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TEACHING ASSISTANT POSTING – SCIE 1111.03 WRITING FOR THE SCIENCES DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY
Halifax, Nova ScoCa, Canada B3H 4J1 POSTING DATE: November 4th, 2021
APPLICATION DEADLINE: 5:00 p.m. AST November 19th, 2021

POSITION: Teaching Assistants, SCIE 1111.03 FALL TERM, 2021 (up to 6 x 130 hour assignments or 12 x 65 hour assignments)

DEPARTMENT/LOCATION: Faculty of Science
PAY RATE: As per CollecCve Agreement, CUPE Local 3912

JOB SUMMARY: SCIE 1111, WriCng for the Sciences, is a WriCng Requirement course in the Faculty of Science. DuCes of the Teaching Assistants include:
•    Preparing and running weekly 50-minute tutorials (5 students per tutorial) for 11 weeks (two tutorials for 65-hour posiCon, or four tutorials for 130 hour posiCon)
•    Providing light feedback on weekly wriCng exercises*
•    Grading and providing substanCve feedback on major assignments and tests (not including the final exam)*
•    Aeending regular teaching team meeCngs (to be scheduled afer hiring is complete)
•    Aeending some SCIE 1111 lectures over the term (Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays, 10:35-11:25 a.m.).
*(for 10 students for 65-hour posiCon, or 20 students for 130-hour posiCon)

Material in this course covers the following topics: scienCfic wriCng structure and style, rhetoric, research (including ethics and academic integrity), APA and CSE citaCon and formagng, the scienCfic paper (IntroducCon, Method, Results, Discussion, and Abstract), visual communicaCon (graphs, tables, and posters), grammar, punctuaCon, and sentence mechanics.

QUALIFICATIONS/EXPERIENCE: Applicants should be undergraduate students, graduate students, or recent university graduates with excellent academic wriCng skills. Background in science is desirable, as is experience with SCIE 1111.

To apply, or to inquire further about this posiCon, please email Dr. Becca Babcock, Rebecca.babcock@dal.ca. ApplicaCons must be received by email, by the applicaCon deadline; please use the subject line SCIE 1111 Applica:on [Your Full Name].
Include in your applicaCon:
•    A cover leeer explaining your suitability for this posiCon
•    A ranked list (by order of preference) of the tutorials you are available to teach (please see the academic Cmetable at heps://dalonline.dal.ca/ for a tutorial list and schedule)—can be included in cover leeer
•    Your résumé or CV
 
•    A brief sample of your wriCng (e.g., abstract of a paper).
Interviews will take place in the two weeks following the applicaCon deadline.

All offers of employment as teaching assistants are condiConal upon sufficient student enrolment in the course and approval by the University.

Dalhousie University is commieed to fostering a collegial culture grounded in diversity and inclusiveness. The university encourages applicaCons from Indigenous persons, persons with a disability, racially visible persons, women, persons of a minority sexual orientaCon and/or gender idenCty, and all candidates who would contribute to the diversity of our community. For more informaCon, please visit www.dal.ca/ hiringfordiversity.