Lab Expectations for Lab Staff

1 Duties

Duties for lab staff include the following:

• Participant recruitment
• Participant scheduling
• Longitudinal tracking and retention of participants
• Data collection
• Data management
• Behavioral coding from video
• Supervision of research assistants
• Making lab space warm, welcoming, and child and family friendly
• Quality control and ensuring high-quality and efficient procedures
• Attending and contributing at lab meeting

2 Your Schedule

Here are the expectations regarding your schedule:

• You are in the office for your designated hours per week that are regularly scheduled between 9am–5pm Monday through Friday.
• You may have to work outside those hours (early mornings/evenings/weekends) for the purpose of running participants.
• You get approval from me in person or by email for any deviations from this schedule (working outside those hours, working more than your designated hours, etc.), and update your schedule accordingly in the online calendar. If we discuss the schedule changes in person, you email me after we discuss to confirm the changes.
• You log hours worked using your Employee Self Service and submit them to the Lab Coordinator—your log should not exceed 40 hours in a week.
• The position involves fully in-person work.
• You let me and the relevant team members know by Slack if you will not be able to make it in for your regularly scheduled hours.
• You let me and the relevant team members know in person or by Slack if you are leaving the office (running lab errands, etc.).
• You keep your schedule in the online calendar up-to-date with any changes.
• You submit time off requests to me and the Lab Coordinator, in person or by email, with as much advance notice as possible—and at least 24 hours in advance, if at all possible.

3 Communication

• You respond to team members promptly by email, Slack, or in person (within one business day). If you need time to gather information in response to a Slack message or email, please acknowledge receipt of the message and indicate when you will be able to provide the requested information. At times, I may contact you by email or Slack after hours (if that is when it is most convenient, so that I do not forget to). However, you are *not* expected to respond after hours. I will call you if something is urgent.
• All information that is team relevant should be in Slack.
• Personal communication (e.g., asking for time off) should be emailed.

4 Expectations for Everyone in Lab

In addition to the expectations described above for lab staff, please also read the expectations for everyone in the lab.

5 Signature

Please download, sign, and email the below document to Dr. Petersen prior to your first day in lab.

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