[CW-Grad] Job opportunities for soon-to-be 3rd-years

[Andrea Gutierrez]

I thought I'd pass this on to the benefit of current second-year students
with TA experience who are returning next year. I emailed the contact person
and she said that MFA students, in addition to PhD candidates (as listed in
the announcement), are welcome to apply.

Andrea

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JOB OPPORTUNITIES FOR GRADUATE STUDENTS

UCR's Graduate Dean is hiring six Graduate Student Coordinators to lead
Graduate Division's new program for Graduate Professional Education and
Placement (Grad PREP).

Positions Available (detailed descriptions below):

o    Graduate Student Resource Center (GSRC) Coordinator
o    Graduate Writing Center Coordinator
o    University Teaching Certificate Program Coordinator
o    English Language Development Program Coordinator
o    One-to-One TA Mentor Program Coordinator
o    TA Development Program (TADP) Coordinator


Qualifications:

o    PhD student in good standing in any UCR graduate program
o    Personable, motivated, self-directed
o    Interested in helping others succeed in graduate school.
o    Strong TA evaluations
o    Ability to work with a team


Benefits:

o    $25.00 per hour (20 hours per week beginning September 1, 2011)
o    Partial fee remission and GSHIP (comparable to standard TA benefit
package)
o    Excellent experience for the academic job market


To Apply:

Please email the following as attachments to Dr. Kim Palmore
kim.palmore at ucr.edu before Monday, May 2, 2011.

o    A cover letter describing your qualifications and how you can
contribute to GSRC.
o    A current C.V.
o    Copies of ALL of your TA evaluations (downloaded as PDF from iEval)
o    Two faculty letters of recommendation (sent directly from the faculty)
o    Other supporting documentation relevant to the position(s) you seek.

Available Positions:
Graduate Student Resource Center (GSRC) Coordinator
Will assist in coordinating the several programs of the new Graduate
Resource Center. Responsibilities will include developing a graduate student
information center, creating networks between the several parts of GRSC,
GSRC calendar management, organizing support teams, website management,
coordinating new-student orientation and OTA (Outstanding Teaching
Assistant) Award Ceremony, problem solving, record keeping, and other
general office responsibilities.

Graduate Writing Center Coordinator
Will establish and operate a Writing Center for Graduate Students.
Responsibilities will include developing and running workshops (e.g.,
dissertation writing, job and post-doc applications, exam organization,
seminar paper writing, publishing strategies) that will serve the graduate
population across the University, holding general office hours for both
appointment and drop-in students, record keeping, and other support duties
for GSRC.

University Teaching Certificate Program Coordinator
Will organize and supervise a lecture/workshop series to facilitate the
advanced training of TAs. Responsibilities will include curriculum
development, speaker recruitment, student application management, completion
requirements, record keeping, and other support duties for GSRC.

English Language Development Program Coordinator
Will develop, organize, and lead programs to enhance language skills in
second language speakers. Responsibilities will include managing and
maintaining language lab space and computers, hosting a language lounge for
face-to-face speaking practice, running workshops designed to improve
communication in the classroom through both improved language and teaching
skills, record keeping, and other support duties for GSRC.

One-to-One TA Mentor Program Coordinator
Will mentor individually those TAs who score below 4.0 in overall
effectiveness on teaching evaluations. Responsibilities will include
evaluation assessment, meeting with TAs, classroom visits for assessment,
writing plans for skill development and implementation, developing and
organizing a classroom training system, follow up, record keeping, and other
support duties for GSRC.

TA Development Program (TADP) Coordinator
Will train new and underperforming TAs in orientation and other
workshop-style sessions. Responsibilities will include assisting in both
new-student orientation and outstanding TA ceremony, developing and hosting
workshops in areas of instruction, organization and knowledge, rapport and
diversity, organizing campus-wide syllabus and assignment library; creating
new programs for TA skill development; website management, record keeping,
and other support duties for GSRC.

Graduate Division will contact applicants for interviews shortly after the
application deadline.  If you have any questions, please call (951)
827-6113.

--
"There came a time when the risk to remain tight in the bud was more painful
than the risk it took to blossom."
- Anaïs Nin
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