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# 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