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Graduate Teaching Assistant Description

Required Skills and Abilities
  • Demonstrated knowledge of the subject area.
  • Must have excellent written skills and be able to effectively critique and edit written works.
  • The ability to communicate computer science concepts to students effectively, both in written form and verbally.
  • Must be available to support scheduled office hours throughout the entire semester, weekly meetings, and be available to moderate online forums, if applicable, as assigned by the instructor.
  • Experience with distance education courses either as a student or as a TA.
  • Attendance to the School of Computer Science Orientation and Debriefing for Teaching Assistants is required.
  • Must be available to invigilate the sit-down written final exam.
  • Normally, the completion of an undergraduate degree in Computer Science.
  • As per the Collective Agreement, must be enrolled as a graduate student during the working semester.
Desired Skills and Abilities
  • Previous experience supporting this or similar course.
  • Demonstrated knowledge of the subject area through course development or having taken a similar undergraduate course.
  • Previously served as a TA for a distance education course.
Anticipated Duties
  • Orientation-Training
  • Preparation
  • Grading
  • Office Hours
  • Student Consultation
  • Meeting
  • Invigilating Exams

Undergraduate Teaching Assistant Description

Required Skills and Qualifications
  • Must be an undergraduate student in Computer Science or closely related discipline.
  • A demonstrated knowledge of computer systems and software.
  • Experience using JavaScript, and be able to teach Javascript tutorials
  • Must be available to support scheduled office hours throughout the entire semester, weekly meetings, and be available to moderate online forums, if applicable, as assigned by the instructor.
  • Positions will entail marking assignments (must be able to return marked assignments on time) as well as answering students’ questions on-line on a daily basis throughout the entire semester.
  • Must have excellent written skills and be able to effectively critique and edit written works.
  • The ability to communicate concepts about computing to students effectively, both in written form and verbally.
  • Must be available to invigilate the sit-down written final exam.
  • As per the Collective Agreement, must be enrolled as an undergraduate student in the SEMESTER semester.
Preferred Skills and Qualifications
  • Previous experience supporting CIS1000DE.
  • Demonstrated knowledge of the subject area through course development
  • Experience with multiple operating systems including OS/X, Linux, and Windows and Macs.
Anticipated Duties
  • Orientation-Training
  • Preparation
  • Grading
  • Office Hours
  • Student Consultation
  • In class tutorials
  • Meeting
  • Invigilating Exams
course_info/cis1000.txt · Last modified: 2015/03/17 16:13 by judi