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Update COS 126 PA position Spring 2025
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- Attend weekly grader meeting (in-person only) on **Tuesdays 4:30-7:00pm** to review the rubric and complete all grading synchronously.
- Food is provided.
- Must be able to commit to attend the grading meeting for the entire semester (~2.5 h/week).
- Tuesday, February 4 - Hello, World
- Tuesday, February 11 - Conditionals and Loops
- Tuesday, February 18 - Arrays & IO
- Tuesday, February 25 - Functions
- Tuesday, March 4 - Recursion
- Tuesday, March 25 - OOP
- Tuesday, April 1 - Image Classifier
- Tuesday, April 8 - Guitar Hero
- Tuesday, April 15 - Chat126
- Tuesday, April 22 - Programming Exam
- Tuesday, February 4
- Tuesday, February 11
- Tuesday, February 18
- Tuesday, February 25
- Tuesday, March 4
- Tuesday, March 25
- Tuesday, April 1
- Tuesday, April 8
- Tuesday, April 15
- Tuesday, April 22

**Requirements:**

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**Description:**

Precept assistants are responsible for helping students understand the solutions to a set of active learning exercises during precept (e.g., Java programming exercises, worksheets). You will work alongside a graduate student or faculty preceptor to help students work on these exercises and will answer questions regarding the course material.
The precept assistant (PA) works under the direction of a COS 126 preceptor. The PA is an undergraduate student who has taken COS126 previously and is excited to help current COS 126 students learn the course material during precept. During precept, students will spend much of their time working on various exercises, typically in pairs. Your primary role as a PA is to support students as they work on these exercises. You'll visit with each group of students, sit with them for at least a few minutes, answer their questions, and help them understand the exercises.

A great precept assistant is enthusiastic and patient. They can connect with a wide variety of students, encouraging them to ask questions while explaining the course material in a variety of ways.
Your role is distinct from that of the preceptor, which, in addition to also assisting during exercises, may include the following responsibilities: taking attendance, making announcements, communicating with students outside of precept, among other things. That said, depending on your preceptor and their teaching style, you may have an opportunity to share in some of their responsibilities.

A precept assistant may also be hired as a grader or as a COS Lab TA.
A great PA is enthusiastic and patient. They can connect with a wide variety of students, encouraging them to ask questions while explaining the course material in a variety of ways.

A PA may also be hired as a grader or as a COS Lab TA.

**Responsibilities (~3-4 hrs/week) :**

- Prepare by reviewing upcoming precept exercises before class (1h/week)
- Do the precept exercises yourself (1h/week)
- Attend periodic debriefing meetings (to be scheduled)
- Participate actively and promptly on our Slack channel

- Attend two precepts per week and answer students’ questions (2-3h/week)
- Attend and assist two precepts per week (2-3h/week)

- Work under the direction of a preceptor

**Requirements:**

- Having taken COS 126 (B+ or better typically)
- Must have taken COS 126 (B+ or better typically)

- Being able to effectively assist and communicate with a diverse group of students
- Must be able to effectively assist and communicate with a diverse group of students

**Schedules (updated for Fall 2024):**
**Schedules (updated for Spring 2025):**

Before applying to this position, please confirm you are available for one of the scheduled precepts for COS 126, which you can find [here](https://registrar.princeton.edu/course-offerings/course-details?term=1252&courseid=002051).
Before applying to this position, please confirm you are available for at least one of the scheduled precepts for COS 126, which you can find [here](https://registrar.princeton.edu/course-offerings/course-details?term=1254&courseid=002051).

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