Job Description

We are seeking a Teaching Assistant for assigned course(s), facilitating communication between and providing course support to students and faculty.

Specific Duties & Responsibilities

• Responds to student inquiries through TA office hours, synchronous sessions with instructor, or other forms of communication.
• Assists with discussion forums by facilitating and contributing to discussion to promote student engagement.
• Promotes communication between faculty and students by communicating to faculty when there is a problem or concern, or need for clarification on course material.
• Provides support to faculty by collecting and reviewing the format of written assignments (such as APA formatting).
• Communicates regularly with the course faculty.
• Works under the direction of a faculty member.

Special Knowledge, Skills, & Abilities

• Strong verbal and written communication skills.
• Strong interpersonal skills, with the ability to work with diverse populations.
• High level of comfort with technology and the online course format.
• Strong knowledge of content area for specific courses.
• Strong knowledge of research methodology, learning sciences, learning theory, or other theories of learning.

• Bachelor?s Degree.
• Prior teaching experience in the relevant course content area.

• Master?s Degree in education or related field preferred.

Classified Title: Teaching Assistant 
Role/Level/Range: ACRO37.5/03/CE  
Starting Salary Range: $19.75 - $35.35 HRLY ($20.00 HRLY targeted; Commensurate with experience) 
Employee group: Casual / On Call 
Schedule: Monday - Sunday 
Exempt Status: Non-Exempt 
Location: Homewood Campus 
Department name: ???????Counseling 
Personnel area: School of Education 

About Johns Hopkins University

Johns Hopkins University remains committed to its founding principle, that education for all students should be grounded in exploration and discovery. Hopkins students are challenged not just to learn but also to advance learning itself. Critical thinking, problem solving, creativity, and entrepreneurship are all encouraged and nourished in this unique educational environment. After more than 130 years, Johns Hopkins remains a world leader in both teaching and research. Faculty members and their research colleagues at the university's Applied Physics Laboratory have each year since 1979 won Johns Hopkins more federal research and development funding than any other university. The university has nine academic divisions and campuses throughout the Baltimore-Washington area. The Krieger School of Arts and Sciences, the Whiting School of Engineering, the School of Education and the Carey Business School are based at the Homewood campus in northern Baltimore. The schools of Medicine, Public Health, and Nursing share a campus in east Baltimore with The Johns Hopkins Hospital. The Peabody Institute, a leading professional school of music, is located on Mount Vernon Place in downtown Bal ... timore. The Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies is located in Washington's Dupont Circle area.

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