eligible to participate in the program, graduate students 
must be currently enrolled in graduate school and must have 
completed a course in teacher training (e.g. ELAN 7768 or its 
equivalent).
4.  Once a graduate student and a fauclty member decide to participate 
in the program, they must notify the program administrator of their 
intentions and request approval.
5.  The GSI may give no more than 10% of the lectures in a given 
class.  It is recommended that no more than one GSI give lectures 
in a single course; if more than one GSI participates in a given 
class, the total number of lectures given by GSIs may not exceed 
10% of the total lectures in the class.  If more than one graduate 
student is interested in serving as a GSI in a given class, the 
course instructor will decide which student is the most qualified 
and/or if it is appropriate for more than one graduate student to 
serve as a GSI in the course.
6.  GSI lectures may be given in a block to provide continuity and 
an opportunity for the GSI to develop themes; formal feedback and 
evaluation would probably follow the block of lectures.  In other 
cases the GSI may give single lectures at different times during 
the term with formal feedback and evaluation following each 
lecture.  This approach would give the GSI time to make useful 
adjustments before the next lecture.  The objective in either 
case is to provide constructive criticism, but in such a way as 
not to shake the confidence of the GSI who will be giving the next 
lecture without sufficient time to make adjustments and/or work 
on problems.
7.  The GSI will prepare a detailed outline of the lecture(s) or 
laboratory lectures/discussions to be given and then will discuss 
the outline with the instructor.  It is important that this 
initial planning of the lectures be done more-or-less independently 
by the student as part of the training experience.  The instructor 
then will work with the GSI to develop the final outline, being 
sensitive to the GSI's insterests and wishes (i.e. the GSI should 
not be expected to give exactly the same lecture the instructor 
would).
8.  The instructor will attend all the lessons given by the GSI. 
The instructor will provide a written evaluation of the GSI's 
performance using a form similar to that used for peer faculty 
teaching evaluation in the department and will discuss the 
evaluation in detail with the GSI.  If equipment is available, it 
is highly recommended that one or more sessions be video-taped and 
discussed by the instructor and GSI.
9.  If other GLAs are involved in the course, they should be 
strongly encouraged to attend the GSI lessons and provide written 
evaluations.
10.  The GSI will prapare the exam questions where appropriate 
covering the lecture material he/she delivered and will submit 
them to the instructor for discussion, possible modification and 
approval.  The GSI will grade the answers to his/her questions in 
small classes or instruct the lecture GLAs on the grading procedure 
to use in the case of large classes.  In 4000/6000 level courses 
graduate student exams will be graded by the instructor, not the 
GSI.
11.  Service as a GSI is undertaken voluntarily in addition to 
and completely independent of any GLA assignment.
12.  By the end of the term, the GSI will submt to the program 
administrator the following information in written form:
1) a copy of the detailed lesson developed in consultation with 
the course instructor, 2) a summary of the pre-lecture and 
post-lecture discussions held with the instructor, (3) a copy of 
the instructor's or student's written evaluation, and 4) an 
evaluation by the GSI, of this teaching experience and the 
important lessons learned.  This documentation will be placed in 
the student's file; the program administrator will keep a copy in 
a separate file.  Graduate students who fail to submit this 
documentation to the program administrator will not be eligible 
for further participation in the program.  Faculty who do not 
provide the written evaluation (item#8) will not be eligible for 
participation in the program until approved to do so by the 
department/school head.

It is the student's responsibility to be familiar with the 
University of Georgia's policy on academic honesty as published 
in the booklet "A culture of Honesty: Policies and Procedures on 
Academic Honesty" .  Evidence of academic dishonesty will be 
turned over to the Office of the Vice President for Academic 
Affairs for consideration and possible action.  The minimum 
penalty for students found quilty of academic dishonesty is a 
grade of "F" in the course and a note on the student's transcript.  
There have been several recent changes in the academic honesty 
policy at UGA.