Teaching assistant position in PsTL
A graduate teaching assistant position is available in the Department of Postsecondary Teaching and Learning.
Position: Graduate teaching assistant
Appointment: 50% (20 hours per week), B-term (9-month base) for the 2007-08 academic year (appointment dates are August 27, 2007, through May 25, 2008)
Salary: $16.22 per hour
Duties: Assist instructor in teaching PSTL 1851: Multicultural Relations. Primary duties include:
- teach and/or lecture in the course as needed
- read and help grade the writing assignments
- enter writing assignment grades and exam scores in the computer grade book
- use the Scantron machine to score mid-semester exams and quizzes
- help monitor the mid-term exams
- hold office hours to assist student learning
- hold tutoring sessions in preparation for mid-semester and final exams
- attend classes
Qualifications:
- CEHD graduate student with graduate work in human resources or educational psychology at the master’s level or above
- knowledge of and experience working with multicultural issues and students from different cultures
- knowledge of identity issues that students face when studying multicultural issues
- experience of personal journey of self-transformation around the issues of race, class, gender, and homophobia
- ability to take on course responsibility as needed
To apply, submit the following materials:
- current résumé or vita
- letter of application detailing interest and background
- transcript(s) (unofficial copies are fine)
- names of and contact information for three references who can address the relevant qualifications
Apply to:
Multicultural Relations GTA Search
Department of Postsecondary Teaching and Learning
University of Minnesota
140 Appleby Hall
128 Pleasant St. S.E.
Minneapolis, MN 55455
Phone: 612-625-4560
Fax: 612-625-0709
E-mail: Annette Digre, a-digr@umn.edu
Deadline: open until filled; review of applications will occur as they are received