Part-Time Teaching Opportunities 2013/14

Postgraduate Teaching Assistant opportunities for 2013/14

There will be opportunities for postgraduate Teaching Assistants during the 2013/14 academic year. All registered research students, whether part-time or full-time, are eligible to apply for these posts. Normally Teaching Assistants are in their 2nd or 3rd year of their degree, but in some circumstances, where new students have had teaching experience, they may be offered teaching in their first year. Students in their fourth year may also be allowed to teach at the discretion of their supervisor. The department is looking for TAs for the following courses:

First Year BA Core Course (two TAs for the year long course)

Suitable for 2nd year Research Students

125 hours over two terms

Duties include:

Acting as administrative assistant to the course tutor

Attending lectures on a weekly basis

Helping with scanning and uploading materials onto moodle

Reading set texts in advance of classes

Running follow-on discussion groups

Marking coursework

Handing back essays and providing feedback

First Year Foundation Course (one TA in autumn; one in spring term)

Suitable for 1st or 2nd year Research Students

55 hours

Duties Include:

Attending lectures on a weekly basis

Helping with scanning and uploading materials onto moodle

Marking one essay and one final exam per course

Second Year Gateway Courses (one TA in autumn; one in spring term)

Suitable for 2nd year Research Students

65 hours

Duties Include:

Attending lectures and holding office hours on a weekly basis

Helping with scanning and uploading materials onto moodle where necessary

Marking essays – approximately 50 essays.

Handing back essays and providing feedback

Marking exam scripts (split with first marker/course instructor)

Art in London Courses (designed for Affiliates and non History of Art UCL students – these are introductory first year level courses for non-History of Art students)

Suitable for 2nd and 3rd year Research Students

95 hours

Duties Include:

Designing a ten week first year level gallery based course

Teaching weekly classes

Preparing, scanning and uploading moodle materials

Marking 2 essays per course

Art in London Courses Offered:

Renaissance Art in London (one TA for autumn; one for spring course)
17th & 18th C Art in London (one TA for autumn; one for spring course)
19th & 20th C Art in London (three TAs for autumn; three for spring term)
Architecture in London (one TA for autumn; one for spring term)

Payment will be on the UCL Grade 5 salary scale at Point 15 (currently £11.79 per hour) and contracts will be made on an ‘as and when’ basis. A compulsory briefing session and workshop by the Head of Department will be held in the week before the start of the academic year. All new TAs are required to ‘shadow’ occasional classes with this year’s TAs in the courses they are interested in.

Applicants should submit a brief CV and a covering letter which should include a personal statement outlining what they think makes a good teacher, and which course they would like to teach, to the Head of Department f.schwartz@ucl.ac.uk by 4th March.

Applicants should discuss their intention with their supervisors and submit this form signed by their supervisor to confirm that undertaking the duties of a TA will not adversely affect their research work. This form should be appended to the application.

We encourage all research students where possible to take advantage of the opportunity to teach and assist with teaching as this forms part of overall training. This will count towards research training credit as defined by the Graduate School.

Previous TAs should also submit an application if they wish to be considered again for next year.

Part-time Teaching Fellows

The department occasionally has opportunities for temporary part-time Teaching Fellows to teach a course to cover for a permanent member of staff on research-funded leave. These part-time teaching fellows would normally have completed their PhDs, however occasionally doctoral students would be considered. These fractional temporary appointments are made on the UCL Grade 7 for Teaching Fellows, with contracts on a fixed-term basis under ‘as and when’ conditions. If you would like to register your interest in part-time teaching within the department, please send your CV and covering letter to:

The Head of Department

History of Art Department

University College London

Gower Street

London WC1E 6BT

We will keep your details on file and contact should a suitable opportunity arise.

NO AGENCIES PLEASE

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