Required Qualifications:
• As per the Collective Agreement, must be enrolled as a student in the Fall 2022 semester.
• Have completed CIS*2500 (Intermediate Programming), CIS*2520 (Data Structures), and CIS*2750 (Software Systems Development and Integration - or corresponding courses) each with a minimum grade of 75%.
• Must be available to attend and conduct scheduled office hours throughout the entire semester, attend weekly meetings, and be available to moderate online forums, if applicable, as assigned by the instructor.
• Must have excellent writing skills and be able to effectively critique student assignments in writing.
• The ability to communicate computer science concepts to students effectively, both in written form and verbally.
• Must be available to invigilate the sit-down written final exam and all other exams scheduled for the course.
• Proficient in command line based C development on Linux (including gcc, gdb, editors)
• Applicant must be available to attend lab times that are not covered by other TAs for the course (look up lab times and list all that you can be able attend for the duration of the term).
• Given the shift towards online and hybrid course structures, all teaching assistants are required to maintain an internet connection strong enough to perform the duties required of their position during the duration of their contract. Potential TAs should apply with the understanding that a need to adapt to changing teaching situations may be required within the duration of the semester.
• To help us facilitate instructor-TA interactions and pairings, please include your anticipated timezone in your application information.
Preferred Qualifications:
• Previous successful TA experience supporting CIS*2520 (Data Structures).
• Direct experience programming in C language on the School of Computer Science Linux computers.
• Ability to write scripts using shell scripting, Python and Perl to automate marking.
• Demonstrated experience using git (version control system).
• Demonstrated experience using courselink for monitoring, grading, communications.
• Have completed CIS*2500 (Intermediate Programming), CIS*2520 (Data Structures), and CIS*2750 (Software Systems Development and Integration - or corresponding courses) each with a minimum grade of 85%