Today@Dal

Environmental Science Teaching Assistants

POSTING DATE:        November 13, 2018
CLOSING DATE:        November 30, 2018 or until positions are filled
POSITION:  Teaching Assistants for ENVS 1200.03, Environmental Challenges: Analysis and Solutions
SALARY: 2 TAs at 65 hours as per CUPE Collective Agreement ($1555 gross pay) per term.

                1 TA at 90 hours per CUPE Collective Agreement ($2154 Gross pay) per term.

JOB DESCRIPTION: Teaching assistants will lead undergraduate students in tutorial sessions covering a variety of topics in introductory-level environmental science and environmental studies. In particular there is a focus on climate, energy and urbanization. The tutorials are designed to be hands-on experiential learning classes. Each TA will lead two 1.5-hour tutorials per week for 10 weeks per term and also spend time preparing for and grading tutorial assignments. TAs will also help invigilate the mid-term and final exam, and assist with grading exams. The 90-hour TA will act as the ‘head TA’ and be the main point of contact for students with respect to all tutorial and assignment-related questions and will assist with grading the major course assignment.

QUALIFICATIONS/EXPERIENCE: Successful applicants must be senior undergraduate or graduate students at Dalhousie University, in a field related to environmental science/studies or with undergraduate education in a field related to environmental science. TAs must be reliable, energetic, and enthusiastic about the tutorial topics, and comfortable in facilitating the learning of undergraduate students in the tutorials.

Applications must include a covering letter and a résumé or curriculum vitae with two references.

Applications should be sent by email to:
Susan Gass
Environmental Science
Faculty of Science
Dalhousie University
Susan.Gass@Dal.Ca

All offers of employment as a part-time academic are conditional upon sufficient student enrolment in the course and approval by the University.

Dalhousie University is committed to fostering a collegial culture grounded in diversity and inclusiveness. The university encourages applications from Aboriginal people, persons with a disability, racially visible persons, women, persons of minority sexual orientations and gender identities, and all candidates who would contribute to the diversity of our community.

TEACHING ASSISTANT
DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY
Halifax, NS B3H 3E2

POSITION: TA - ENVS 3200 (2 positions at 45 hours), Winter 2019
DEPARTMENT/LOCATION:  Environmental Science Program, Faculty of Science
POSTING DATE:  November 13, 2018
APPLICATION DEADLINE:  November 30, 2018, or until position filled
RATE OF PAY:  According to the CUPE Agreement

WORK ASSIGNMENT: The Teaching Assistant will be responsible for assisting the primary instructor for ENVS 3200 "Introduction to Environmental Law" with marking assignments and exams and with the implementation of simulation exercises associated with the course. The Teaching Assistant reports directly to the instructor.

REQUIREMENTS: The Teaching Assistant must be either an undergraduate or graduate student at Dalhousie University and must possess a background in Environmental Law (such as successful completion of ENVS 3200). The Teaching Assistant must be reliable, energetic and enthusiastic about the position.

Applications must include a covering letter and a résumé or curriculum vitae and should be sent to:

Dawn Hall
Environmental Programs
Faculty of Science
Dalhousie University
Halifax, NS CANADA, B3H 4J1
Phone: (902) 494-7117
Fax: (902) 494-1123
environment@dal.ca

Dalhousie University is committed to fostering a collegial culture grounded in diversity and inclusiveness. The university encourages applications from Aboriginal people, persons with a disability, racially visible persons, women, persons of minority sexual orientations and gender identities, and all candidates who would contribute to the diversity of our community.

Environmental Science/Earth Science Teaching Assistant

POSTING DATE: November 13, 2018
CLOSING DATE: November 30, 2018 or until positions are filled
POSITION: Teaching Assistant for ENVS/ ERTH 3601. Global Biogeochemical Cycles: the science of global change.
                    (1 90-hour TA, or 2 45-hour TAs)
RATE OF PAY: According to the CUPE Agreement
DEPARTMENT/LOCATION:  Environmental Science

WORK ASSIGNMENT: The teaching assistant will lead undergraduate students in tutorial sessions covering a variety of topics in biogeochemistry and global biogeochemical cycles, and in processes relating to atmospheric, lithospheric, terrestrial, hydrologic, and oceanic systems. The TA will grade assignments and student participation exams and also spend time preparing for tutorials. The TA will also help in organizational items related to the course.

REQUIREMENTS OF POSITION:  Successful applicants must be graduate or professional students at Dalhousie University, in a field related to biogeochemistry and biogeochemical cycles or with undergraduate education in a field related to biogeochemistry and biogeochemical cycles. The TA must have first year chemistry. The TA must be reliable, energetic, and enthusiastic about the tutorial topics, and comfortable in facilitating the discussion of undergraduate students about recently published journal articles in the field.

Applications must include a covering letter and a résumé or curriculum vitae with two references. Applications should be sent by email to:

Shannon Sterling
Environmental Science
Faculty of Science
Dalhousie University
shannon.sterling@dal.ca

All offers of employment as a part-time academic are conditional upon sufficient student enrolment in the course and approval by the University.

Dalhousie University is committed to fostering a collegial culture grounded in diversity and inclusiveness. The university encourages applications from Aboriginal people, persons with a disability, racially visible persons, women, persons of minority sexual orientations and gender identities, and all candidates who would contribute to the diversity of our community.