An Instructional Support Assistant (ISA) is an undergraduate student usually working full-time for a four month term to fulfil the requirement for a co-op work term. Many of the ISAs for ISG are interested in teaching as a vocation but others have gone on to pursue graduate studies or industry professions.
Duties and expectations
ISAs report to their course ISC and are the main front-line contact for students. ISAs' duties include:
- Attending one set of lectures per week
- Attending and participating in weekly course staff meetings for feedback and planning
- Assisting students in-person or virtually
- Conducting tutorials and/or labs
- Coordinating TAs and assignment marking
- Developing model solutions, marking schemes, and concept-checks
- Maintaining course webpages, discussion forums (e.g. Piazza), or LEARN courses
- Marking assignments, midterms, and final exams
- Proctoring midterms and final exams
Courses with ISAs
The following courses are all supported by ISG and will have ISAs employed based on termly enrolment.
- CS 100
- CS 105 (Offered: W, F)
- CS 106 (Offered: W)
- CS 114 (Offered: W, F)
- CS 115
- CS 116
- CS 135 (Offered: W, F)
- CS 136
- CS 136L
- CS 137 (Offered: F)
- CS 138 (Offered: W)
- CS 145 (Offered: F)
- CS 146 (Offered: W)
- CS 200 (Offered: W, S)
- CS 231 (Offered: S)
- CS 234 (Offered: F, S)
- CS 240
- CS 240E (Offered: W, S)*
- CS 241
- CS 241E (Offered: F)
- CS 246
- CS 246E (Offered: F)
- CS 247 (Offered: S)
- CS 251
*CS 240E may not be offered depending on demand.
How to contact ISAs
To contact an ISA for course-related support, please email them through their course emails found on the course outline of your course.