Course Assistant COMP 767 Winter 2023

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Job Type: PartTime
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Course Title: Advanced Topics: Applications 2 Machine Learning Applied to Climate Change

Instructor: David Rolnick

Course Number: COMP 767

Number of C.A.. positions available

(estimate): 1

Hours of work (per term): 45

Dates of Appointment:

Starting: March 06, 2023

Ending: April 15, 2023

Application Deadline : March 03 , 2022

Salary: Hourly rate: $33.03

Per term: $1,486.35

Required duties:

  • - effectively and timely communicate with the instructor and the students;
  • - maintain and observe office and/or lab hours;
  • - develop grading scripts to be used to grade assignments and/or exams;
  • - grade assignments and exams under the supervision of the instructor;
  • - monitor the discussion board/emails;
  • - prepare solution sets for assignments, etc.;
  • - supervise students during midterm evaluations and/or quizzes;
  • - use software for plagiarism detection and verify similarities in the students' work;
  • - be available throughout the examination period;
  • - photo copy course notes, hand outs, etc.;
  • - ensure confidentiality regarding course-related matters;
  • - respect and treat all students equally.

Qualifications Required:

 Must have command of the course material and must be able to demonstrate this command tothe satisfaction of the  course  instructor. At the very least, should be capable  of doing the homework assigned to the students in the course. M ust be able to give feedback course presentations and discussions.   Must also have a good command of the English language and must possess good communication

skills.

Name & Title of Immediate Supervisor: David Rolnick

Dept. Authorization: M. Blanchette

Date: February 28, 2023

NOTES:

  • This position includes the possibility of an in-person and / or online presence. 
  • Announcements are considered tentative, pending final determination of course offerings and enrolments.

Please note that given the current circumstances related to the pandemic and the resumption of certain in-person teaching activities, some Teaching Assistant tasks for this course may be performed remotely or in person. The Teaching Assistant may be required to perform tasks suited to a remote/online teaching environment using a virtual learning platform [e.g., Zoom, WebEx] and the McGill myCourses learning management system .

APPLICATIONS MUST GO THROUGH WORKDAY AT WWW.MCGILL.CA/HR/CAREERS


Hourly Salary:


$33.03


Position Start Date:


2023-02-28


Position End Date:


2023-04-15


Deadline to Apply:


2023-03-05


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