General guidance for new teaching assistants (TAs) at the University of Washington is provided. The four chapters focus on: (1) policies and procedures governing teaching assistantships (salary, terms of appointment, duties, budgeting time, renewal and advancement, termination, grievances, and evaluation of teaching); (2) teaching courses (teaching effectively, preparing for class, teaching strategies, writing and giving a lecture, teaching quiz sections, planning and leading a discussion, planning and running a laboratory, teaching a foreign language, responding to student writing, using visual aids, and evaluating student performance); (3) advising students (university undergraduates, TA/student relations, academic advising, and resources and support services such as financial assistance, housing, and day care); and (4) instructional support services (Center for Instructional Development and Research, University of Washington libraries, instructional media services, Health Services Center for Educational Resources, Educational Assessment Center, Faculty Council on Instructional Quality, graduate and professional student senate, committee on graduate student service appointees, environmental health and safety department, and emergency procedures). The appendix contains chapter 6 from the University Handbook (Volume IV, Part IV), "Graduate Student Appointments," which describes selection and training of appointees, conditions of appointment, stipends and fees and related procedures and policies. A copy of a mentor questionnaire on teaching assistants is included. Contains 15 references. (SM)