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Job Description

Schedule Monday to Friday 9:30 to 6:00
Education Level Degree or College Diploma
Career Level Unifor grade 8

Do you have a passion for teaching in a digital space or working to facilitate hands-on activities with a bit of a technical attitude? Are you looking for an opportunity to join a team of facilitators who teach and inspire through fun? The Department of Engineering Physics at McMaster University is searching for an Instructional Assistant with prior experience in optics/photonics and semiconductor device fabrication. The incumbent will be an important resource for students as this position will support the technical needs of several undergraduate design courses. The incumbent should also have a strong focus on health and safety and be able to take corrective actions to prevent potentially hazardous situations. Instructional Assistants will also be responsible for providing leadership to Teaching Assistants in their labs.

Engineering Physics has teaching labs in the areas of electronics, photonics, nuclear instrumentation, fluidics, semiconductor device fabrication, as well as a final year capstone project. Over time, the successful candidate will have an opportunity to support one or more of these labs.

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 vareity of databse spreadsheets.

Requirements:
Bachelor's degree or College diploma in a relevant field

Requires 3 years of relevant experience.

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