TA/Marker Job Openings
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Teaching Assistant and Marker/Demonstrator Positions
Department of Industrial Engineering
The following positions are open for theÌýFall Term, 2024 (September-December).
**IMPORTANT**
***For TA Positions***
Applicants MUST be available during the scheduled lab times (please check the academic timetable onlineÌýÌýfor lab dates and times.)
TA’s may be required to invigilate quizzes and examinations.
Definitions:
Teaching Assistant – an employee hired to assist an instructor in the presentation and delivery of a course, who is required to directly interact with students and whose duties include a combination of the following: tutoring, marking, demonstrating, monitoring labs, conducting discussion groups/tutorials, proctoring, field trips and assisting with online teaching and other duties of a similar nature.
Marker – an hourly paid employee hired to mark and/or grade the written work of students.
Demonstrator – an hourly paid employee hired to assist students in the laboratory such as completing laboratory exercises, conducting laboratory demonstrations, and assisting in the setting up, and/or the taking down of the laboratory, and laboratory experiments
Available Positions:
Please note any course-specific qualifications before applying.
- Ìý Ìý IENG 2005 - Engineering EconomicsÌý
Ìý Ìý Positions: 1 x TA (90 hours), 1 x TA (65 hours); 3 x Marker/Demonstrator (65 hours)
- Ìý Ìý IENG 3302 - Processes & Systems
Ìý ÌýÌýPositions: 1 x TA (65 hours); 1 x Marker/Demonstrator (65 hours)
Ìý Ìý Required (For TA position): Must have done this course before
- Ìý Ìý IENG 3303 -ÌýErgonomics and Work DesignÌý
Ìý Ìý Positions: 1 x TA (65 hours); 1 x Marker/Demonstrator (65 hours)
- Ìý ÌýÌýIENG 3305 -ÌýComputational Methods and Algorithms for IE
Ìý ÌýÌýPositions: 1 x TA (65 hours); 1 x Marker/Demonstrator (65 hours)
Ìý Ìý Required: skilled in Python programming and algorithms
- Ìý ÌýÌýIENG 3316 -ÌýDesign of Information Management Systems
Ìý Ìý Positions: 1 x TA (65 hours); 1 x Marker/Demonstrator (65 hours)
Ìý Ìý Required: database and application development skill
- Ìý Ìý IENG 3344 - Operations Research: Linear Models
Ìý Ìý Positions: 1 x TA (65 hours); 1 x Marker/Demonstrator (65 hours)
ÌýÌýÌý NOTE: TA MUST be available during the scheduled lab andÌýmidterm/quiz time;
Ìýneeds knowledge of LP coding in Gusek (Gurobipy is an asset).
- Ìý ÌýIENG 3345 - Operations Research: Stochastic and Non-Linear Models
Ìý ÌýPosition: 1 x Marker/Demonstrator (65 hours), shared with IENG 6917
- Ìý IENG 4529 - Industrial and Organizational Behaviour
Ìý Position: 1 x TA (45 hours); 1 x Marker/Demonstrator (25 hours)
- Ìý IENG 4564 - Health Care Systems Engineering Offered last winter
Ìý Position: 1 x TA (45 hours)
Ìý NOTE: For TA positions, applicants MUST be available during the scheduled lab and midterm/quiz times
- Ìý IENG 4568 - Quantitative Project Management
Ìý Positions: 1 x TA (65 hours); 1 x Marker/Demonstrator (65 hours)
Ìý NOTE: TA MUST be available during the scheduled lab andÌýmidterm/quiz time; needs knowledge of LP coding in Gusek and MS Project.
- Ìý IENG 4574 Decision & Risk
Ìý Position: 1 x Marker/Demonstrator (65 hours)
- Ìý IENG 4579/6909 – Supply Chain Management
Ìý Positions: 1 x TA (65 hours) 1 x Marker/Demonstrator (65 hours)
Ìý NOTE: MUST be available during the scheduled lab and midterm/quiz time; needs ÌýÌýÌýknowledge of programming (Python orÌýother languages) and optimization software (Excel, AMPL, Gurobi, CPLEX, Gusek, etc.)
- Ìý IENG 6917 – Simulation of Industrial Systems
Ìý Position: 1 x Marker/Demonstrator (65 hours), shared with IENG 3345
- Ìý IENG 6962 – Advanced Topics in Maintenance Engineering and Management
Ìý Position: 1 x Marker/Demonstrator (45 hrs)Ìý
- Ìý IENG 8892 – Coop Reports
Ìý Position: 1 x Marker/Demonstrator (65 hours)
Collective Agreement:
Application Process:
Required criteria:
- Have completed this or a similar academic course with a high grade
- Senior year undergraduate students are allowed to apply for 3000-level or below courses
- Graduate students are allowed for any of the courses
- Enthusiasm for teaching and learning
- Empathy for students
- Precision in marking and giving technical advice
- High proficiency in reading and writing in English
Optional criteria:
- Have experience in teaching/teaching assistance/marking
- Graduate-level course in a similar subject
- Training in being a TA or Marker/Demonstrators from the Center for Learning and Teaching
Instructions:
- In the body of the email, please write down a preference from 1 (highest) to 3 (lowest). If you are not interested in any particular position, just skip it
- Please email a CV and transcript (highlight relevant courses) toÌýieng@dal.ca
Notes:
- Some jobs may beÌýcancelled or reduced in hoursÌýif enrollment in the Fall is too low. Final decisions on cancellation/reduction will occur by August 31.
- Candidates are advised to seek training in Teaching Assistantship from CLT.
- Candidates will be required to take Department TA/Marker training, which will be offered in the Fall term.
- TA’s may be required to help invigilate quizzes and examinations.
Deadline: August 16, 2024 at 11:59AM