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by&nbsp;<ul class=author-list><li>Brett Zeligson</li><li>Xiaoyan Li</li><li>Jérémie Lumbroso</li><li>Austin Li</li></ul></div><content><p><strong>Once a semester:</strong></p><ul><li>Interview Lab TAs<ul><li>Hire <a href=https://introlab.cs.princeton.edu/responsibilities-of-the-intro-cos-lab-interviewers/>interviewers</a></li><li>Schedule interviews<ul><li>Go through TigerUHR applications and select students to interview; students can list if 126 Lab TA or 226/217 Lab TA is one of their most preferred</li><li>Note that for returning Lab TAs, we don&rsquo;t reinterview; just check their attendance from last semester and make a decision</li></ul></li><li>Create interview questions<ul><li>Usually use an assignment and add some bugs to it</li><li>The COS 126 interview consists of a COS 126 debugging questions and takes about 30 minutes</li><li>The COS 226/217 interview consists of a COS 226 debugging, COS 217 debugging, COS 226 conceptual, and COS 217 conceptual question. The interview takes about 45 minutes, but interviews should set aside 1 hour to be safe</li></ul></li><li>Use rubric</li></ul></li><li>Hire Intro Lab TAs<ul><li>Hire using TigerUHR</li><li>126: probably need around 30-35 full time</li><li>226/217: probably need around 35-40 full time</li><li>A few subs for each is good</li></ul></li><li>Schedule shifts<ul><li>Use the <a href=https://labta-scheduler.herokuapp.com/>scheduling tool</a>; some manual adjustment may be necessary afterwards</li><li>Check the course websites and communicate with course staff to determine typical assignment deadlines for each course such that staffing is more substantial prior to deadlines.</li></ul></li><li>Train new Intro Lab TAs</li><li>Add new Intro Lab TAs to the Slack</li></ul><p><strong>During the semester:</strong></p><ul><li>Create a direct channel of communication between the Head Team and the COS Introductory teaching faculty on Slack to ask questions pertaining to course specifics</li><li>Make announcements to students, Intro Lab TAs, and course faculty:<ul><li>When the lab opens for the term</li><li>When is the lab closed for breaks or holidays</li><li>When the lab closes for the term (Dean&rsquo;s Date)</li><li>When running a satisfaction survey</li><li>When job applications open up</li></ul></li><li>Check attendance<ul><li>Create and check absence and sub/swap forms that TAs fill out whenever they miss a shift. This way TAs can declare ahead of time if they are going to miss a shift and it&rsquo;s in our records</li><li>Check TA attendance regularly to follow up with TAs who haven’t been attending their shifts<ul><li><a href=https://github.com/PrincetonCS-UCA/QTrack>QTrack</a> is a nice tool for looking at the students each TA has helped</li><li>These <a href=https://github.com/PrincetonCS-UCA/head-lab-ta-scripts>scripts</a> extremely useful for attendance statistics and information about how full the lab is during specific days/shifts</li><li>TAs that do not meet expectations can be fired</li></ul></li></ul></li><li>Collect feedback from TAs and students about the lab</li><li>Create blog posts and initiatives such as shadowing, apps, etc. to further the lab’s ability to help students</li></ul><p><strong>Once a year:</strong></p><ul><li>Hire the next Intro COS Lab Head Team (end of Nov. - first week of Dec.)</li><li>Build a transition checklist<ul><li>Add the new Head TAs to the #lab-management, #lab-faculty, and #payroll-management channels in Slack</li><li>Transfer TigerUHR access to new Head TAs for viewing and hiring applicants for COS 126 and 2xx Lab TAs</li><li>Add new Head TAs to the PrincetonCS-UCA Github org so can update website</li><li>Get new Head Lab TAs a labqueue API key</li><li>Make sure the new Head Lab TAs are hired in the Undergraduate Manager position on TimesheetX</li></ul></li></ul></content><p><a href=https://introlab.cs.princeton.edu/blog/intro-lab/>#intro-lab</a>
