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Undergraduate TA Orientation

Undergraduate TA Orientation. College of Computing Georgia Institute of Technology. First Things First. Congratulations Welcome or Welcome Back! Thanks in Advance Hard Work Commitment to educational mission. Minimum Qualifications. Enrolled as a Georgia Tech Student A or B in course

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Undergraduate TA Orientation

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  1. Undergraduate TA Orientation College of Computing Georgia Institute of Technology

  2. First Things First • Congratulations • Welcome • or Welcome Back! • Thanks in Advance • Hard Work • Commitment to educational mission

  3. Minimum Qualifications • Enrolled as a Georgia Tech Student • A or B in course • Good Academic Standing • Overall GPA > 2.5 • CS/ECE GPA > 3.0 • Sophomore, Junior, or Senior • Cleared by the Dean of Students Office • Academic Misconduct • Computer Misuse

  4. Helping Students Email Recitation/Lab Newsgroups Responding to Questions What if you don’t know the answer? Don’t Advise Grading On time Consistently grade according to criteria Homeworks/Projects/ Labs/Exams Office Hours Be on-time Be prepared Do not schedule during lecture time Job Responsibilities

  5. FERPA, 1974 Academic information can only be discussed with student Respect Students & TAs CoC Faculty/Staff Course Professional Distance No friends in your section No dating students Meet publicly NOT in dorms, fraternity house, apartment Commons Area Professional/Ethical Issues

  6. Academic Integrity • Goal: Uphold the academic integrity of the course • Prevention is the best medicine • Report Misconduct Immediately • Course instructor • Director of Student Services • Do not take action • Accusation • Email/Newsgroup • Mark Assignment/Exam

  7. Getting Started • Privileges • TA Lab • Key form • States Cluster • CoC Account form • For Credit • Register by Friday @ 4 PM • Permits (CRN 54196) • For Pay • Hiring Paperwork • See Cathy Dunnahoo (Room 109)

  8. Job Performance Grading Timeliness Quality Preparedness Meetings Office Hours Lab/Recitation Learning Artifact Demonstration of what you’ve learned while TAing Examples Help Session Tutorial Course Assignment … For Credit Option

  9. For Pay Option • Time Reporting • Average 15 hours • Maximum 18 hours • Exceptions must be granted in advance by course owner • Reporting • Complete, accurate • Time sheets due every 2 weeks • First due 5/12/2004 by 5 PM • Signed by course owner

  10. Time Reporting (continued) • Signatures • CS 1315 • Monica Sweat • CS 1321 • Monica Sweat • CS 1322 • Bob Waters • CS 1371 • Dan Colestock • CS 2130 & 2200 • Bill Leahy • CS 2335 • Mike McCracken • CS 2340 • Jeff Pierce

  11. In Summary… • TAing can be a lot of work • But it can be very rewarding • We can’t do this without you… • Thanks in advance for all of your hard work!

  12. Questions?

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