Slides from Spring 2015 TA Orientation
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CS TA Orientation
Fall 2014
New Faces!
Introductions
Faculty
Dr. Brent Seales, Department Chair
Dr. Mirek Truszczynski, Director Graduate Studies
Dr. Jurek Jaromczyk, Director Undergraduate Studies
Staff
Jennifer Doerge, graduate records
Dee Fuhs, payroll / finances
Paul Linton, systems manager
[email protected]
TA Supervisors
Dr. Debby Keen, CS 101
Dr. Debby Keen, CS 115
Dr. Yi Pike, CS 215
Mr. Yi Pike, CS 216
Mr. Paul Piwowarski, CS 221
Dr. Manivannan, CS 275
Try to keep your balance!
You have a teaching job, classes, research and a LIFE!
How do you balance it?
TALK to your supervisor AND your advisor if you are
getting overloaded
Schedules can be adjusted with some notice!
Changes this semester
CS 115 will have 6 sections “flipped”
TA office hours may be in Multilab as well as RGAN
102
Class / Section assignments
Rules for changing assignments are online
Tell your supervisor what you want to change TO, not
just what you want to change FROM
Write down what sections are changing and who else is
involved
Both people sign the request
MUST be done before first day class meets
Observations / Evaluations
Every TA is observed by a faculty member every semester
(usually their supervisor)
Every TA is evaluated by their supervisor at the end of every
semester
The TA gets a copy of each form and a chance to respond to
it
Copies are kept by TA, Dr. Keen, DGS and Graduate School
PLEASE help us by making sure your form is filled out and
signed by the end of the semester!
Grad School Workshops
Every full-time TA goes to two during
the semester
Make SURE you sign attendance
sheet
Go to MORE if you like! They’re free!
Peer Observations
Done in 115, 101
Experienced TA paired with new TA
New TA observes experienced TA before their first
class/lab
Later in the semester experienced TA observes new TA
After each observation, TAs meet to give feedback
Communicate to your supervisor that the observations
were done
Useful Information
TA page www.cs.uky.edu/~keen/tas/tas.html
PLEASE do not give this URL to
anyone!!
More Useful Information
TA mailboxes are in
Dr. Keen’s cell phone number is 859 576 5949
All TAs should KEEP ALL emails sent to them by students
and all emails sent to students, at least until final grades
are done
Make sure your University account is set up and that
your supervisor has an email address for you
I-9 forms for Payroll
If you are a new TA or
if you have been off the payroll (even a few days!)
See Dee Fuhs, Marksbury 102D, as soon as possible to
get on payroll!! They need a new I-9 form
Your Class Schedule
If you are a returning student, you should have
already registered for classes – if not, then do it
NOW!
If you are registered, please do not make
changes unless absolutely necessary
If you make a change or have made one in the
last few days, TELL Dr. Keen NOW!
Last Day of the Semester
Mark your calendars now!
Last day of the semester – Monday December 22 –
AFTER Finals Week!
We hope we’re finished sooner than that, but don’t
make plans until after 12/22/14
Start of next Spring Semester
January 14, 2015 Wednesday is the first day of class
January 9, 2015 Friday will be CS TA orientation
If you have to miss…
If you know that you are going to miss a
TA meeting
Class meeting
Office hours
Exam proctoring
Exam grading
Let your supervisor KNOW about it! Even if you have it
covered, they need to know! In advance if possible but
even after the fact!
Food / Drink policies
PLEASE enforce in the labs!
Keep everything below desk level
and in their packs unless they are
actually using it
Don’t have bottles, even capped,
sitting next to a keyboard!
Busy this semester!
Enrollments are up in several
classes
18 sections of 115, 100% full
8 sections of 215, 2 seats left
10 sections of 221, 5 seats left
Community
TA common goal: the students’ learning
The TAs who work in the same class should be a
community – “we know more together than we do
individually”
Experienced TAs, please reach out to the new TAs –
tips for grading, for dealing with students, anything
can be useful when you’re new to the job!
Pay attention to the poor performer!
Caring about the students and
SHOWING them that you care!
Documenting how you are communicating with them
Try to get names of people who come to office
hours
People who miss classes, miss assignment deadlines
Give them a short note to ask what is wrong
Grading
Biggest part in terms of time taken
Very important part! Feedback is where learning
happens!
Rubrics should be provided by supervisor
If not, make your own and show to supervisor
Follow them as closely as possible
If you disagree with one, take it up with your
supervisor
Keep the grading consistent across all sections
Academic Alert!!
Program to alert students and advisors to 'risky'
behavior of students
Missed Classes (at least 2-3 in the first weeks)
Habitually Late (more than 10 minutes on a regular basis)
Homework assignments not completed or of inconsistent
quality
Poor performance on tests or quizzes
Disruptive Behavior in class
Other
Academic Alerts
101 and 115 will do this this semester
The alerts are sent through the IRIS system - it
automatically mails the student!
I ask the student to see their TA and to see me
Give them your personal attention!
In classes besides 101 and 115, ask your supervisor
YOUR OFFICE HOURS
YOUR Office Hours - BE there!
They will be in RGAN 102 lab or , scheduled in the
next week or two by Dr. Keen
Students can show up at any time, Not just the start
of the hour
Try to help every student who asks, even if they are
not in your section or even your class
Even if more than one TA is scheduled for a time, it
is your job to be there
How do you get your students to
be responsible for their own
learning?
(see separate set of slides)
(this is from 20-minute Mentor
Commons, access code UKY253)
What’s next?
101 TA meeting Monday 1 pm – my office
115 TA meeting Monday 10 am – RGAN 103
221 TA meeting Friday 1pm – RGAN 102
215 TA meeting – FPAT 257 after orientation
TAs assigned to other classes – contact your
supervisors for instructions
Ending Activities
Supplies – pens, folders, textbooks
Name tags – wear them first day
Night TAs – laptops, syllabus
Relax!
If you have time, the Kentucky State Fair is still going
on until Sunday
In Louisville
$10 per person admission
See ALL of Kentucky in one place!