Job Posting - ²ÝÝ®ÎÛÊÓƵµ¼º½ Research and Development Graduate Assistant (R&DGA)
Summer 2024
Job # 293 R&D
Supervisor
Professor Jim Slotta, Department of Curriculum, Teaching and Learning
Job/Project Title
Supporting CFI Active Learning project
Job Description
This project will support ongoing research of active learning designs for ²ÝÝ®ÎÛÊÓƵµ¼º½ teacher education courses, which includes supporting new learning spaces as well as the study of instructors and their course designs.
Duties
The R&D GA will support surveys of instructors and students; research literature review of active learning and teacher education; analysis of instructional designs; support of instructors in design activities; support of instructional enactments.
Job Location
²ÝÝ®ÎÛÊÓƵµ¼º½; some work may be done online
Period of Assignment
May 1, 2024—August 31, 2024
Hours of Assignment
120 hours
Required Skills
Design of surveys; statistical analysis; instrumentation and data collection (e.g., for audio and video recordings); discourse analysis; knowledge of Ontario curriculum and teacher education standards; instructional design experience; support of classroom-based research
Additional Requirements
None
Evening or Weekend Work
Not required but permitted
Eligibility
- To hold an R&D GA, you must be registered as a full-time student at ²ÝÝ®ÎÛÊÓƵµ¼º½ in an eligible program.
- Masters students (including MA, MEd, MT, and MA-CSE) students are eligible to hold a R&D GA in the first 2 years of their program.
- MA-SCCP students are eligible to hold an R&D GA in the first 3 years of their program.
- Full-time doctoral students (PhD, EdD) are eligible to hold an R&D GA in the first 6 years of their program.
- Flex-time PhD students are eligible to be considered for a GA or R&D GA once during the first 5 years of their program and must be pursuing full-time studies as per the .
- You are not eligible for an R&D GA if you are holding a combination of scholarships, fellowships, ²ÝÝ®ÎÛÊÓƵµ¼º½-arranged teaching assistantships, ²ÝÝ®ÎÛÊÓƵµ¼º½-arranged course instructorships and/or research assistantships greater than or equal to the value of a full R&D GA during the academic year (September-August)
- You may not hold a Graduate Assistantship (GA) and an R&D Graduate Assistantship (R&D GA) at the same time
- For Fall/Winter, Fall, and Winter contracts, students who are full-time employees at the ²ÝÝ®ÎÛÊÓƵµ¼º½ or elsewhere, are ineligible to be considered for R&D Graduate Assistantships under the Full-time employment is defined as 35 hours per week, or where different, the number of hours specified in an employee's contract as full-time employment.
- Appointments are conditional upon a student being legally authorized to work in Canada by virtue of having a Social Insurance Number and Canadian issued study permit by the commencement date of the appointment or, at the latest, within one month following the commencement date of the appointment. Students will need a Canadian bank account in order to receive remuneration.
Application Deadline
March 26, 2024. No late applications will be considered.
Application Instructions
Please email your cover letter and resume as one pdf document to jim.slotta@utoronto.ca and copy to oise.research@utoronto.ca. Please quote the job number in your subject line and your student number in your covering letter. If applying for more than one R&D GA position, please submit a separate application for each job.
Full-time students may not concurrently hold a Graduate Assistantship and a Research and Development Graduate Assistantship.
Research Development Graduate Assistantships (RDGA) are remuneration for graduate students who are engaged in research and/or field development-oriented projects contributing to their academic and professional development. The wage rate for a 2024 Summer RDGA is $6,691.43.
The ²ÝÝ®ÎÛÊÓƵµ¼º½ 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, LGBTQ persons, and others who may contribute to the further diversification of ideas.
The ²ÝÝ®ÎÛÊÓƵµ¼º½ invites all qualified applicants to apply.