Northwestern University Looking for CTD Temporary Teaching Assistant (Online) Full Time

Job ID: 44566

Location: Evanston, Illinois

Department: Temp Center
Salary/Grade: TMP/01

Summer 2-week online courses offer students the opportunity to engage with like-minded peers on a topic of interest over two consecutive weeks during live, synchronous online sessions.

Course content is one to two years above grade level to meet the needs of CTD’s academically talented student population. Courses are paced to allow for alternating periods talking, listening and hands-on activity, as well as individual work and group work.

Teaching Assistants work closely with instructors to provide safe, challenging, and differentiated experiences in the live online classroom. They supervise students during independent tasks, small group projects, and whole group instruction, and monitor digital communications & resources posted through the CTD learning management system, Schoology, and during the live online classes.

Hourly Pay

• $15 per hour (3 hours class time per day, 1 “office hour”, 1 + additional hours of grading, prep, per day as needed)

Course Dates & Times

Sunday – Thursday, July 24 to August 4

7 – 10 p.m. CST

“Office hour” immediately before or after class, T.B.D.

Course Titles

• Real World Math
• Math Puzzles and Games
• Breakout Bio!
• Surviving in Space
• Aeronautical Engineering: The Science of Flight
• Brain Science

Training:

• Teaching assistants have flexible access to an online training course and sample class once a position is confirmed.
• One or more live, virtual training sessions will be required before the session.

Qualifications

• Current or past enrollment in a college undergraduate (or higher) degree program required.
• Experience working with Schoology or a similar LMS (Google Classroom, Canvas, etc.) preferred
• Previous experience working with children in a classroom, camp, or online setting preferred.

General Responsibilities

• Learn and implement CTD policies and procedures.
• Uphold and promote the CTD Honor Code among staff and students.
• Follow CTD rules and regulations concerning staff conduct and appropriate dress.
• Assume program-related responsibilities as requested by Program Coordinator and/or Instructor, including attendance at training session.
• Provide instructional support in collaboration with Instructor, including small group facilitation and individual support.
• Assist with student tech issues and provide one-on-one support as appropriate in separate digital spaces with students
• Document student participation and progress toward learning outcomes.
• Supervise student breakout groups and assist them with transition times.

Northwestern requires all staff and faculty to be vaccinated against COVID-19, subject to limited exceptions. For more information, please visit our COVID-19 and Campus Updates website.

The Northwestern campus sits on the traditional homelands of the people of the Council of Three Fires, the Ojibwe, Potawatomi, and Odawa as well as the Menominee, Miami and Ho-Chunk nations. We acknowledge and honor the original people of the land upon which Northwestern University stands, and the Native people who remain on this land today.

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