Teaching Assistant—ENVS 825

Duties and Accountabilities
The nature of the work is immediately associated with the support and delivery of instruction ENVS 825 Water Resources Management in Cold Regions.

Reporting to the course instructor (Dr. Karl-Erich Lindenschmidt), 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 20 hours
Duration of Employment: Spring 2024
Start and End Dates: 1 May–20 June 2024

Skills and Abilities

• Knowledge and training in the areas of
  • water security, including related coursework
  • geographical information system software packages such as ArcGIS and QGIS, and 
  • image processing software such as SNAP, to process space-borne remote-sensing imagery
• Effective interpersonal and communication skills
• Excellent computer skills—proficiency with computer applications and software including Microsoft applications, CANVAS, Zoom. (Experience with Python would be an asset.)
• 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.

Applicants must be registered in a graduate program.

To Apply:
Interested applicants must include the following in their application:

• cover letter,
• 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: [email protected] no later than 12 April 2024. Inquiries for this position can be directed to Carolyn Pytlyk ([email protected]).

Where a graduate student is appointed to this position, it will be in scope of PSAC.

Department: School of Enviro&Sustainabilty
Status: Casual
Employment Group: Graduate Students - PSAC
Rate of Pay: Current rates of pay
Posted Date: 3/25/2024
Closing Date: 4/12/2024
Number of Openings: 1
Work Location: On Campus