Graduate Teaching Assistant Water Security

Graduate Teaching Assistant, (Water Security) Graduate Teaching Assistant, (Water Security) Duties and Accountabilities The nature of the work is immediately associated with the support and delivery of instruction of courses in the Master of Water Security (MWS) program.
Reporting to the course instructors, the TA's general duties and responsibilities will be to:

Communicate with students about lectures and activities, course content, group project work, assignments, and deliverables.
Support hybrid-blended course delivery, including helping facilitate breakout rooms, chat tools, document sharing, video sharing, and file sharing during live sessions online, and/or helping facilitate in person cohorts.
Participate in discussion forums with students; attend synchronous sessions and facilitate breakout groups; support asynchronous learning
Grade assignments (if needed)
Manage discussion boards and emails in CANVAS
Manage CANVAS and online content

Required Number of Hours : up to 120 hours
Duration of Employment : 2024-2025 Regular Session (Fall 2024/Winter 2025)
Start and End Dates: 1 September 2024-30 April 2025

Skills and Abilities
Knowledge and training in the area of water security, including related coursework
Effective interpersonal and communication skills
Excellent computer skills-proficiency with computer applications and software including Microsoft applications, CANVAS, Zoom. Fluency with Python, ArcGIS and QGIS is preferred.
Ability to support diverse and inclusive classrooms
Ability to work independently
Strong problem-solving skills
Exceptional organizational and time-management skills
Proven ability to ensure deadlines are met

Qualifications
Minimum enrollment in a PhD program in SENS
Current grade point average of 80% or higher
Must be located in Saskatoon as the position requires some in-person support/attendance
Previous teaching assistant experience would be an asset.
PhD students must not be beyond the 5 th year of their program

Applicants must be registered in a graduate program.
To Apply :
Interested applicants must include the following in their application:
curriculum vitae, and
letter or email of support from the applicant's graduate research supervisor, indicating their approval for the applicant take on the TAship.
Send your application materials to: *** no later than 18 July 2024 . Inquiries about this position can be directed to Carolyn Pytlyk (carolyn.pytlyk@usask.ca).

Where a graduate student is appointed to this position, it will be in scope of PSAC.
Department: School of Environment & Sustainability
Status: Casual
Employment Group: Graduate Students - PSAC
Rate of Pay: Current rates of pay
Posted Date: 6/20/2024
Closing Date: 7/17/2024
Number of Openings: 3
Work Location: On Campus
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Graduate Teaching Assistant, (Water Security) Duties and Accountabilities The nature of the work is immediately associated with the support and delivery of instruction of courses in the Master of Water Security (MWS) program.





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