Teaching Assistant/Demonstrator/Seminar Leader PSYC 1200 - CUPE 3909 Unit 1 (Students)

Department of Educational Admin, Foundations, & Psyc. Faculty of Education **Job details:** ---------------- Course: Introduction to Psychology Parts 1 & 2 PSYC 1200 Start date: November 25, 2026 End date: April 26, 2027 Work schedule: 0 to 10 hours per week Expected total hours: 50 hours Hourly rate: $21.82 per hour (plus vacation pay) for undergraduate students $24.29 per hour (plus vacation pay) for graduate students Course: PSYC 1200 Parts 1 and 2. Qualifications: Graduate student preferred. Qualifications: -Completion of academic studies and experience which have resulted in an expertise specifically appropriate to assisting in the instruction of the course(s) assigned. -An empathetic approach to the instructional needs and concerns of students. -Effective skills in the English language. Preference may be given to applicants who are, or will be, a registered student studying in the Department which is posting the employment opportunity at the time that the duties of the position commence. PLEASE ATTACH A COPY OF YOUR LATEST STUDENT TRANSCRIPT. PAST ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE MAY BE A SIGNIFICANT FACTOR IN SELECTION DECISIONS. Additional information: The successful candidate should be knowledgeable in Indigenous pedagogy, teachings, and philosophies and be able to apply them in the classroom. This course is offered through the Manitoba Indigenous Teacher Education Program (MITEP) in partnership with Frontier School Division. For more information please contact: Randi Desmarais, MITEP Coordinator - randi.desmarais@umanitoba.ca **Key responsibilities:** ------------------------- * Attends orientation, planning and coordinating meetings as may be scheduled for staff in the course. * May be required to attend lectures and other sessions of instruction in the course. * Consults with the employment supervisor responsible for the course(s) for direction on assigned responsibilities. * Prepares instructional material such as handouts, assignments, problem sets, tests, exams and presents to students in a variety of settings such as tutorials, laboratories, or seminars. * Marks student work including the work submitted by students in the tutorial, lab or seminar for which she/he is responsible and the assigned portion of the work submitted by students in the course generally, e.g. the midterm exam, final exam or major project, the marking of which may be shared among the staff in a course under the employment supervisor responsible. * Consults with students by maintaining regularly scheduled and posted times for such consultation and provides a reasonable amount of informally scheduled consultation if necessary. * Such other related duties as may be assigned, e.g. development or adaptation of audio visual material, preparation of experiments, participation in field trips, etc. * + Occasional approved substitution for other members of the teaching or teaching support staff including the necessary related tasks. *