Teaching Assistant, Engineering

University of Saskatchewan; Saskatoon; On-site; CAD 30,000 - 60,000; Part time

Job summary

A Canadian university in Saskatchewan is seeking a Teaching Assistant for the Fall Term. Responsibilities include preparing and delivering lectures, demonstrating experiments, and marking assignments. The ideal candidate should hold at least a B.Sc. degree in Engineering, possess teaching experience, and demonstrate strong communication, organizational, and study skills. This position is casual and on campus with a commitment to employment equity. Interested applicants should apply via the provided link.

Qualifications

• Must maintain good academic standing.
• Must be registered in a graduate program.

Responsibilities

• Prepare and deliver lectures.
• Demonstrate experiments and mark assignments.
• Consult and hold office hours with students.

Skills

Teaching experience

Good communication skills

Organizational skills

Effective study skills

Time management skills

Education

B.Sc. degree in Engineering

Job description

Teaching Assistant, Engineering

In the appointment of Teaching Assistant, your general duties and responsibilities will be: Preparing, delivering and/or attending lectures; demonstrating, marking, student consulting, invigilating, holding office hours, setting up experiments, supervising field trips and conferring with the supervisor in charge as required by the assignment.

Your general location of work will be within the College of Engineering.

Required Number of Hours: up to 12 hours/week

Duration of Employment: 2024 Fall Term

Course Name, Abbreviation and Number: GE 348, Engineering Economics

Start and End Dates: September 1 to December 31

Qualifications (Skills and Abilities): Minimum of a B.Sc. degree or equivalent in Engineering and teaching experience engineering economics and decision analysis background, or topics like fundamental economic concepts, cost concepts, time value of money operations, comparison of alternatives, depreciation and income tax, economic analysis of projects in the public and private sectors; break-even analysis, sensitivity and risk analysis, decision models.

Maintain good academic standing. Must be well organized, possess good communication skills, enthusiastic, and demonstrate excellent and effective study skills and time management skills.

You must be registered in a graduate program.

To Apply: Interested applicants must apply with this link https://www.surveymonkey.ca/r/8HGTSSS

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

Department: College of Engineering
Status: Casual
Employment Group: Graduate Students - PSAC
Rate of Pay: Current rates of pay
Posted Date: 6/12/2024
Closing Date: 7/9/2024
Number of Openings: Multiple
Work Location: On Campus

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