Prior Teaching Experience:
Min 2 successful experiences as a TA or instructor in this or similar course, including seminar/tutorial design/delivery
Specific Preferred competence, capability, skill and ability related to course content:
The ideal candidate will have:
1. Significant experience (>4) as a TA or instructor in interdisciplinary engineering courses (e.g., this course, interdisciplinary design courses, etc.). Note: natural science courses, math courses, or disciplinary courses taken by a breadth of engineering students do not constitute an interdisciplinary engineering course for the purposes of this experience measure (e.g., an introductory circuits course taken by many engineering disciplines does not meet this criteria)
2. Recent (within 5 years) awards/recognition for teaching quality (including awards for TA quality)
3. Recent (within 5 years) completion of courses/workshops or other professional development regarding teaching practice
4. Engagement with teaching practice through non-traditional measures (e.g., as a peer helper or equivalent, as a formal/paid tutor, etc.).
The ideal candidate will be extremely familiar with:
1. Systems thinking approaches to teaching and learning and to engineering
2. Evidence-based teaching methods, especially those that build problem solving skills
3. Active learning techniques, with willingness to apply them to large (>150) classes
4. Design and grading of open-ended exam and assessment questions.
The ideal candidate will have outstanding oral communication skills, particularly with respect to engaging with complex or threshold concepts