Teaching Assistnat - Program on the Environment

Teaching Assistant - Program on the Environment
Search Req# 41663 for full listing

PoE consists of a Director, an Associate Director, an Undergraduate Program Coordinator, an Undergraduate Adviser, a Graduate Program Coordinator and a Program Operations Specialist. PoE is overseen by an Advisory Board consisting of faculty, staff, and students representing a wide range of departments, colleges, and service units from all three UW campuses. Administratively, PoE is a unit that reports to the Council of Environmental Deans representing the Evans School of Public Affairs and the Colleges of Architecture & Urban Planning, Arts & Sciences, Engineering, Forest Resources, and Ocean and Fishery Sciences.

We have an opening for a part-time (50% FTE) temporary (March 16 – June 15, 2008) Teaching Assistantship will be available for ENVIR 503/PBAF 597: Role of Scientific Information in Environmental Decision Making during Spring Quarter 2008.

TA responsibilities include:
TAs at 50% FTE should expect to average approximately 20 hours/week throughout the appointment period, with a total of 220 hours expected for the quarter. Spring appointments run from March 16th - June 15th, although if course responsibilities extend after the 15th, TAs should expect to participate (i.e., grading final projects and exams).

• Attend lectures
• Hold extra review sessions for exams
• Hold regular office hours 1-2 hrs/wk
• Tutor students
• Manage and respond to course-related e-mail
• Prepare webpage for course materials
• Maintain (update) webpage for course materials
• Place course materials on library reserve
• Attend instructor/TA meetings
• Maintain grading records
• Grade homework assignments

Closes on: 3/5/08

Teaching Assistant - Zoology 430

Teaching Assistant: Zoology 430 - Marine Zoology
Search Req# 41579 for the full listing

Friday Harbor Laboratories, located in Friday Harbor, WA, seeks a Predoctoral Teaching Assistant at UW-Friday Harbor Laboratories. This position will assist faculty in presenting Zoology 430: Marine Zoology at UW-Friday Harbor Labs during spring quarter 2008 and will also assist with the full gamut of preparatory activities and clean-up required by faculty, including laboratory and lecture preparations.

Requirements:

Must be enrolled full-time as a graduate student with good academic standing in home department during the academic year.

Strong academic background in marine sedimentary processes.

Closes on: 3/4/08

Teaching Assistant - Biology 445

Teaching Assistant: Biology 445: Marine Botany
Search Req# 41580 for the full listing

Friday Harbor Laboratories, located in Friday Harbor, WA, seeks a Predoctoral Teaching Assistant at UW-Friday Harbor Laboratories.
This position will assist faculty in presenting Biology 445: Marine Botany at UW-Friday Harbor Labs during spring quarter 2008 and will also assist with the full gamut of preparatory activities and clean-up required by faculty, including laboratory and lecture preparations.


Requirements:

• Must be enrolled full-time as a graduate student with good academic standing in home department during the academic year.
• Strong academic background in marine sedimentary processes.

Closes on: 3/4/08

Teaching Assistant - Quantitative Science 483

Teaching Assistant: Q Sci 483 (Spring 2008)
Search Req# 41507 for the full listing

The Center for Quantitative Science, administered by the College of Ocean and Fishery Sciences and the College of Forest Resources, has a part-time (50% FTE), temporary (Spring quarter 2008) Teaching Assistant opportunity available for Spring quarter 2008. We are advertising for a TA for Q Sci 483--Statistical Inference in Applied Research II: Regression Analysis for Ecologists and Resource Managers. The instructor will be Professor John Skalski.

