Teaching Assistantships
Teaching Assistantships
DEADLINE: May 15, 2012
Applicants must be full-time graduate students currently registered in the department’s M.Eng, MASc, or PhD programs, or must have been accepted into one of these programs to begin in September (with no provisional acceptance). Priority for Teaching Assistant appointments will be given to Master students who have not exceeded two teaching years and to Ph.D students who have not exceeded four teaching years.
Although the precise duties will vary depending on the course for which an appointment is made, in general they will include:
Laboratory Assistant – assisting in supervision of electric power, electronics and/or computer laboratory experiments, marking of the laboratory reports.
Tutorial Assistant – assisting in or taking charge of tutorial sessions, marking of assignments, preparing or written solutions, reviewing of assignments with undergraduates
Marking – marking of assignments.
Training (Mandatory) - New TAs and returning TAs who have not participated in the Faculty of Applied Science TA training program must participate in training. The training is designed to help ensure that TAs are as successful as possible in their roles.
Be advised that Teaching Assistants at The University of British Columbia (UBC) are represented by the Canadian Union Of Public Employees Local 2278 (CUPE2278) and that a Collective Agreement between UBC and CUPE2278 is in effect.
Completed applications should be submitted to the ECE Administration Services Office either via postal mail, via fax or via scanned attachment to an email to jobs [at] ece [dot] ubc [dot] ca. Applications will be accepted after the deadline until all positions are filled but, other considerations being equal, candidates who applied by the deadline will be preferred.
Applicants who have already been Teaching Assistants at UBC (CUPE 2278 Members) need only to submit the Application form or send an email to jobs [at] ece [dot] ubc [dot] ca noting that there are no material changes from your previous application. You may complete a new Application Form if there are any changes such as a change of degree program, additional courses to TA, leaves, etc.
Full application instructions are found on the attached application form.
