Cost of Room Assistant

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Last updated: Jun 03, 2020 by Tara Connolly

Cost of Room Assistant

Cost of staffing a room assistant to provide instructional and/or facilities supports; calculated at $15,000/year (average GA annual compensation).

Room Assistant could be responsible for multiple functions, including:

    • Instructional support - based on COVID-19 social distancing guidelines, approximately 25- 28% of current seat capacity will be available in the classroom. This support would enable the course to be offered twice (meeting a 50% face-to-face option).

and/or

    • Facilities support - Duties include room sanitation, room setup, and ingress/egress logistics.
    • Technology support - Duties would include troubleshooting any issues with technology in the room, including PC, display and audio systems, support of MS Teams for those in the room, as well as assisting remote participants where possible and acting as escalation point for IT.