Graduate Teaching Assistant -- Spring 2012

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JOB TITLE: Graduate Teaching Assistant, Computer Science and Engineering

QUARTER: Spring 2012

CLASSIFICATION DESCRIPTION: Graduate Teaching Assistants lead quiz, discussion, or laboratory sections, serve as a class assistants, or provide supervised teaching.

Each appointment is classified as an Academic Student Employee (ASE) and is governed by a contract between the University of Washington and GSEAC/UAW, which is found at the following web site: http://www.washington.edu/admin/hr/laborrel/contracts/uaw/addons/index.html

Signing-up/Applying for a Graduate TA Position

The TA sign-up procedure is a three step process (be sure to complete all three steps!):

1) REGISTRATION: where you indicate your wish to TA for the current quarter and list your general areas of interest. (Important: Be sure to check the box that says "I wish to TA spring, 2012")

2) APPLICATION: where you update data about your qualifications so that instructors can more easily find the best qualified TAs.

3) EDIT / ESTABLISH COURSE PREFERENCES: where you can list your TA preferences for individual courses.

Your individual course preferences will be initialized to values consistent with your course category preferences (Theory, Systems, Graphics, etc.). You may adjust these values at any time until the application deadline (February 27). Course instructors are only able to see your general areas of interest when submitting their own preferences for TAs. Since some courses (CSE 332, 351, 373, etc.) may not fit neatly into a single area, paying close attention to how you rank each individual course will improve your chances of getting the best match for your preferences and the instructors' preferences.
Graduate TAs are generally expected to be able to attend the lecture and lead 2 quiz sections (if any) for a course they wish to TA. Please pay special attention to whether you have a schedule time conflict with any course and rank any course with '-1' if a major conflict exists (partial conflicts w/ lecture times are usually ok). Exceptions are sometimes made for students who have previously TA'd for that course or who have made prior arrangements with an instructor. Contact me if you have any questions about this.

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

Graduate TA duties and responsibilities may include the following (specific duties and responsibilities will be provided by course instructor):

Attend lectures
Conduct quiz section meetings
Facilitate discussions
Prepare lectures for quiz sections
Prepare review materials for quiz sections
Hold extra review sessions for exams
Hold regular office hours
Tutor students
Manage and respond to course-related e-mail
Prepare webpage for course materials
Maintain (update) webpage for course materials
Develop and maintain electronic bulletin boards, discussion sites, etc.
Prepare assignments
Grade assignments
Prepare test questions
Proctor exams
Score exams
Maintain grading records
Maintain course attendance records
Calculate quarter grades
Attend instructor/TA meetings
Act as liaison/mediator between student and professor
Prepare lecture materials
Present lectures
Prepare handout materials
Review literature

PERCENTAGE OF APPOINTMENT : Full time or half-time (coupled with half-time RA appointment).

HOURS: Graduate TAs with a full appointment will not be required to work for more than 220 hours per quarter for an average of 20 hours a week, and shall not exceed 30 hours in a given week except by the TA's consent. Graduate TAs with less than a full appointment will have their hours appropriately prorated.

SALARY (monthly)
TA -- $2,114 (pre-quals)
TA1 -- $2,209 (post-quals, pre-generals)
TA2 -- $2,292 (post-generals)

Appointment level based on academic progress. Above salaries are based on a full-time appointment. Half-time salaries are pro-rated.

Any grad student who will not have a full RA appointment in spring quarter should register and apply.

If you are unsure whether you will need to TA (e.g. you're still trying to secure an RA position), you should fill out a TA application. You may withdraw your application at any time during the TA registration period by going to the registration page of the TA website and unchecking the box that says "I wish to TA spring 2012 " or by emailing me requesting a release before March 2.

Students and faculty should assume that releases from TA assignments will not be granted after March 2.

Take me to the TA sign-up page for spring 2012 (CSENetID required)

(Non-CSE students who have a UWNetID can sign up here)

DEADLINES:
TA online registration opens:	February 21, 2012
TA online registration closes:	Monday, February 27, 5:00 pm

HIRING CRITERIA:

Graduate TA appointments will be based on the following criteria:

Academic performance and progress.
Previous TA performance.
TA/Instructor preferences as determined by the applicant and potential instructors.

REQUIREMENTS: UW Computer Science & Engineering graduate student. Qualified graduate students from other departments may also be considered.

Academic Student Employees working at the University of Washington should be aware of the University's non-discrimination and harassment policies.

APPLICATION CONTACT:

Pim Lustig
126 Allen Center for CSE
pl@cs.washington.edu
206-616-3225

The University of Washington is an equal opportunity, affirmative action employer. To request disability accommodation in the application process, contact the Disability Services Office at 206.543.6450 / 206.543.6452 (tty) or dso@u.washington.edu.