Roles and Responsibilities#

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.

Academic Intern (AIs)#

Lab assisting (2 hrs/week)#

  • 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

Lab prep (0.5 hr/week)#

  • Work through the lab assignment

  • Discussion worksheet solutions provided

Pedagogy Practice/Reflection (0.5 hr/week)#

  • Weekly written check-ins

  • General meetings/professional development

Meetings#

  • Meetings with TA

  • Pedagogy lessons for the upcoming weeks

Tutor#

Returning Tutors (8 hours)#

Grading (2)#

  • Read grading rubrics

  • Grading assignments

  • Handling regrades

Two tutoring sections (2)#

Preparation (1)#

  • Review material being covered in lectures that week

  • Tutoring section worksheet

  • Weekly homework/projects

Office hours (1)#

Flexible hour (1)#

  • Midterm proctoring, prep, etc.

Staff meeting (1)#

New Tutors (8 hours)#

Grading (2)#

  • Read grading rubrics

  • Grading assignments

  • Handling regrades

Preparation (1)#

  • Review material being covered in lectures that week

  • Tutoring section worksheet

  • Weekly homework/projects

Office hours (2)#

GSI-shadowed tutoring section (1)#

Flexible hour (1)#

  • Midterm proctoring, prep, etc.

Staff meeting (1)#

uGSIs (Undergraduate Student Instructors)#

Lead uGSI (20)#

One lab sections (2)#
Tutor mentoring/Office hours (1)#
Preparation (2)#

  • Review material being covered in lectures that week

  • Lab discussion worksheet

  • Work through/familiarize self with the lab assignment

  • Weekly homework/project

Staff meeting (1)#
Other (2, spread out through the semester)#

  • Proctoring for exams

  • Helping at review sessions or guerrilla sections

Primary team (12)#

  • Delegating/managing their team

  • Varies per role

uGSI, returning (8)#

Lab section (2)#
Office hours (1)#
Preparation (2)#

  • Review material being covered in lectures that week

  • Lab discussion worksheet

  • Work through/familiarize self with the lab assignment

  • Weekly homework/project

Staff meeting (1)#
Additional role (1)#

  • Lead TA will delegate roles, should work out to roughly 1 hour a week, but varies per team

Other (1, spread out through the semester)#

  • Proctoring and grading for exams

  • Lab assistant management

uGSI, new (8)#

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.

Lab section (2)#
Tutor mentoring/Office hours (1)#
Staff meeting (1)#
Pedagogy/New GSI meeting (1)#
Preparation (2)#

  • 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

Other (1, spread out through the semester)#

  • Proctoring and grading for exams

  • Lab assistant management

uGSI Teams#

Each uGSI (new or returning) is assigned to one of the following teams:

New GSI Support/GSI Support#

  • Run weekly new GSI meetings, check-ins with new GSIs

  • “Lost student” support like connecting students to GSIs

Content & Infrastructure#

  • HW/Project/Lab Development and Release

  • Infrastructure (Website + Jupyter support)

Grading#

  • Autograder wrangling

  • Maintaining student grades, handling regrades

Lab Logistics#

  • LA Hiring/evaluations

  • Lab assignments, lab shadowing

Tutor Support#

  • Tutor management and logistics

  • Lead weekly tutor meetings

Pedagogy#

  • Assignment creation, exam writing

  • Help new GSIs/tutors teach