TEACHING ASSISTANTSHIP POSITION POSTING McGILL UNIVERSITY ≥McGill University is Committed to Equity in Employment≤
Date of Posting: April 30, 2012	Hiring Unit & Address: Biology Department Stewart Biology Bldg., Room W4/1
Application Deadline Date: May 30, 2012
Course Title: Cell and Molecular Biology: Technical and Lecture Content Assistant Course Number: BIOL 112 (Winter)
Instructor: Profs. Joseph Dent/Frieder Schˆck
Hours of Work: (per term) 90	Number of TA positions available (estimate): 1
Date of Appointment Starting: January 6, 2013 Ending: May 4, 2012	Salary Hourly rate: $26.51 Per Term: $2385.90
Required Duties: - Meets with professors and lab coordinator before the beginning and at the end of term. - Updates the courseπs site information as required, on myCourses, before the first day of the winter semester in January 2013. - Accountable for the professional, safe and confidential use of the Grade Book in myCourses. - Assists students with technical issues relating to clickers and myCourses. - Assists professors with the use of Student Response Systems (SRS or clickers) and associated program (Turning Point) during lectures. Any related duties. - Ensures the functional simultaneous audio-visual transmission of the lecture in the overflow room and ensures proper decorum in overflow room. - Identifies and documents opportunities for the creation of ≥Lab Link Slides≤ during all lectures (intended for future use by lecturers). - Proof-reads midterm and final exams and assists with formatting exams. - Meets with students to discuss challenges to exam questions and conducts exam viewing sessions. - Attends lectures and answers student questions regarding the course material during via the discussion board on myCourses or email on a daily basis. - Monitors student material on the discussion board. - Conducts recorded lecture-material review sessions before the midterm and final exams. - Invigilates the midterm exam in the evening. - Any other related duties, as assigned.
Qualifications Required: - Preferably has taken Biol 112. Background in cell and molecular biology required. - Availability in the fall 2012 to follow the trainings required for this position. - Must have good organization and communication skills - Proficiency in Excel and PowerPoint (base program for Turning Point) - Preference given to someone who has been a Lab TA in the past for the course. - Preference given to someone who also has teaching assistant lab slot.
Language requirements (if relevant): Reasonable fluency in English
Name and Title of Course Supervisor: Prof. J. Dent

NOTE: All applicants must apply in writing, using the application form provided, to the appropriate Hiring Unit within ten (10) working days from the close of the posting.

NOTE: Announcements are considered tentative, pending final determination of course offerings and enrolments.