Developing Shared Expectations Agreement Letter

Teaching Team Meeting  (~1 hr/wk)

• Attend weekly teaching team meeting

Lectures  (1 hour/session, 3 sessions/wk; OR 1.5 hour/session, 2 sessions/wk)

• Attend lecture, assist in lecture activities.  This may include helping/checking-in with students during discussion periods and may include helping with demonstrations
• Review lecture slides before lecture for familiarity with topics

Night Labs  (Dependent upon course. Up to 6 sessions per semester; average of ~3 hours/session)

• Run night labs, in partnership with TAs from other sections of ASTR 1000/1200
• Become familiar with constellations/bright stars needed for constellation lab
• Become familiar with moon features needed for moon lab
• Plan observing targets for night lab based on season/moon brightness, etc.
• Cancel observing nights if cloudy (message students / leave sign on door of observatory).
• Report all observatory problems to Rose the day they happen (labs happen every night!)
• Announce in lab which night labs (moon or deep sky) will be available in the next week
• Arrange appropriate turn-in date based on observing night (typically within 2 weeks)
• Grade, upload, and return night labs to students no later than 1 week after due date

Grading

• Help coordinate grading by undergraduate grader

Exams  (~6 hours in each of four exam/final weeks? - otherwise nothing)

• Help grade written questions on midterms + final

Office Hours

• Coordinate these through the Astronomy Help Room (AHR)

Miscellaneous

• Arrange substitutions for any duties well in advance and inform instructor

Let Instructor know if workload becomes a problem; we may be able to adjust

Teaching Team Meeting  (~1.5 hr/wk)

• Attend weekly teaching team meeting
• Present the intro to 1-2 labs during the semester at the weekly teaching team meeting

Labs  (~1.5 hrs prep + 2 hours/session/wk)

• Go through lab in its entirety before teaching; go to SBO beforehand and use the equipment if necessary
• Prepare / adapt lab introduction slides / materials
• Run lab session
• After lab session ends, enter any comments in Slack or other teaching team communication platform
• Inform Rose or SBO staff of equipment problems, etc.
• Inform Instructor ASAP and well in advance if schedule conflict arises

Grading Labs  (~2 hrs/session/wk)

• Help Instructor make timely solution sets for the lab
• Grade lab and post lab using provided solutions
• Upload grades to Canvas no later than one week after lab turned in
• Report all instances of cheating/copying to instructor. Grade and record the labs independent of any cheating.

Night Labs  (up to 6 sessions per semester; average of ~2.5 hours/session)

• Become familiar with constellations/bright stars needed for constellation lab
• Become familiar with moon features needed for moon lab
• Plan observing targets for night lab based on season/moon brightness, etc.
• Cancel observing nights if cloudy (message students/leave sign on door of SBO).
• Report all observatory problems to Rose the day they
• Announce in lab which night labs (moon or deep sky) will be available
• Arrange appropriate turn-in date based on observing night and next in-class lab
• Grade, upload, and return night labs to students no later than 1 week after due date

Exams  (~6 hours in each of four exam/final weeks? - otherwise nothing)

• Help grade written questions on midterms + final as part of grading party

     Office Hours

• Coordinate these through the Astronomy Help Room (AHR)

     Miscellaneous

• Try to answer class questions based on class syllabus but direct to Lecture TA if unsure
• Arrange substitutions for any duties well in advance and inform instructor

Let Instructor know if workload becomes a problem; we may be able to adjust

Teaching team Meeting  (~1.5 hr/wk)

• Attend weekly teaching team meeting
• “Present” at least one lab during the semester at the weekly teaching team meeting

Labs  (~1.5 hrs prep + 2 hours/session/wk)

• Give Instructor feedback on lab topics, prepared lab assignments
• Go through lab in its entirety before teaching; go to SBO beforehand and use the equipment if necessary
• Prepare lab introductions on weeks where you introduce the lab
• Assist TA in running the lab session, interacting with lab groups
• After lab session ends, enter any comments in Slack or other teaching team communication platform

Lecture  (as appropriate; ~1.5 hr/wk)

• Assist with small group discussions as they occur
• Give Instructor feedback upon request after each lecture
• Help to develop lecture activities and content in collaboration with Instructor
• Teach 1 lecture, if desired, and instructor agrees

Office Hours  (as desired; ~2 hr/wk)

• Hold 1.5-2 hours of office hours per week

Night Labs  (as desired; average of ~2 hours/session)

• Attend and support night lab sessions

Miscellaneous

• Try to answer class questions based on class syllabus but direct to Lecture TA if unsure
• Arrange substitutions for any duties well in advance and inform instructor

Let Instructor know if workload becomes a problem; we may be able to adjust

• Attend a 15-30 minute meeting with Instructor on days after HW is due (exact time TBD)
• Grade HW by mutually agreed weekly deadline using SpeedGrader on Canvas
• If you suspect copying/cheating, grade normally and note which students
• Notify Instructor promptly of any problems keeping up with grading, or problems with answer keys
• Communicate clearly any issues which will affect returning graded work in a timely fashion
• Submit timesheets on time according to these dates and inform the front office immediately if you have submitted your timesheet late. Submit timesheets no later than Sunday before time sheets are due. https://www.colorado.edu/studentemployment/resources/important-dates/payroll-dates