The Teaching Assistant's Bible: Guide for Graduate Students, Adjuncts and College Instructors

I was one of the lucky ones. At my university, my department offered or rather cryptically informed me that I would have to take a six-week course if I wanted to be a Teaching Assistant. This course was not offered in every department and you had to be teaching my subject in order to sign up for the class. This turned out to be an excellent experience and prepared me for an environment unlike any other; the university and college classroom.

A lot of graduate teaching assistants, new adjuncts...