1. Welcome! CS Teaching Assistants Fall 2008

2. Introductions  Faculty  Dr. Ken Calvert, Chair  Dr. Andy Klapper, DGS  Dr. Jurek Jaromczyk, DUS  Staff  Martha Wells, graduate records  Dee Fuhs, payroll / finances  Paul Linton, systems manager

3. TA Supervisors  Dr. Debby Keen, TA Coordinator for the department, CS 101, CS 115, CS 221  Mr. Paul Piwowarski, CS 215  Dr. Ken Calvert, CS 100  Dr. Judy Goldsmith, CS 275, CS 375  Others for graders as determined by need

4. 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!

5. 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 ME NOW!

6. Class / Section assignments  Rules for changing assignments are online  Tell me 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

7. 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 and Graduate School, and TA’s advisor

8. Peer Observations  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  Final report to Dr. Keen

9. Useful Information  Last day you must be available – Monday December 22 – AFTER finals week!  Code for Xerox machine – 08980 – ABET copies  TA page www.cs.uky.edu/~keen/tas/tas.html www.cs.uky.edu/~keen/tas/tas.html  PLEASE do not give this URL to anyone!!  Start of Semester reminders on page

10. More Useful Information  TA mailboxes are in 763 Anderson Hall  Dr. Keen’s cell phone number is 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  University account? If you haven’t activated it yet, get it done!  If you're new, you need to get an I-9 form so you can get paid - see Dee Fuhs in the main CS office as soon as possible!

11. Another way to be Green  Opt-out of getting a printed pay stub every month  Log into myuk.uky.edu  Use Employee Self-Service tab  Then Benefits and Payment tab  Then check the box by “Opt out of Printed Pay Stub” and Submit

12. YOUR OFFICE HOURS!  YOUR Office Hours! BE there!  They will be in the Multilab or in the RGAN lab, scheduled in a couple weeks  Students can show up at any time! Not just the start of the hour  Even if more than one TA is scheduled for a time, it is your job to be there

13. If you have to miss…  If you know that you are going to miss a  TA meeting  Class meeting  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!

14. The Last Lecture  

15. How to improve…

16. Academic Alert!!   New 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   Disruptive Behavior in Residence Hall   Other

17. Academic Alert!   http://www.uky.edu/UGS/alert/index.html   I will be asking for regular reports on students in your sections

18. What next?  101 TA meeting Tuesday 1pm - RGAN 102  115 TA meeting Tuesday 2pm - RGAN 102  221 TA meeting Tuesday 3pm - RGAN 102  TAs assigned to other classes – contact your supervisors for instructions  Graders – wait a few days for decisions of assignments

19. Ending Activities  Take Pictures  Supplies  Night Tas  New 101 TAs go to Young Library Lab  projector  zoom  food/drink policies  how to print