Instructional Assistant

2 weeks ago

Hamilton, Canada McMaster University Full time

Schedule

Monday - Friday, 8:30am - 4:30pm (Hybrid schedule)

Education Level

Bachelor's degree in a relevant field of study.

Career Level

Requires 3 year of relevant experience

UNIT/PROJECT DESCRIPTION:
The Instructional Assistant supports the Teaching Team that delivers the GR0 Program, a series of four co-curricular courses that complement the Bachelor's of Commerce program at the DeGroote School of Business. The Instructional Assistant provides administrative support by organizing and coordinating course activities in collaboration with the instructors (4) and teaching assistants (50+) during the academic year. They also assist instructors during the preparation and delivery of classes, as well as evaluation for continuous improvement. This program is delivered mostly online, and the Instructional Assistant is expected to ensure the proper information and functioning of the learning management system (Avenue to Learn), and other platforms such as collaboration environments (e.g., MS Teams), third-party tools (e.g., TopHat), etc.

JOB SUMMARY:
Provides pedagogical and technical support to instructors, teaching assistants and students. Responsible for the development, implementation, coordination and evaluation of curriculum, assessment and instructional activities within an academic unit, department, or faculty.

PURPOSE AND KEY FUNCTIONS:

- Write and design lesson plans in accordance to the curriculum priorities of the instructor.
- Provide formal supervision to teaching assistants and other part-time staff.
- Communicate curriculum to teaching assistants that is to be covered in tutorial sessions.
- Review current educational research literature to ensure curriculum follows best practices in teaching, education and
- learning.
- Organize and coordinate teaching laboratories, computer-based instruction, and tutorial classes accordingly.
- Introduce and demonstrate labs or tutorial sessions to students.
- Tutor students in programs and assist students with lab work.
- Train others on proper lab techniques, operating laboratory equipment, and on running efficient and effective tutorial
- sessions.
- Compose test questions and assignments, and prepare solution sheets for review by others.
- Assist staff with the preparation and set up of equipment and supplies for laboratories and tutorial sessions.
- Organize and monitor the on-line learning environment for courses in an academic unit, department, or faculty by
- ensuring that the appropriate course content information is made available to students.
- Write a variety of documents such as procedure manuals, correspondence, and reports.
- Prepare a variety of lecture materials including presentation slides and handouts.
- Provide guidance, advice, and solutions to teaching assistants when resolving student inquiries.
- Provide teaching assistants with appropriate teaching material as specified by the instructor.
- Ensure accurate grading of assignments is completed by teaching assistants and report discrepancies to the instructor.
- Correspond and meet with students to address concerns related to the course including, but not limited to, the
- resolution of contested grades.
- Liaise with instructors, teaching assistants, and students to ensure information within the academic unit is understood by all parties.
- Exchange technical and scientific information amongst colleagues.
- Operate, adjust, and maintain a variety of equipment and instruments.
- Troubleshoot equipment and perform minor repairs. Ensure major repair requests are escalated to the appropriate area.
- Assign tutorials to teaching assistants and arrange teaching assistant office hours.
- Section classes at the beginning of the year, dealing with all scheduling changes, room reservations, and scheduling
- conflicts.
- Assess the need for laboratory equipment and provide recommendations for the acquisition of materials and
- equipment.
- Calibrate laboratory equipment according to established calibration standards.
- Collect, track, and safeguard student marks and tests.
- Calculate student marks and submit final grades to appropriate areas.
- Input, maintain, and verify information in a variety of databases and spreadsheets.

SUPERVISION:

- Ongoing responsibility for supervising up to 9 casual employees at any one time.

ASSETS:

- Experience leading/coordinating the activities of a large group of people.
- Minimum 2 years of previous experience as a teaching assistant or instructional assistant in a large multi-section course.
- Comfortable using Avenue to Learn, MS Teams, and other educational and digital technology.
- Interest and aptitude for working collaboratively using online learning technologies.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:

- The position requires considerable work prior to the start of the term and regular weekly engagement in problem solving, communication, and so on.
- Must be able to support teaching assistants on a just-in-time basis.
- Regular interactions and collaborative

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