Required Qualifications:
• As per the Collective Agreement, must be enrolled as a student in the Fall 2022 semester.
• Must have excellent written skills and be able to effectively critique and edit written works.
• The ability to communicate computer science concepts to students effectively, both in written form and verbally.
• Must be available to attend and conduct scheduled office hours throughout the entire semester, and to moderate online forums, if applicable, as assigned by the instructor.
• Must be available for weekly meetings.
• Normally, the completion of an undergraduate degree in Computer Science.
• 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.
• Must have demonstrated ability and knowledge with Object-Oriented Design, as well as being fluent in the reading and understanding of use-cases and UML diagrams, especially class diagrams and sequence diagrams
Preferred Qualifications:
• Previous successful TA experience supporting CIS*3260 (Software Design IV) or demostrated knowledge of the subject area, or have taken a similar university-level course that includes object-oriented design including design patterns (strategy pattern, decorator pattern, observer pattern), use-case and UML diagram comprehension (class and sequence diagrams), and distributed design patterns (fat and thin client-server models).
• Demonstrated knowledge of CIS*3260 (Software Design IV) subject area through course development or having recently taken a similar undergraduate or graduate course.
• Demonstrated knowledge of Ruby programming ability will be considered an asset.
• Demonstrated knowledge of Ruby-on-Rails programming ability will be considered an asset.