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TEACHING ASSISTANT/MARKER/DEMONSTRATOR POSTING
POSTING DATE: 20 June 2022
APPLICATION DEADLINE: 7 July 2022
POSITION: Teaching Assistant for SUST 1000.06, What is Sustainability? FALL TERM 2022 Lecture component (technical assistance)
EMPLOYMENT PERIOD: 6 Sept. 2022 – 7 Dec. 2022
DEPARTMENT/LOCATION: College of Sustainability, 1401 Mona Campbell
PAY RATE: 90 hours as per CUPE Collective Agreement ($2197 gross pay).
WORK ASSIGNMENT: Lecture component Teaching Assistants will be responsible for supporting the online delivery of SUST 1000.06 “What is Sustainability?”, during the Fall 2022 term. This class is part of the innovative undergraduate program in Environment, Sustainability and Society (ESS) offered by the College of Sustainability. Core courses in the ESS program draw from virtually every academic discipline on campus and take an issues-based and trans-disciplinary approach to curriculum in order to understand the realities behind complex sustainability issues.
In Fall 2022, students have the option to take SUST 1000 online. The in-person lectures will be delivered synchronously by live-stream, giving online students the opportunity to participate in the lecture in real-time. The Lecture-TA will provide in-class technical support to live-stream and record the lectures and collect online student questions and discussion. The Lecture-TA will also post the recorded lectures for asynchronous viewing by online students.
Lecture-TAs must be comfortable with video recording (MS Teams and Zoom) and post-production for dissemination via BrightSpace. Excellent English communication skills and background related to Environment, Sustainability and Society are required to effectively moderate student questions.
It is essential that TAs work collaboratively with the course instructors. TAs report directly to the course instructors and the Academic Advisor and Program Manager in the College of Sustainability.
REQUIREMENTS OF POSITION: Successful applicants must be Dalhousie students or recent (2 years) Dalhousie graduates. TAs must be available during the class lecture times, Tuesdays and Thursdays 11:30 – 1:00. Experience with MS Teams and Zoom plus Brightspace (Panopto) is required. The College of Sustainability will request an acknowledgment of the TA position from grad supervisors by email before the start of term.
If you are interested in the above position please apply by completing the application form:
Applicants will be required to sign in with their Dalhousie Net ID and Password to access the form, and will be asked to upload a resume and include contact information for two references. If you are interested in more than one SUST TA or Marker position please complete the application form ONCE for all positions.
Questions? Contact: College of Sustainability Program Secretary cos.secretary@dal.ca
All offers of employment 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 Indigenous persons (especially Mi’kmaq), persons with a disability, racialized persons, including persons of Black/African descent (especially African Nova Scotians), women, persons of a minority sexual orientation and/or gender identity, and all candidates who would contribute to the diversity of our community. For more information, please visit www.dal.ca/hiringfordiversity