CAT Graduate Educational Developer
Job Announcement
Position Overview
The UCLA Center for the Advancement of Teaching seeks graduate students with an interest in teaching and learning to join our team as one of four (4) Graduate Educational Developers starting in Summer 2022. These positions offer a unique professional development opportunity to support other graduate students with their pedagogical development as teaching assistants and instructors. Successful candidates will contribute to the delivery of our Foundations of Teaching workshop series as well as the design and facilitation of other graduate student teaching and learning programs. CAT is seeking students with teaching and/or training expertise in the following four areas: Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences, STEM, Writing Pedagogy, and Graduate Professional Development.
Each position is a 25% or 50% ASE role at either the Teaching Associate or Fellow level, depending on candidate availability and quarterly workload. We would ideally like to hire candidates who can continue the position through fall, winter and spring quarters of the 22-23 academic year (with the exception of the Writing Pedagogy position which is for summer 2022 only). All Graduate Educational Developers will participate in training and receive support from CAT’s Assistant Director of Graduate Student Teaching and Learning and other members of the CAT team, as needed. Graduate Educational Developers will also meet regularly as a team to support each other’s work and learn from others' experience in the role.
Responsibilities
Each Graduate Educational Developer will facilitate workshops for fellow graduate students in their area of expertise. Please see below for details for each position:
Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences
- Facilitate workshops on pedagogical best practices in humanities, social sciences and the arts during annual TA Conference and during academic year
- Serves as co-TAC for CAT general 495 course
- Support the design of new programming for graduate student teaching and learning
- Provide humanities, social science, and arts pedagogy support for graduate students via office hours and/or consultations
STEM
- Facilitate workshops on pedagogical best practices in STEM disciplines during annual TA Conference and during academic year
- Serves as co-TAC for CAT general 495 course
- Support the design of new programming for graduate student teaching and learning
- Provide STEM pedagogy support for graduate students via office hours and/or consultations
Graduate Professional Development
- Facilitate professional development workshops during annual TA Conference and during academic year
- Support the creation of new workshops and resources for graduate student professional development focused on teaching and learning
- Collaborate with other teaching and learning centers across campus to facilitate campus-wide pedagogical professional development for graduate students
- Provide consultations on materials related to the academic job hunt (teaching statements, etc.)
Writing Pedagogy (Available in Summer 2022 only)
- Facilitate workshops on writing pedagogy during annual TA Conference
- Conduct curricular audit of current writing-focused workshops
- Create writing pedagogy resources for the TA/graduate student community
- Provide writing pedagogy support for graduate students via office hours and/or consultations
Knowledge, Skills and Abilities
- Demonstrated interest and experience in university teaching and learning
- Experience with facilitating active and collaborative learning in a university setting
- Experience or training in equitable and inclusive teaching
- Eligible to be appointed at the Teaching Associate or Teaching Fellow level
- Enrollment or completion of CAT’s Foundations of Teaching series (preferred)
How to Apply
Please submit (1) a cover letter addressing why you would be a good fit for the position, and (2) an updated CV that details your teaching, presentation, and/or facilitation experience, including TA positions and any pedagogical training you’ve completed, via our online application form, below. Deadline to apply is Friday, April 22nd.
The Center for the Advancement of Teaching works to foster inclusion, innovation, and pedagogical growth in the UCLA teaching community in order to transform teaching and create meaningful student learning experiences. Poor instructional practices disproportionately hurt students in our community who have been historically marginalized within higher education, including people of color, LGBTQIA+ students, and students with disabilities. We believe these communities must be centered in the work that we do and encourage applicants those holding these or other historically marginalized identities to apply.
Questions? Please feel free to reach out to Alison Fedyna at tatp@teaching.ucla.edu.