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The Department of Academic Affairs is seeking a Teaching Assistant (TA) who must be present and available during the entire course to work alongside the Instructor(s) to help organize the course, give lectures in their areas of expertise, grade assignments, and/or give supplementary instruction, as needed. Knowledge of the Cells to Society and Leadership courses.

Specific Duties & Responsibilities

• The TA must be available to provide extra assistance to individual students as needed.
• The TA will assist in grading homework, quizzes, and exams. The TA will also monitor online discussion boards, engage in regular communication with students, and assist during online synchronous sessions.
• The selected individual(s) will be responsible for preparing the course website before the start of the course.
• The course website will include assignment descriptions and deadlines, grade book calculations, group and class discussion forums, student resources, practice exams, and mid-term course evaluations.
• The TA may also be asked to outline a teaching module for future. This module may include documents for preparing new TAs, troubleshooting tips, and/or information on fostering a productive working relationship with a course Instructor. Other administrative tasks related to the course may also be required.

Minimum Qualifications (Mandatory):

• Bachelor's Degree required.

* Applicants who do not meet the posted requirements but are completing their final academic semester/quarter will be considered eligible for employment and may be asked to provide additional information confirming their academic completion date. 

Preferred Qualifications:

• Master's Degree preferred.

Special Knowledge, Skills & Abilities:

• Knowledge of Course Plus.

Classified Title: Teaching Assistant
Role/Level/Range: ACRO37.5/03/CE 
Starting Salary Range: $20.00 - $28.00/hr (commensurate with experience)
Employee group: Casual / On Call 
Schedule: Casual 
Exempt Status: Non-Exempt 
Location: ​​​​​​​School of Public Health 
Department name: ​​​​​​​Academic Affairs 
Personnel area: School of Public Health

The successful candidate(s) for this position will be subject to a pre-employment background check.

If you are interested in applying for employment with The Johns Hopkins University and require special assistance or accommodation during any part of the pre-employment process, please contact the HR Business Services Office at jhurecruitment@jhu.edu. For TTY users, call via Maryland Relay or dial 711.

Johns Hopkins has mandated COVID-19 and influenza vaccines, as applicable. Exceptions to the COVID and flu vaccine requirements may be provided to individuals for religious beliefs or medical reasons. Requests for an exception must be submitted to the JHU vaccination registry. For additional information, applicants for SOM positions should visit https://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/coronavirus/covid-19-vaccine/ and all other JHU applicants should visit https://covidinfo.jhu.edu/health-safety/covid-vaccination-information/.

The following additional provisions may apply, depending on campus. Your recruiter will advise accordingly.

The pre-employment physical for positions in clinical areas, laboratories, working with research subjects, or involving community contact requires documentation of immune status against Rubella (German measles), Rubeola (Measles), Mumps, Varicella (chickenpox), Hepatitis B and documentation of having received the Tdap (Tetanus, diphtheria, pertussis) vaccination. This may include documentation of having two (2) MMR vaccines; two (2) Varicella vaccines; or antibody status to these diseases from laboratory testing. Blood tests for immunities to these diseases are ordinarily included in the pre-employment physical exam except for those employees who provide results of blood tests or immunization documentation from their own health care providers. Any vaccinations required for these diseases will be given at no cost in our Occupational Health office.

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