What should an instructor of record do at this time?

If you currently supervise one or more ASEs (TAs/Readers/Tutors) in an instructional setting, please plan ahead for the possibility of a strike.  Students will expect you to be the authority on how the course will proceed.  The specific actions you take will depend on different circumstances, but may include the following:

• Notify your students of the possibility of a strike, how they could be impacted, and steps you will take in the event of a strike.  Instruction should not be cancelled because of the strike.
• Maintain clear and frequent communication with your students.  Remind them that you will be the main point of contact during the strike, and ensure they know how to reach you.
• Focus on maintaining course continuity.  Among these priorities should be preserving each student’s access to the course and materials.
• Identify any aspects of the course that may be postponed, abbreviated, or omitted, and revise your lesson planning and grading rubric accordingly.  Consider engaging your students in making these revisions and be transparent and reasonable with your new expectations.
• Examine the work currently being done by each ASE to understand its stage, how it might be disrupted, and the specific steps you can take to mitigate disruption if it happens.
• Ensure you have access to ASE lesson plans, student grades, graded materials, and submitted work that has not yet been graded.
• If grading will be delayed, ask students to maintain copies of submitted work and post timely sample solutions for them to review.
• Within the limits of the ASE appointment letters, consider reassigning work among ASEs if some choose to work during the strike while others do not.