by&nbsp;<ul class=author-list><li>Brett Zeligson</li><li>Xiaoyan Li</li><li>Jérémie Lumbroso</li><li>Austin Li</li></ul></div><content><p><strong>Once a semester:</strong></p><ul><li>Interview Lab TAs<ul><li>Hire <a href=https://introlab.cs.princeton.edu/responsibilities-of-the-intro-cos-lab-interviewers/>interviewers</a></li><li>Schedule interviews<ul><li>Go through TigerUHR applications and select students to interview; students can list if 126 Lab TA or 226/217 Lab TA is one of their most preferred</li><li>Note that for returning Lab TAs, we don&rsquo;t reinterview; just check their attendance from last semester and make a decision</li></ul></li><li>Create interview questions<ul><li>Usually use an assignment and add some bugs to it</li><li>The COS 126 interview consists of a COS 126 debugging questions and takes about 30 minutes</li><li>The COS 226/217 interview consists of a COS 226 debugging, COS 217 debugging, COS 226 conceptual, and COS 217 conceptual question. The interview takes about 45 minutes, but interviews should set aside 1 hour to be safe</li></ul></li><li>Use rubric</li></ul></li><li>Hire Intro Lab TAs<ul><li>Hire using TigerUHR</li><li>126: probably need around 30-35 full time</li><li>226/217: probably need around 35-40 full time</li><li>A few subs for each is good</li></ul></li><li>Schedule shifts<ul><li>Use the <a href=https://labta-scheduler.herokuapp.com/>scheduling tool</a>; some manual adjustment may be necessary afterwards</li><li>Check the course websites and communicate with course staff to determine typical assignment deadlines for each course such that staffing is more substantial prior to deadlines.</li></ul></li><li>Train new Intro Lab TAs</li><li>Add new Intro Lab TAs to the Slack</li></ul><p><strong>During the semester:</strong></p><ul><li>Create a direct channel of communication between the Head Team and the COS Introductory teaching faculty on Slack to ask questions pertaining to course specifics</li><li>Make announcements to students, Intro Lab TAs, and course faculty:<ul><li>When the lab opens for the term</li><li>When is the lab closed for breaks or holidays</li><li>When the lab closes for the term (Dean&rsquo;s Date)</li><li>When running a satisfaction survey</li><li>When job applications open up</li></ul></li><li>Check attendance<ul><li>Create and check absence and sub/swap forms that TAs fill out whenever they miss a shift. This way TAs can declare ahead of time if they are going to miss a shift and it&rsquo;s in our records</li><li>Check TA attendance regularly to follow up with TAs who haven’t been attending their shifts<ul><li><a href=https://github.com/PrincetonCS-UCA/QTrack>QTrack</a> is a nice tool for looking at the students each TA has helped</li><li>These <a href=https://github.com/PrincetonCS-UCA/head-lab-ta-scripts>scripts</a> are extremely useful for attendance statistics and information about how full the lab is during specific days/shifts</li><li>TAs that do not meet expectations can be fired</li></ul></li></ul></li><li>Collect feedback from TAs and students about the lab</li><li>Create blog posts and initiatives such as shadowing, apps, etc. to further the lab’s ability to help students</li></ul><p><strong>Once a year:</strong></p><ul><li>Hire the next Intro COS Lab Head Team (end of Nov. - first week of Dec.)</li><li>Build a transition checklist<ul><li>Add the new Head TAs to the #lab-management, #lab-faculty, and #payroll-management channels in Slack</li><li>Transfer TigerUHR access to new Head TAs for viewing and hiring applicants for COS 126 and 2xx Lab TAs</li><li>Add new Head TAs to the PrincetonCS-UCA Github org so can update website</li><li>Get new Head Lab TAs a labqueue API key</li><li>Make sure the new Head Lab TAs are hired in the Undergraduate Manager position on TimesheetX</li></ul></li></ul></content><p><a href=https://introlab.cs.princeton.edu/blog/intro-lab/>#intro-lab</a>
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