Graduate Teaching Assistant (ECE 306)

Position Information

Assistantship appointments may vary in length and are contingent upon the availability of funding. Terms on duties and responsibilities will be provided on the graduate assistantship contract.

• Students must be registered for graduate credit each semester (fall and spring) they receive an assistantship and must be in good academic standing and maintaining satisfactory progress toward their degree. In addition, international students must maintain the appropriate residency status.
  
• Teaching assistants whose native language is not English must demonstrate English proficiency (refer to section titled "English Language Proficiency Procedures for Graduate Teaching Assistants").
  
• Students offered a graduate teaching or graduate service assistantship must consent to a criminal background check. This includes graduate researchers teaching in a lab.
  
• Students placed on Academic Warning may retain their assistantship. Students placed on Probation may no longer receive an assistantship.
  
• Required annual training must be completed within 30 days of start date and yearly thereafter.
  

ECE 306 TA Responsibilities:
- Meet with your supervisor on a weekly basis to review and understand the learning goals the instructor has set for the students;
- Arrive punctually for each and every lab session. It is recommended that you be present at least 15 minutes before commencement of the lab;
- Conduct the lab in a satisfactory manner and help students resolve difficulties in execution of the lab;
- Know safety procedures, provide a safe work environment; prepare for lab experiments or assignments, guide students' thinking towards understanding the lab
objectives;
- Ensure a tidy work space, and upon conclusion of the lab: return/put away all equipment and materials, and secure the lab;
- Coordinate with your instructor to review, grade and maintain all the lab reports; and
- Attend any mandatory lab training for teaching assistants.