Typical duties
- Being properly prepared to assist students and instructors
- Attending one set of lectures per week
- Attending and participating in weekly feedback and planning meetings which normally include the instructors
- Assisting students, both in person and by e-mail
- Conducting tutorials and/or lecturettes
- Marking assignments, midterms and final exams
- Proctoring midterms and final exams
- Developing model solutions, marking schemes, and self-help exercises
- Maintaining course web page and newsgroup/Piazza
- Co-ordinating TAs by gathering assignments, distributing them to the TAs with marking schemes, and ensuring the timely return of all marked assignments
Hours
Average 35 hours/week for 17 weeks. Note that the work period extends beyond lecture and exam periods. The following is the hours distribution for a typical week (For distance education courses, hours may be distributed differently).
- Student interaction in lab* (4-12)
- Weekly meetings (1-2)
- Consulting hours (3-6)
- Lectures (2-3)
- Marking and co-ordination (6-8)
- Preparation (3)
- Miscellaneous (2)
- Tutorials(3)
- Electronic communication (e.g. Newsgroup, Piazza, email, etc.)(5-10)
*Courses without scheduled labs will have additional consulting hours
