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Graduate Teaching Assistant -- Autumn 2009

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JOB TITLE: Graduate Teaching Assistant

DEPARTMENT: Computer Science and Engineering

QUARTER: Autumn 2009

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

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
· Obtain room for review sessions
· Request or acquire necessary equipment
· 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
· Prepare course attendance records
· Maintain course attendance records
· Calculate quarter grades
· Request student assessments for course
· Coordinate with OEA for course evaluations
· Attend instructor/TA meetings
· Act as liaison/mediator between student and professor
· Prepare lecture materials
· Present lectures
· Prepare overheads
· Prepare handout materials
· Review literature
· Place course materials on library reserve

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) * pending final verification:
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.

Signing-up/Applying for a Graduate TA Postition

The TA sign-up procedure is a three step process:

1) REGISTRATION
2) APPLICATION
3) EDIT/ESTABLISH COURSE PREFERENCES

** Be sure to complete all three of these steps! **

1) REGISTRATION is for entering whether you wish to TA for the current quarter plus additional information to identify you and your general areas of interest. (Important: Be sure to check the box that says "I wish to TA Autumn, 2009")

2) APPLICATION is for updating data about your qualifications so that instructors can more easily find the best qualified TAs.

3) EDIT/ESTABLISH COURSE PREFERENCES is for entering your preferences of which courses you want to TA. Your preferences are ranked so that we can find 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.

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

If you are unsure whether you will need to TA in the fall (e.g. you're still trying to secure an RA position), you should still 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 autumn, 2009" or by emailing me requesting a release BEFORE THE PRELIMINARY ASSIGNMENTS HAVE BEEN POSTED .

Once the preliminary TA assignments are posted (during the week of September 7), students and faculty should assume that releases from TA assignments will not be granted.

Take me to the TA sign-up page for Autumn 2009

DEADLINES:
TA online registration opens:	August 20, 2009
TA online registration closes:	Friday, August 28, 2009, 5:00 pm
Appointments posted:	week of September 7 , 2009

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.

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.

JOB TITLE: Graduate Teaching Assistant

Signing-up/Applying for a Graduate TA Postition

Once the preliminary TA assignments are posted (during the week of September 7), students and faculty should assume that releases from TA assignments will not be granted.

Take me to the TA sign-up page for Autumn 2009