Many of the courses offered by Herman & Wallace include hands-on learning, called labs. At lab courses, we require experienced therapists to assist the instructor in guiding participants through the hands-on component, called teaching assistants, or TAs. TAs are compensated for their time with course credit, earn CEUs, and have previously completed education in order to be qualified to assist others in learning new skills.
Lead Teaching Assistants are those who go above and beyond by committing to volunteer for a certain number of courses per year, earn consistently high reviews on course evaluations, and meet minimum qualifications to assist at all courses. Lead TAs are onboarded as employees of HW and can therefore be paid for their time assisting at courses.
The Lead TA position is by invitation. Since this is an emloyment hire by HW, we apply the same discernment as if we were bringing on a new faculty member of member of the admin team. Lead TAs are often chosen based on:
In addition the above, the following are the minimum criteria for becoming a Lead TA.
In order to qualify as a LeadTeaching Assistant, one must:
If you are interested in becoming a Lead Teaching Assistant but not currently TAing at our courses, you may begin the application to do so here. If you are already a TA and would like to get on track to become a Lead, please contact the This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..