Course Assistant roles and responsibilities

All CAs and CAMs will:

• Attend a two-day training prior to the beginning of the semester
• Attend mandatory meetings with the supervisor during the semester
• Observe at least one of their peer’s SIT sessions
• Be observed and debriefed after observation
• Be invited to attend additional workshops designed to develop skills, as available
• Behave professionally at all times

In Class:

• Listen and take notes
• Act as a model student
• Promote SIT
• Maintain a positive attitude
• Assist with in class activities, as needed
• Monitor grades

Lesson Planning:

• Discuss appropriate challenging content to cover for SIT sessions with instructor
• Work cooperatively and collaboratively with all CAs for the course to ensure similar content is covered by all CAs
• Plans should be consistent with UMKC lesson plan model and should be designed to last no longer than 40 minutes
• Tutoring will comprise about 10 minutes of each SIT session
• All activities must be completely mapped out and turned in with the lesson plan (including answers to problems)
• Completed lesson plans must be approved by Supervisor or CAM

SIT Sessions:   

• Will hold 3-5 SIT sessions per week.
• Will work 4-5 Saturday SIT sessions per semester
• Each Science CA will work at least one Sunday SIT session per semester
• Take and track attendance
• Be prepared in the SIT room before the session is scheduled to start
• Will leave the room organized the way it was found
• Each SIT session is about 50 minutes. The supplemental instruction portion is about 40 minutes and tutoring is about 10 minutes.

Contact the SIT Program  if you have any questions.