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Responsibilities

CVL 312
Computer Aided Structural Analysis

Flexibility and stiffness methods, applications to trusses, beams and frames; computer analysis of structures; structural analysis programs; formulation of plane stress and plane strain problems; introduction to the finite element method of analysis.

Weekly Contact: Lab: 2 hrs. Lecture: 3 hrs.

1. Marking of Midterms and Final Exams:
The Supervising Instructor is required to mark the midterm tests and final exams. No Graduate Assistant (GA) is allowed to mark midterm tests and final exams.

2. Meeting with the Supervising Instructor to Discuss Duties/Responsibilities
The Supervising Instructor is the RFA professor or the CUPE 1 instructors responsible for the delivery of the course that the Graduate Assistant is appointed to assist with.

i) Initial Meeting: The first meeting with the Supervising Instructor is after the Graduate Assistant receives and accepts their letter of appointment. The purpose of this meeting is to review and confirm the hours of work, the start date/end date, the assigned duties, the expected hours of work breakdown, the standard of performance expected, etc. If it is determined at this meeting that changes need to be made to the Workload Form, e.g., a redistribution of duties, the Supervising Instructor will revise the Workload Form and they, along with the Graduate Assistant, must sign the Form. The Graduate Assistant must receive a copy of the revised Form. If there is a change to the hours, the Supervising Instructor must share the revised Workload Form with the Administrative Assistant so they can complete a job change. If more hours are required this needs to be discussed with and approved by Associate Chair, Undergraduate Studies prior to revising the Workload Form and completing a job change.

ii) Midpoint Meeting: The second meeting is at the midpoint of the semester. It is a shared responsibility between the Supervising Instructor and the Graduate Assistant to ensure that the total hours of work as defined in the letter of appointment and Workload Form are not exceeded on a semester basis. As such, this midpoint meeting is to confirm that the assigned hours are sufficient to carry out the assigned duties.

Again, at this meeting, if the Supervising Instructor determines that there is a redistribution of duties, they must complete a revised Workload Form and share a copy with the Graduate Assistant. If there is a change in the number of hours they will be working, they must revise the Workload Form and share it with the Administrative Assistant so they can complete a job change. Again, if more hours are required this needs to be discussed with and approved by Associate Chair, Undergraduate Studies prior to revising the Workload Form and completing a job change. Any time there is a revision to the Workload Form both the Supervising Instructor and the Graduate Assistant must sign the revised Form and the Graduate Assistant must receive a copy of the revised Form.

3. Graduate Assistant Evaluations
As per the CUPE 3 Collective Agreement, Article 15.01 (b) The employee's Supervising Instructor shall complete a performance evaluation of the employee in accordance with the Performance Evaluation Form. The performance evaluation shall be discussed with and signed by the Graduate Assistant. The Performance Evaluation Forms can be found at the VPFA website below:

https://www.torontomu.ca/faculty-affairs/collective-agreements/cupe-3-collective-agreement/

4. Delivery of Tutorials/Labs:
The Supervising Instructor is responsible for providing the GAs with materials to be covered in tutorials/labs to fill the entire time slot for each session. In case of tutorials, the materials include solutions or solution outlines of the examples to be presented.

5. Developing and Marking Assignments:
The Supervising Instructor is responsible for developing assignments that are different from those used in the preceding course offering.

The Supervising Instructor is also responsible for developing model assignment solutions, which shall be shared altogether with marking scheme or evaluation rubrics to GAs. The GA is responsible for understanding the assignment solutions in order to effectively implement the marking scheme.

6. Requirements for GA position:
In case of online delivery, the GA is expected to have their own computer and Internet connection infrastructure.

7. Graduate Assistant Confidentiality Acknowledgment and Signature:
The Graduate Assistant acknowledges the following: That in the day to day carrying out of their assigned duties, they are privy to special conversations, email, calls, chats, reports, assignments, video recordings, as well as any and all other communications and documentation formats, prepared and submitted by student(s) to their respective Graduate Assistant(s), using a Toronto Metropolitan University email account, for the sole purposes of understanding and meeting their course related requirements. The Graduate Assistant(s) and student(s) enter an implied and privileged relationship, the duration of which extends beyond the Academic Term. Any and all submissions or correspondences shared by student(s) with their respective Graduate Assistant(s) for review are done so in good faith, and motivated by the sole purpose of assessing students’ comprehension and application of course materials, in accordance with the Course Management document shared by the Professor or Instructor at the beginning of the term. Any and all materials submitted by the student(s) are therefore deemed confidential and under no circumstances may be released in part or full, for public dissemination, using any of the following media platforms (including by not limited to): LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter, magazine articles and verbal interviews). Please sign below in acknowledgement and adherence to the Graduate Assistant/Student(s) relationship integrity.

Qualifications

Previous evaluation of performance as an Assistant at the University (if applicable).

Enrolled in: 1st year Masters, 2nd year Masters or PhD
Greater preference will be accorded first to Doctoral candidates, then Master's candidates.

***Civil MASc or PhD Applicants Only***

• Took similar course in Undergraduate level and/or have experience as GA in such course
• MUST discuss with the instructor the experience required.
• All relevant TMU Safety Certification must be provided before hiring is finalized. They include those listed below:

Signed Confidentiality Agreement -https://drive.google.com/file/d/1u8k5VQlI-isoqTlPERvEJGcGh9uhra7C/view

MANDATORY FOR GA POSITIONS SCHEDULED IN PHYSICAL LABS:
IRM, EHS, & WHMIS - D2L ELearning Instructions

Salary & Compensation

September 1, 2025 to August 31, 2026
PhD - $55.26 per hour

September 1, 2026 to August 31, 2027

PhD - $56.64 per hour