Information for 1st Year Physics
Tutors
Semester 1, 2012
Updated: 6 March 2012
Notices for Laboratory & Workshop Tutors
- Lab starts in week 2 (week of Mon 12 March 2012)
- Training for lab supervisors and tutors is on WED 7 March in the Carslaw labs: supervisor briefing at 10am, tutors arrive 10:30, aim to finish by 12:30pm
- Training for tutorial supervisors and tutors is on WED 7 March in Madson 331 tutorial room: supervisor briefing at 2pm, tutors arrive 2:20, aim to finish by 3pm
Useful information
Info for this semester's tutor allocations, session times etc.
- Tutor Allocation Table
- Tutor Allocation by Session
- Lab and Workshop Session Codes and Times, and the weekly timetable
- Lab timetables: ADV, REG , FND and MRTY
Lab manuals — the 2012 versions:
IMPORTANT: If you have to miss a session
It is important that all tutors and supervisors are punctual and present for the entire session — your role is to make sure the sessions runs smoothly.
In the event you are unable to make a class, you must try to locate a substitute from the following lists: Tutors Emails (xls file) — note that it is YOUR RESPONSIBILITY to find a replacement for a missed session.
Once a substitute is found, email the information to c.stewart@physics.usyd.edu.au
If no replacement can be found, then as
a last resort email c.stewart@physics.usyd.edu.au
for help.
Current list of tutor swaps for Semester 1: swaps2012.txt
Notes for Supervisors & Tutors
A few documents for your reading pleasure:
- Introduction to the Physics Workshops
- Introduction to the Physics Laboratory
- Training session 2012 — PDF of slides: Workshop Tutorials and Labs
- Link to Workshop Worksheets (Local Access Only)
- LabRAT Guide — mainly for Supervisors, but useful for tutors too
- Guides for Lab Tutors and Workshop Tutors covering contracts, payment, duties and procedures.
Material for Lab Supervisors
Some PowerPoint (aaargh!) templates for an intro talk for your first week in the lab — make sure you update these with the appropriate session code ("5ADV", "3FND" and so on) and the names of your tutors, and feel free to augment them with your own inspiring introduction to experimental physics:
Template for ADV, Template for REG, and Template for FND.
Casual Contracts & Pay Claims
If you are a casual tutor (that is, not a staff member), a contract is being prepared for you. You will be sent an email telling you when the contracts are available to be signed in the main Physics Office. To be paid you must have signed your contract.
Pay claims are now made by electronically via myHRonline, and you will need a Unikey access and password to this system.
If you are a new tutor you should receive access details in the mail about a week after you sign your contract. For general help this is the link to the ICT Help Desk.
For information on the use of the claim system, read the FAQs for Casual Timesheets.
Useful links:
- School webpage for Junior Physics
- Junior Physics Experimental Laboratory
- Second semester Projects (2nd semester)
- The Sydney Uni eLearning site
Contact
Please send questions of comments to Chris Stewart, ext 69259 (9036 9259) or email c.stewart@physics.usyd.edu.au