Teaching Assistantship (2024/2025 Academic Term)

TEACHING ASSISTANTSHIP 

(2024/25 Academic term)

Course Number and Title:            

NURS 180 - Stress and Strategies to Promote Well Being (Term 1 and Term 2)

NURS 270 - Diverse Perspectives on Aging (Term 2)

NURS 280 - Human Sexual Health (Term 2)

NURS 290 - Health Impacts of Climate Change (Term 2)

Instructor:  Various

Number of Positions:  

Qualifications Required: Full-time, registered 3^rd-year and above Undergraduate student (Nursing preferred) and Graduate Students in Nursing; Strong critical appraisal skills; Excellent interpersonal communication skills; Very good computer skills; Excellent academic writing skills.

Duties:

Assists with organization of learning activities in the basic undergraduate program courses under the direct supervision of a faculty member. These activities may include:

• Assisting faculty with setup and planning of learning resources and activities
• Guiding groups of students through clinical skills experiential learning sessions
• Communicating with students on an ongoing basis throughout the term
• Providing direction to students regarding course learning activities
• Communicating with course leaders on an ongoing basis
• Assisting with evaluating student academic and/or clinical skill performance

Hours of work:                 4 – 12 hours per week between September 2024 to April 2025

Current salary:                 *GTA I = $40.16 per hour

                                            **GTA II = $38.65 per hour

                                            ***UTA I = $26.40 per hour

UTA I = $26.40 per hour

Application:

Members of the CUPE 2278 bargaining unit (Teaching Assistants Component), please submit application with resume for NURS 180, Term 1, by 11:59 pm, Sunday, September 15 to be reviewed for eligibility as preferred candidates.  For Term 2 courses (NURS 180, 270, 280, and 290), please submit application with resume by 11:59 pm, Tuesday, October 15, 2024 to be reviewed for eligibility as preferred candidates. Applications submitted after Sunday, September 15, 2024 (re NURS 180 Term 1) and Tuesday, October 15, 2024 for Term 2 courses (NURS 180, 270, 280, 290)  may not be considered.

To apply, please fill out the Qualtrics survey, https://ubc.ca1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_aXiqWN6cyOtk4N8.  If there are any questions or concerns, please email edward.cheng@ubc.ca 

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*Graduate Student Teaching Assistant I is a graduate who has completed two (2) years’ service as a graduate student teaching assistant.

**Graduate Student Teaching Assistant II is a graduate student with less than two (2) years’ service as a graduate student teaching assistant.

***Undergraduate Student Teaching Assistant I - An employee who has not yet earned an undergraduate degree in the posted discipline, and has “direct interaction with students on more than an incidental basis.” Such interaction includes giving feedback on assignments.