Effective Writing
Posting Date 24/Jan/2025Closing Date 14/Feb/2025
Duties
All duties associated with teaching an undergraduate course, including preparing the course outline, syllabus and lectures, delivering lectures, developing, marking and administering course assignments, tests & exams, holding regular office hours and the supervision of any assigned TA support.
Minimum Qualifications
A background in English at the graduate level is required, including a doctoral dissertation in the field nearing completion. Previous teaching assistant experience in post-secondary composition or literature courses preferred.
Preferred Qualifications
N/A
Relevant Criterion
The need to acquire experience is the more relevant criterion than past teaching experience in respect of this posted position.
Details
Department
Department of English
Course ID
ENG100H1F L0201
Campus
St. George
Salary
Per half course: $9276.01 (Please note that should rates stipulated in the collective agreement vary from rates stated in this posting, the rates stated in the collective agreement shall prevail.)
Course Enrollment
35
Dates of Appointment
May 1, 2025 to June 30, 2025
Number of Positions
1
Class Schedule
In-Person Lectures: Tuesdays and Thursdays 11 am to 2 pm
TA Support
N/A
How to Apply
Applicants should submit a brief cover letter (max. 1 page), C.V., a proposed course description (max. 1 page), and contact information for two academic references by February 13, 2025. Graduate students, please indicate the status of your dissertation in your cover letter, i.e. amount completed and estimated date of your thesis examination. For applications to more than one section of ENG100H1, please indicate any term/time exclusion or preference. Please submit applications to: Prof. Andrea Walkden, Associate Chair - Undergraduate Studies, Department of English C/O Jessie Chen, Undergraduate Assistant University of Toronto, Department of English To Jessie Chen at tzuyu.chen@utoronto.ca
Policies

All jobs are posted in accordance with the CUPE 3902 Unit 1 Collective Agreement. It is understood that some announcements of vacancies are tentative, pending final course determinations and enrollment.


Duties of this position shall be performed at the campus on which the position is located. Where the duties are intended to be performed at another location, such other location will be specified in the posting.


Positions posted here are open to Graduate Students in the School of Graduate Studies, Postdoctoral Fellows and Undergraduate Students in the University of Toronto.


Preference in hiring shall be given to Graduate Students enrolled in the School of Graduate Studies of the University of Toronto or those who have made application to be enrolled in the School of Graduate Studies of the University of Toronto.


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