Subsections of <Asma Khalil Global TA - BioClub Tokyo > — HTGAA Spring 2026

Homework

Weekly homework submissions:

  • Week 1 HW: Principles and Practices

    Does the option: Option 1 Option 2 Option 3 Enhance Biosecurity • By preventing incidents • By helping respond Foster Lab Safety • By preventing incident • By helping respond Protect the environment • By preventing incidents • By helping respond Other considerations • Minimizing costs and burdens to stakeholders • Feasibility? • Not impede research • Promote constructive applications

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Week 1 HW: Principles and Practices

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Does the option:Option 1Option 2Option 3
Enhance Biosecurity
• By preventing incidents
• By helping respond
Foster Lab Safety
• By preventing incident
• By helping respond
Protect the environment
• By preventing incidents
• By helping respond
Other considerations
• Minimizing costs and burdens to stakeholders
• Feasibility?
• Not impede research
• Promote constructive applications

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Week 1 Lab: Pipetting

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MOU

+++ linkTitle = ‘MoU’ title = ‘MOUs’ +++ Here is my signed TA MOU.

MOU:

  • BioClub TA

    HTGAA Teaching Assistant (TA) Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) By signing this form, I agree to fulfill the following responsibilities as a teaching assistant for How To Grow Almost Anything (HTGAA) 2026. As an HTGAA Teaching Assistant, I agree to: Collaboration: Work with the instructor team at my node to carry out agreed-upon tasks throughout the semester and ensure students at my node understand all requirements for success. Safety: Adhere to all applicable local, regional, and national health and safety guidelines. Communication: Communicate clearly with students and instructors, raising any issues or concerns promptly. Respect: Promote a respectful, inclusive, and welcoming learning environment, encouraging curiosity and peer support. Integrity: Demonstrate integrity as a scientist and educator by keeping data accurate, complete, and truthful. Attribution: Grant HTGAA permission to share my work produced for the course, with appropriate attribution. Mentorship: Mentor students with a continuous learning mindset, supporting their curiosity, growth, and resilience, and celebrating their achievements. Initiative: Proactively contribute ideas and solutions to enhance the course, lab experiences, and student learning. Adaptability: Approach challenges with flexibility and problem-solving, modeling resilience in a dynamic learning environment. Node-Specific Agreements I also agree to carry out responsibilities assigned to support my node’s success, including:

Subsections of MOU

BioClub TA

HTGAA Teaching Assistant (TA) Memorandum of Understanding (MoU)

By signing this form, I agree to fulfill the following responsibilities as a teaching assistant for How To Grow Almost Anything (HTGAA) 2026.

As an HTGAA Teaching Assistant, I agree to:

  • Collaboration: Work with the instructor team at my node to carry out agreed-upon tasks throughout the semester and ensure students at my node understand all requirements for success.
  • Safety: Adhere to all applicable local, regional, and national health and safety guidelines.
  • Communication: Communicate clearly with students and instructors, raising any issues or concerns promptly.
  • Respect: Promote a respectful, inclusive, and welcoming learning environment, encouraging curiosity and peer support.
  • Integrity: Demonstrate integrity as a scientist and educator by keeping data accurate, complete, and truthful.
  • Attribution: Grant HTGAA permission to share my work produced for the course, with appropriate attribution.
  • Mentorship: Mentor students with a continuous learning mindset, supporting their curiosity, growth, and resilience, and celebrating their achievements.
  • Initiative: Proactively contribute ideas and solutions to enhance the course, lab experiences, and student learning.
  • Adaptability: Approach challenges with flexibility and problem-solving, modeling resilience in a dynamic learning environment.

Node-Specific Agreements

I also agree to carry out responsibilities assigned to support my node’s success, including:

  • Engagement: Participate in required node meetings and coordinate with your node team to support planning, collaboration, and student success.
  • Preparation: Preparing instructional materials ahead of classes and labs and running validation experiments to strengthen the learning experience.
  • Support: Maintaining availability to support students through established communication channels (e.g., email, Discourse).
  • Review: Reviewing student homework and providing regular, constructive feedback.
  • Attendance: Tracking and maintaining accurate attendance records for students at my node.

Signed by committing this file in my repository,

{{ Asma Khalil }}

{{ 04-03-26 }}

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