The Culture, Art, and Technology Program hires teaching assistants (TAs) to teach in the Core Sequence (CAT 1, 2 and 3). Each quarter we offer a selection of interdisciplinary writing courses, which take a variety of approaches to thinking about the intersections of art and technology and how those intersections reflect, critique, and produce culture. CAT 1, CAT 2, and CAT 3 are Sixth College's core writing sequence and these classes foreground critical reading, literacy across media, argumentative writing, research, and collaboration.

CAT TAs lead discussion sections (attached to a bigger topic-specific lecture) that help students understand the lectures, readings/screenings, and other course materials as they develop their writing, reading, and communication skills. TAs are required to comment on and grade student work (using programmatic rubrics), hold regular office hours, attend course lectures, participate in weekly planning meetings with course instructor and fellow TAs, and participate in person in a final TA meeting during the Monday of finals week (All CAT 1-3 courses and meetings are in person). These weekly meetings support TAs in their teaching, but also enable TAs to implement CAT curricular expectations and standards with fairness and transparency across all courses and quarters.

In their first year, TAs new to CAT are required to attend a weekly CAT 200 seminar in Fall to develop their teaching skills and attend CAT 500 pedagogy workshops during Winter and Spring terms. Prior to Fall classes, all TAs are required to attend a mandatory one day orientation, focused on pedagogy and program expectations.

CAT appoints TAs across the whole academic year. A 50% appointment in CAT includes all the above responsibilities. The teaching appointments are as follows,

CAT 1 -- 2 sections of 16-17 students, 1 day/week (+ teaching seminar in first year)

CAT 2 & 3 -- 2 sections of 15-16 students, 2 days/week (+teaching workshops in first year)