The expected responsibilities of the TA are as follows:

• TAs at 50% FTE should expect to average approximately 20 hours/week, 220 hours for the quarter. Winter appointments run March 16 – June 15, 2008.
• Grade weekly homework
• Keep office hours
• Grade two or three exams
• Participate in the computer lab sessions and prepare labs by setting up data sets and software prior to class

Closes: 3/4/08

Research Assistant - Friday Harbor Laboratories

RESEARCH ASSISTANT - Friday Harbor Laboratories
Search for Req# 41521

Friday Harbor Laboratories, located in Friday Harbor, WA, seeks a Predoctoral Research Assistant to assist faculty in presenting research apprenticeship "Marine Sedimentary Processes" during spring quarter 2008. This person will also assist with the full gamut of preparatory activities and clean-up required by faculty, including laboratory and lecture preparations.

Requirements:

• Must be enrolled full-time as a graduate student with good academic standing in her/his home department during the academic year.
• Strong academic background in marine sedimentary processes.

Closes: 03/04/2008

Grans$ for Lunch: K08 & K23 Awards

Grant$ for Lunch: K08 & K23 Awards

March 12, 2008
Noon to 1:00 p.m
South Campus Center, Room 316L

NIH offers numerous career development grants, the K series. The popular K08 and K23 awards are intended for persons with a medical degree (MD or clinically-oriented PhD) who seek to become independent investigators doing laboratory or patient-oriented research.

Come to the next G$FL offered by the Research Funding Service to learn more about these two popular career grants.

No registration necessary.

Teaching Assistantship - Survey Research in Health Sciences

TA for 20 hours per week to assist with a graduate level Survey Research course. In past years about half of the students have been doctoral students from the health sciences, and the others have been from forestry, fisheries, IT, SW and social sciences.

The course meets MW 10-11:50 in CC408, in Health Sciences on the Seattle Campus. The TA would be expected to: 1. Attend all class sessions 2. Aid in designing and preparing course materials (all materials are placed on the web) 3. Participate and lead in-class discussions and small group sessions 4. Assist students in crafting survey proposals 5. Critique student's written work, eg letters of introduction, consent forms, questionnaires, sampling plans and plans of analysis 6. Lecture in some sessions (optional)

Experience with quantitative survey research is required and previous coursework in the topic is desirable. In addition, candidates should be familiar with survey design, methods minimizing survey errors, sampling techniques, and data analysis. Applicants must be currently registered students. This is a union position and stipend is dependent on educational level.

Please email CV and statement stating survey experience to: Diane P. Martin, PhD

Mailing Address:
Professor Director of Doctoral Programs
Box 357660
Dept. of Health Services
University of Washington
Seattle, WA 98195
phone: 206-616-2987 fax: 206-543-3964 email: dianemar@u.washington.edu

Deadline for applications is February 15, 2008.

Teaching Assistantships - 4 Positions - American Ethnic Studies

Teaching Assistantships - Department of Ethnic Studies
Search for Req# 41349

The Department of American Ethnic Studies at the University of Washington is a multicultural and multiracial research and teaching unit, dedicated to providing knowledge in the study of race and ethnicity. Through the department's three curricula -- African American Studies, Asian/Pacific American Studies, and Chicano Studies -- students learn interdisciplinary, ethnic-specific, and comparative concepts, theories, and methods of inquiry, which shape the cultural, literary, social, historical, economic, and political character of selected American ethnic communities. We have outstanding opportunities for four (4) Graduate Teaching Assistants (TA) for the 2008/2009 academic year.

Closes on 2/29/08

The School of Aquatic and Fishery Sciences anticipates an opening for a part-time (50% FTE) temporary (March 16 – June 15, 2008) Teaching Assistantship
Search for Req # 41563

Course Number and Name: FISH/ENVIR 330 Climate Change Impacts on Marine Ecosystems Quarter Offered: Spring 2008
Instructor: Dr. Nathan Mantua
Days and times of lectures and discussion sections:
*Lecture: MWF 10:30 – 11:20am
*Discussion Sections: M 2 - 4:50; T 8:30 -11:20 and T 2 - 4:50

Closes on 2/28/08

Teaching Assistantshpi - School of Aquatic and Fishery Sciences

The School of Aquatic and Fishery Sciences anticipates 1 – 2 part-time (50% FTE) temporary Teaching Assistantship(s) will be available in the following course for Spring 2008:
Search for Req # 41120

Course Number and Name: FISH/BIOL 340 Introduction to Molecular Ecology and Genetics
Quarter Offered: Spring 2008
Instructor: Dr. Lorenz Hauser
Days and times of lectures/labs:
*Lecture: T/Th 10:30 – 11:50am
*Lab: Th or F, 2-4:50pm Course Website: Fish 340.

