Primary team (12)¶
Delegating/managing their team
Varies per role
Each semester, around 45 teaching assistants (TAs), 45 tutors, and 150 academic interns (AIs) are hired to be part of Data 8 course staff. There are differing levels of hourly commitments, roles, and responsibilities both by and within roles depending on the staff member’s experience and ability to contribute to course staff.
10 out of the 13 weeks (20 hours) → required for Pass (P) Grade
Actively participating in the worksheet discussion time and answering questions during the lab notebook time
Work through the lab assignment
Discussion worksheet solutions provided
Weekly written check-ins
General meetings/professional development
Meetings with TA
Pedagogy lessons for the upcoming weeks
Read grading rubrics
Grading assignments
Handling regrades
Review material being covered in lectures that week
Tutoring section worksheet
Weekly homework/projects
Midterm proctoring, prep, etc.
Read grading rubrics
Grading assignments
Handling regrades
Review material being covered in lectures that week
Tutoring section worksheet
Weekly homework/projects
Midterm proctoring, prep, etc.
Review material being covered in lectures that week
Lab discussion worksheet
Work through/familiarize self with the lab assignment
Weekly homework/project
Proctoring for exams
Helping at review sessions or guerrilla sections
Delegating/managing their team
Varies per role
Review material being covered in lectures that week
Lab discussion worksheet
Work through/familiarize self with the lab assignment
Weekly homework/project
Lead TA will delegate roles, should work out to roughly 1 hour a week, but varies per team
Proctoring and grading for exams
Lab assistant management
New uGSIs are only hired in the Fall semester to be part of Data 8 course staff. In the Spring semester, all GSIs have roles and responsibilities equal to those for returning uGSIs.
Review material being covered in lectures that week
Lab discussion worksheet
Work through/familiarize self with the lab assignment
Tutoring section worksheet
Weekly homework/project
Proctoring and grading for exams
Lab assistant management
Each uGSI (new or returning) is assigned to one of the following teams:
Run weekly new GSI meetings, check-ins with new GSIs
“Lost student” support like connecting students to GSIs
HW/Project/Lab Development and Release
Infrastructure (Website + Jupyter support)
Autograder wrangling
Maintaining student grades, handling regrades
LA Hiring/evaluations
Lab assignments, lab shadowing
Tutor management and logistics
Lead weekly tutor meetings
Assignment creation, exam writing
Help new GSIs/tutors teach