Teaching Assistant, Sustainability Management, Fall 2022
- Part-time
- Employee Job Category: Student Job
- Term: 2022 FALL
- Role: Teaching Assistant, Part-time
- Department: Sustainability Management
- Division: Masters
- Program: Sustainability Management
- Academic Program: SUMA
- Course Modality: On Campus
Company Description
Columbia University has been a leader in higher education in the nation and around the world for more than 250 years. At the core of our wide range of academic inquiry is the commitment to attract and engage the best minds in pursuit of greater human understanding, pioneering new discoveries, and service to society.
The School of Professional Studies at Columbia University offers innovative and rigorous programs that integrate knowledge across disciplinary boundaries, combine theory with practice, leverage the expertise of our students and faculty, and connect global constituencies. Through fourteen professional master's degrees, courses for advancement and graduate school preparation, certificate programs, summer courses, high school programs, and a program for learning English as a second language, the School of Professional Studies transforms knowledge and understanding in service of the greater good.
Job Description
A Teaching Assistant (TA) provides support to instructional faculty responsible for teaching courses at Columbia University. TAs must attend all class sessions and are expected to assist with grading, support learning activities, and answer student inquiries, as requested by the faculty member responsible for the course section. Teaching Assistants should have either taken the course (or a similar course) or have experience in the topics covered in the course.
Qualifications
Responsibilities
The TA supports the Instructional faculty in implementing all aspects of in-person and online learning and is expected to assist in developing instructional resources, online implementation strategies, and support on technology best practices.
TA responsibilities may include:
● Attend all class sessions.
● Assist with grading, support learning activities, and answer student inquiries, as requested by the instructional faculty responsible for the course section.
● Provide instruction and assistance to instructional faculty and students on educational technology and computer-based testing. (Including but not limited to Canvas and other digital content development and hosting tools).
● Maintain online resources for the instructional faculty to support teaching and learning, such as Zoom and Canvas, as determined by the instructional faculty.
Qualifications
Teaching Assistants (TAs) for fall 2022 must be full-time Columbia graduate students (12 credits or more), and can only hold one Student Officer position in the University at a time. Student Officer appointments include Teaching Assistants, Research Assistants, Teaching Fellows, Research Fellows, Preceptors, and Readers.
● Part-time and half-time students may not serve as Teaching Assistants; there are no exceptions to this rule.
● Students are required to submit a copy of their Academic Profile (located on the Student Services Online (SSOL) website) to prove full-time enrollment in the fall 2022 semester in advance of the start of the fall semester. Students without full-time enrollment for fall 2022 indicated on the SSOL website will not be eligible to begin working.
● Dropping below full-time enrollment in fall 2022 at any point in the semester will automatically terminate the Teaching Assistant position.
● Teaching Assistants must be in good academic standing.
To work as Teaching Assistants during the fall 2022 term, graduate students must be enrolled full-time in a graduate program during the fall 2022 term.
International students must have a current VISA and an I-20 that is valid on or before the hire date, and it must remain active throughout the appointment period.
According to Columbia University policy, students are not permitted to work more than 20 hours per week while school is in session, which includes all positions held across the University.
Additional Information
PLEASE MAKE SURE TO SUBMIT THE NAME OF UP TO THREE (3) COURSES YOU'D LIKE TO TA FOR. For more information on the courses, please click here.
- PS4100 Sec 001 SUSTAINABILITY MANAGEMENT Steve Cohen; T 6:10pm - 8pm
- PS4100 Sec 003 SUSTAINABILITY MANAGEMENT Wendy Hapgood; Laura Kavanagh; T 6:10pm - 8pm
- PS5021 Sec 002 THEORY & PRACTICE OF LIFE CYCLE ASSESSME Pooja B Chawda and Nicholaus Rohleder; W 6:10pm - 8pm
- PS5150 Sec 001 ENERGY AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT Philip Larocco; W 6:10pm - 8pm
- PS5150 Sec 002 ENERGY AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT TBD W 6:10pm - 8pm
PS5205 GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATIONS SYSTEMS (GIS) TBD W 6:10pm - 8pm
- PS5720 POLICY AND LEGAL CONTEXT FOR SUSTAINABIL Seth Kerschner M 6:10pm - 8pm
- PS6115 Environmental Law & Policy Laura Popa
- PS5199 Sustainable Transportation Economy Scott Fisher
- PS6125 Fashion Policy & Sustainability Elizabeth Cline
- PS6135 Art & Sustainability Julie Reisse
- PS5040 ESG Aligned Corporate Governance Prof Aharon Kestenbaum
(Courses in bold are new to the fall 2022 curriculum).
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