University of Toronto
Department of French
Emergency Job Posting – Teaching Assistant
Winter Term 2025 (January 1 – April 30)
Posted on December 18, 2024
The French Department seeks 2 Teaching Assistants for the following course:
FSL100H1S - Elementary French I
An intensive basic course in spoken and written French for students who have no knowledge of French: comprehension, speaking, reading, and writing.
Minimum Qualifications
Graduate student in French studies. Teaching experience. Fluency in French and English.
Preferred Qualifications
Extensive knowledge of the use of Quercus, specifically test manager and communication tools.
Relevant Criterion
Past teaching experience is the more relevant criterion than the need to acquire experience in respect of
this posted position.
Duties
Preparation, contact hours, marking, conducting tutorials, attending coordinator’s meetings, meeting with course instructor.
Duties of this position shall be performed at the campus on which the position is located. Where the duties are intended to be performed at another location, such other location will be specified in the posting.
Final availability of the position(s) is contingent upon enrolment, budgetary consideration and the determination of appointments as governed by the collective agreement.
Schedule
TUT0201 TU 10-11
TUT0302 WE 9-10
TUT0701 TU 3-4
TUT0802 TU 4-5
TUT0901 WE 1-2
TUT1002 WE 2-3
Hours of work: approx.
90 hours per TA (average of 9 hours per week)
Estimated Course Enrolment:
156 students (26/TUT)
Rate of Pay:
SGS II - $52.97/hour (+ vacation pay)
Application Process
Applicants should submit a cover letter addressed to Professor Michaël Friesner, Associate Chair, Undergraduate Studies, and a current curriculum vitae by January 5, 2025. Applications should be sent to: Applications should be sent to: M. Phonsavatdy, Undergraduate Counsellor and Administrative Assistant.
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The hiring criteria for Course Instructors positions are academic qualifications, the need to acquire experience, previous teaching experience and previous satisfactory employment under the provisions of this Collective Agreement.
The University of Toronto is strongly committed to diversity within its community and especially welcomes applications from racialized persons / persons of colour, women, Indigenous / Aboriginal People of North America, persons with disabilities, LGBTQ2S+ persons, and others who may contribute to the further diversification of ideas.
Candidates who are members of Indigenous, Black, racialized and LGBTQ2S+ communities, persons with disabilities, and other equity seeking groups are encouraged to apply, and their lived experience shall be taken into consideration as applicable to the position.
This job is posted in accordance with the CUPE 3902 Unit 1 Collective Agreement.
The position(s) posted above is (are) tentative, pending final course determinations and enrolments.
Positions posted here are open to Graduate Students in the School of Graduate Studies, Postdoctoral Fellows and Undergraduate Students in the University of Toronto.