CS 2910: Session 1: Welcome and Ethics

This page does not represent the most current semester of this course; it is present merely as an archive.

Summary of TA Practicum course structure
- Meetings several different times each week
  - Required sessions repeated at all listed times
  - Elective sessions may be one-off, depending on instructor
- Attend 3 required + 3 elective for full participation
  - Attending two copies of the same session does not count
- TA 3 hours a week; I’ll ask your supervisor “Give your TA a letter grade” at the end of the semester.
- Final paper due last day of classes
Who to ask what
- Most things go through your supervisor
- Payroll, paperwork, and keys: CS Department office
- Problems with your supervisor: me, your advisor, or the department chair
- Evidence of abuse or other serious problems: EOP or Tom Horton (see below)
Questions?
Discussion of ethics
- Equity
  - Quote from former undergrad: “good luck getting help if you aren’t a pretty girl”
  - Subconscious and automatic inequity unless careful
  - Suggestion: walk a path
  - By default, who will be under-served? over-served?
- Conflict of interest
  - Inform supervisor
  - Kinds of conflicts of interest
  - Amorous relations and TAing
- As a university (and thus state) employee, you are a mandatory reporter
  - See university policy and its linked documents, notably Just Report It.
  - Tom Horton stays current on university training on this topic and can help you out if the situation arises
- When in doubt, ask
Discussion of reading