Senior Demonstrator

Department:

Physics & Astronomy

Effective Date:

October, 2013

Grade:

USG 10

35 hr/wk

Reports to:

Instructor

General Accountability

This position is accountable to the Associate Chair of the Department for all aspects of the job. This includes supervision of Demonstrators and Co-op students, presenting laboratories at scheduled times, for utilizing available graduate teaching assistants, maintaining and adding to equipment stock, administering examinations, marking and setting final grades. A degree of independence in the design and documentation of new experiments is required.

Nature and Scope

The position is directly involved with the laboratory instruction of undergraduate students. This will involve lab demonstration, supervision, marking, proctoring and tutoring. In addition, development and documentation of new and old labs forms an integral part of this position.

Statistical Data

Specific Accountabilities

Responsible for the day to day implementation of the laboratory programmes related to certain courses.
Responsible for the day to day supervision of other Demonstrators, Co-op students and Sessional Demonstrators
Other duties of an academic, supervisory, or technical nature, subject to the approval of the Department Chair, may be performed by the incumbent as the departmental need arises, and time and competence permit.

RESPONSIBILITIES IN LABORATORY COURSES:

1. Winter Term:

Administrative duties set up, TA supervision: P112L (22 Sections)

Administrative duties set up: P260L (2 sections)

Instructional duties: P132L, P242L, P260L, P360/P460

2. Spring Term:

Administrative duties set up, TA supervision: P112L (2 Sections)

Administrative duties set up: P260L (2 sections)

Instructional duties: P260L, P360/P460

(Historically also performed administrative, set up and instruct P353L-1 section)

3. Fall Term:

Organize, set up and overlook the Help sessions for P111 students who have not have grade 12 Physics

Administrative, set up, TA supervision: P111L (24 Sections)

Instructional duties: P232L, P260L, P360/P460

(Historically also performed administrative, set up and instruct P353L-1 section)

Responsible for the assignment of duties and supervision of the graduate student teaching assistants allotted. Sufficiently aware of individual performance of graduate students in the laboratory to give an accurate and honest evaluation of their performance.

Responsible for modifying or improving existing experiments, in conjunction with Faculty.
Responsible for designing and constructing new experiments and developing new experiments in conjunction with Faculty.
Responsible for documentation of both new and old laboratory experiments in conjunction with Faculty. Both web and paper based documents to be developed.
Reaching agreement with faculty members on details of experiments to be conducted and methods of assessing student performance.
Organizing, scheduling, and co-ordinating the sequence of experiments in undergraduate student labs.
Co-operate with Faculty teaching related classroom courses.
Responsible for checking and storing of laboratory equipment, setting up equipment for an experiment and removal after. Maintain the stock equipment for the course through repair and upkeep and add to it as necessary. Maintain an up-to-date inventory of the equipment normally placed, stored, and used in the assigned laboratories.
Care and maintenance of the physical facilities within the lab, including permanent fixed equipment, and scientific and teaching equipment and apparatus.
Responsible for the collection of student laboratory marks at the end of each term, set laboratory tests and exams, administer and subsequently mark exams, incorporate all data and assign final grades to the laboratory course for each student.