Closes on 2/24/08

Center for Instructional Development and Research (CIDR) - Instructional Consultant

Graduate Student Instructional Consultant position (Staff Associate I or II), from March 16, 2008, to September 15, 12008
Search for Req # 41346

General Duties and Description: Under general supervision of the Associate Director, this person will perform a variety of consulting-related assignments for the Center for Instructional Development and Research (CIDR), including: consulting individually with UW instructors, working in departments to provide services for instructional development, supporting CIDR’s campus-wide efforts to improve teaching and learning, completing special projects as appropriate, and collaborating with other CIDR staff in thinking strategically about the ongoing delivery, analysis and assessment of services.

Closes 2/24/08

Computing Workshop Curriculum Coordinator - Office of Learning & Scholarly Technologies

Computing Workshop Curriculum Coordinator - Office of Learning & Scholarly Technologies
Search for Req# 41344

The Office of Learning & Scholarly Technologies is seeking a graduate student to serve as a Computing Workshop Curriculum Coordinator. The successful candidate will be responsible for writing, editing, and publishing UW Catalysts computing workshop curriculum and online how-to guides, as well as other technical communication projects as needed. For more information on Catalyst's computing workshop curriculum and online how-to guides, please see http://catalyst.washington.edu/help/index.html.

Closes on 2/21/08

Huckabay Teaching Fellowships Info Session

Information Session - Huckabay Teaching Fellowship

Students interested in applying for the Huckabay Teaching Fellowship:
There will be an information session on
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 2008; 3:30-4:45 p.m. in HUB 209A

The Graduate School is pleased to announce the availability of Huckabay Teaching Fellowships for the 2008-2009 academic year. Applications are due in the Graduate School by March 31, 2008. Fellows will be supported for one quarter at a compensation level equal to the amount paid to a Predoctoral Teaching Associate II (at the regular salary level), plus tuition (an amount up to the level of resident tuition in a state-funded graduate program will be provided) and ASE health insurance. These one-quarter awards are intended to give graduate students an opportunity to work on a specific project focused on teaching and learning at the college and university level. Projects are to be proposed by students, who will find faculty Teaching Mentors, either from UW or from a nearby community college, college, or university to collaborate with them in their projects.

Fritz Fellowship

UW Graduate School 2008-09 Chester Fritz Fellowship for International Study and Exchanges

For 2008-09 the Graduate School will award several grants from the Chester Fritz endowment to support the international study or research by UW graduate students in the social sciences and humanities. These grants are available to fund research and/or study periods of three months. The stipend will be equivalent to the stipend of a Predoc Teaching Associate II, currently, $1676 per month, and include paid health insurance and UW tuition. No extra money is included for airfare. At the end of the study/research period, students will provide the UW with a written summary and evaluation of their experiences.

NIH K Award Grant Writing Workshop

Research Funding Service is offering a grant writing workshop on February 14th from 7:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. at the Children's Hospital & Regional Medical Center (CHRMC) campus.

This workshop is targeted toward medical residents or fellows as well as Ph.D. postdoctoral fellows who are planning to write an NIH career development grant (K series), such as K01, K08, or K23. In this workshop, we will review a funded NIH K award, critiquing both the research plan and the career development plan.

To register for this workshop, please follow the link to the RFS website:
http://healthlinks.washington.edu/rfs/gw/index.html.

Once you register, you will receive a confirmation along with the room location.

For questions, please email rfs@u.washington.edu or call 206.685.8036. Workshops are open to current faculty, staff, and students.