The School of Journalism, Writing and Media is hiring two part-time Undergraduate Academic Assistant (UAA) positions to assist with the implementation of a Teaching and Learning Enhancement Grant titled “Cultivating Inclusive Writing Instruction: Planting Seeds Across the Curriculum”. The UAAs will work with project team members in the development of accessible teaching and research materials related to the key characteristics of inclusive writing instruction.
The UAAs will report to the TLEF principal applicant Dr. Laila Ferreira, assistant professor of teaching in the UBC School of Journalism, Writing, and Media (JWAM).
Duration: Monday, May 13-August 17th
Hours: 42 (3 hours week avg.)
Rate: $28.19
Duties will include:
- Attending meetings and workshops.
- Using Canvas as a teaching and learning tool.
- Developing power point presentations.
- Searching for sources using the UBC library database.
- Writing summaries of scholarly articles and books.
- Assisting with creating learning activities, assessments, and workshop materials according to the principles of universal design for learning.
- Assisting with the design of quantitative and qualitative questions for surveys, focus groups and interviews.
- Working with the software Qualtrics.
- Organizing survey and interview data using Excel
- Other duties as required