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The School of Natural Sciences anticipates hiring teaching fellow for Academic Year 2023-2024, in the Biological Sciences.

The Teaching Fellow is expected to do the following:
• Provide mentorship, support, and teaching professional development for graduate teaching assistants (TAs)
• Improve communication between graduate TAs and instructors of record
• Design and improve curriculum for discussion sections
• Serve as a back-up TA for discussion sections during short-term emergencies.
• Attend weekly mentoring meetings with the instructors of record (IOR)
• Attend weekly instructional team meetings with IORs and TAs
• Prepare and lead weekly TA meetings
• Facilitate active-learning activities during lectures
• Hold weekly office hours for TAs and/or students
• Available to proctor, photocopy, and grade exams
• Conduct peer observations of teaching in discussions

A Teaching Fellow is a registered graduate student in full-time residence who has advanced to candidacy for the doctorate, at least two years of teaching experience (including that of a teaching assistantship) in or outside the University, and under the general supervision of a regular faculty member. Maintenance of a qualifying grade-point average is also required. Must meet all requirements outlined in the UC Merced Graduate Policies and Procedures Handbook and Academic Personnel Manual 410. Must have served as a graduate Teaching Assistant in the biological sciences for least one semester at UC Merced. Preferred candidates will have either taken QSB 201: Teaching and Learning in the Sciences or received other teaching professional development training.

he University of California Teaching Assistants are represented by the UAW-AFL-CIO. https://ucnet.universityofcalifornia.edu/labor/bargaining-units/bx/index.html

As a condition of employment, you will be required to comply with the University of California SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) Vaccination Program Policy: https://policy.ucop.edu/doc/5000695/SARS-CoV-2_Covid-19. All Covered Individuals under the policy must provide proof of Full Vaccination or, if applicable, submit a request for Exception (based on Medical Exemption, Disability, and/or Religious Objection) or Deferral (based on pregnancy) no later than the applicable deadline. The applicable deadline for student employees is the deadline for students. For students starting or returning to campus after Fall 2021, the deadline is the first date of instruction for the term when they first enroll. (Capitalized terms in this paragraph are defined in the policy.)

The University of California is an Equal Employment Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer and invites applications from all qualified applicants, including women, minorities, veterans, and individual with disabilities, who will enrich the teaching, research and public service missions of the university. All qualified applicants will be considered for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, age or protected veteran status. For the complete University of California nondiscrimination and affirmative action policy, see: UC Nondiscrimination & Affirmative Action Policy (https://policy.ucop.edu/doc/4000376/DiscHarassAffirmAction).

The University of California, Merced, is the newest of the University of California system’s 10 campuses. With over 9,000 undergraduate and graduate students (https://www.ucmerced.edu/fast-facts), UC Merced provides outstanding educational opportunities to highly qualified students from the heart of California, the nation, and abroad. The campus has special connections to nearby Yosemite National Park; is on the cutting edge of sustainability in construction and design; and supports the economic development of Central California. The Merced 2020 Project doubled the physical capacity of the campus, and enhanced academic distinction, student success, and research excellence (https://merced2020.ucmerced.edu/).

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