Typical ECET Graduate Assistantships
Laboratory Teaching Assistant – As a Laboratory Teaching Assistant,
the graduate student works under the direction of the laboratory instructor.
Duties vary depending upon the course and circumstances, but generally will
include: 1) Interacting with students on a one-to-one basis to answer questions
about the laboratory assignment, 2) Assisting with grading of pre-laboratory
assignments, and 3) Serving as the laboratory instructor on occasions of
the assigned instructor being out of town, ill, or absent for another legitimate
reason. Laboratory Teaching Assistants are typically assigned to freshman
and sophomore level courses. The individual’s choice of technology (e.g.,
analog, digital, microprocessor, etc) is given consideration in the selection
of courses for the assignment.
Laboratory Instructor – As a Laboratory Instructor, the graduate
student works under the supervision of the course coordinator. As a minimum,
duties include working with the course coordinator and the instructors
of other laboratory divisions to assure commonality of laboratory teaching
procedures and subject matter across all laboratory divisions. In addition
to this, the laboratory instructor is expected to review and grade all
pre-laboratory work, interact with students on one-to-one basis during
the laboratory period to assure the material is learned, collect and grade
all laboratory reports and return them to the students not later than
the next laboratory session. Graduate Laboratory Instructors are typically
assigned to freshman and sophomore level courses. The individual’s choice
of technology (e.g., analog, digital, microprocessor, etc) is given consideration
in the selection of courses for the assignment.
Graduate Teaching Assistant – A Graduate Teaching
Assistant in the ECET department is assigned to
a member of the faculty to support the development
of teaching material that could include prototyping
new circuits for laboratory exercises, development
of material to be presented in distance education
initiatives (e.g., homework over the web, laboratory
work over the web using LabView, etc.). Graduate
Teaching Assistants may be assigned to faculty
at any level (i.e., freshman through senior) of
the program. The individual’s choice of technology
(e.g., analog, digital, microprocessor, etc) is
given consideration in making the assignment. |
