Undergraduate Teaching Assistant -- Spring 2011

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JOB TITLE: Undergraduate Teaching Assistant

DEPARTMENT: Computer Science and Engineering

QUARTER: Spring 2011

CLASSIFICATION DESCRIPTION:

Undergraduate Teaching Assistants provide administrative support for quiz, discussion, or laboratory sections and serve as class assistants. Undergraduate Teaching Assistants may not perform teaching duties that require full responsibility for a course.

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 website: http://www.washington.edu/admin/hr/laborrel/contracts/uaw/addons/index.html

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

Undergraduate 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 web page 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

HOURS: Variable, not to exceed 19.5 hours/week combined for ALL UW jobs. Undergraduate TAs generally work 10-15 hours per week.

WAGES: $10.50 –$14.00 per hour, depending on experience as undergraduate TA.

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 Spring 2011 ")

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 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 (Feb. 28). 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, etc.) may not neatly fit 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.
  
  
• TAs are generally expected to attend the lecture of the course they wish to TA for. Please pay special attention to whether you have a schedule time conflict with any course and rank any course with '-1' if a conflict exists. Exceptions are sometimes made for students who have previously TA'd for that course or if other special circumstances exist. Contact me if this applies to you.

All students must apply each quarter they wish to be considered a TA. Students who apply and are not appointed during a given quarter will remain eligible to fill any TA openings should they occur.

IMPORTANT NOTE FOR STUDENTS INTERESTED IN BEING A TA FOR CSE 142 AND 143:

New TAs for CSE 142 and 143 are selected through a separate process which includes a brief interview. Information and instructions on how to apply for these positions will be announced in the coming weeks.

Take me to the TA sign-up page for Spring 2011

HIRING CRITERIA:

Undergraduate TA appointments will be based on the following criteria:

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

REQUIREMENTS: UW Undergraduate Computer Engineering or Computer Science major--enrolled for 6 credits or more.

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.