Graduate Student Teaching Assistant Position for Dept of Earth and Space Sciences, Due 09/07/19

TA Position Description_ESSESS is seeking TAs for Autumn Quarter 2019!

Department of Earth and Space Sciences,Graduate Student Teaching Assistant Position

Position Title: Teaching Assistant 

Employment Period: 9/16/2019 to 12/16/2019 

If you are interested, please see the attached document, or the text below and fill out an application (https://forms.gle/uLMiWRAuUHhzQgrw8) by September 7!

Position Description: The Department of Earth and Space Sciences is an interdisciplinary physical sciences unit including geomechanics, geology, geobiology, geochemistry, geophysics, and space and planetary sciences. We are seeking TAs for a number of ESS courses. Our Autumn offerings can be viewed here.
Each TA will assist the instructor with duties related to the teaching of an ESS course including any of the following: leading field trips, attending lectures, instructing lab sections, co-instructing lecture sections, other duties as assigned.

TA responsibilities may include (course dependent):

• attending all lectures
• evaluating student work, including grading exams
• arranging lab and discussion logistics and activities, and preparing course materials
• additional course-specific requirements of the instructors

Eligibility Requirements

• academic standing as a UW Graduate Student and eligibility to hold a Graduate Student Assistantship
  • availability for full appointment time-frame
  • previous teaching experience
  • academic or other experience with the disciplinary course content
  • experience with STEM education/academic STEM background
  • excellent written, verbal and interpersonal communication skillsEquivalent education/experience will substitute for all minimum qualifications except when there are legal requirements, such as a license/certification/registration.

  Compensation: This is an ASE position governed by the UAW contract paid in accordance with 2019-2020 TA salary schedules.

  To apply please fill out the application form here. (https://forms.gle/uLMiWRAuUHhzQgrw8)

  Deadline: Submit your application materials by September 7, 2019

  Acceptance: If offered the position, the candidate must accept within one week.

  Notification: Those candidates not hired will be notified via email.

  Notes: This job classification is governed by a negotiated labor contract and is subject to union shop provisions. For more information about union shop provisions, visit:

http://www.washington.edu/admin/hr/jobs/apl/union-info.html

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