TA356129- Fall 2025-Office of Teaching and Learning Educational Development

Teaching Assistant Work Assignment
Posting Details
Type of Work Assignment and Bargaining Unit: 
GSA-1, Unit 1
Academic Unit: 
Office of Teaching & Learning
Semester(s) of Assignment(s): 
Fall 2025
This Work Assignment(s) may be assigned to fulfill the terms and conditions of a guaranteed Job Security Period: 
N/A
Course Details
Course Number: 
Office of Teaching and Learning
Course Name: 
Educational Development
Course Format: 
Other
Course Description: 
Other
Other Course Description or Assignment Information: 
For this semester, the Graduate Student Educational Developer works to design and deliver instructional programming for Graduate Teaching Assistants at the University of Guelph, under the supervision of an Educational Developer.
Projected Class Enrolment: 
NA
Level of Appointment for GTA, GSA-1 UTA(s)
The following is an estimate of number and levels of available appointments at the time of posting. This may change (increase or decrease) at the time of assignment contingent on departmental needs.
This Posting includes Multiple Work Assignments: 
No
Number of Available 0.25 (35 hour) Work Assignments: 
0
Number of Available 0.5 (70 hour) Work Assignments: 
2
Number of Available 0.75 (105 hour) Work Assignments: 
0
Number of Available Full 1.0 (140 hour) Work Assignments: 
0
Total Number (Load) of Assignment(s) Available: 
2
Duties and Responsibilities
Anticipated Duties and Responsibilities: 
Orientation-Training
Office Hours
Preparation
Student Consultation
Email Correspondence/Monitoring
Meetings
Other Duties (specify below)
Other Duties Described: 
Under the supervision of an Educational Developer, Office of Teaching and Learning, the successful candidate will be responsible for: -Refining the components of the Foundations certificate to launch in the Winter 2026 semester -Developing, co-coordinating, and facilitating or co-facilitating workshops for Graduate Teaching Assistants on the topics of: lesson planning, grading, feedback, facilitating discussions, being an international TA, and other topics to be determined. -Summarizing workshop feedback evaluation forms and providing summary reports to the Office of Teaching and Learning. -Outreach, promotion, and communication with graduate students interested in teaching and learning to notify them of workshops and other relevant programming available through OTL. This may include drafting marketing and promotional materials, responding to and sending e-mails, and attending team meetings. Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act(AODA) Training may be required if not previously completed. If you have not already done so, please upload your certificates of completion to your Profile.eted. If you have not already done so, please upload your certificates of completion to your Profile.
Qualifications
Required Qualifications: 
The Graduate Student Educational Developer position is geared toward graduate students who are interested in teaching and learning in higher education, with a specific focus on graduate student educational development. The ideal candidate will have experience as a Teaching Assistant and an understanding of teaching and learning in higher education. They will also possess: • Highly developed oral and written communication skills • Strong time management and project management skills • Ability to work well independently as well as on a team • Ability to accommodate flexible working hours for different projects • Registered Master’s or PhD student at the University of Guelph until at earliest April 2026 (i.e., is able to commit to the Graduate Student Educational Developer position for at least 1 semester) • Knowledge of and respect for disciplinary and cultural differences in teaching and learning • Demonstrated interest in university teaching • Ability to provide constructive feedback for improvement • Educational leadership experience or experience supporting professional development of other TAs (preferred)
Preferred Qualifications: 
Registered in semester 2 or higher of a PhD program or Masters program. Experience teaching or leading workshops would be preferred but not required. Completion of some programming offered through the Office of Teaching and Learning at the University of Guelph is ideal but not required.
Days Required and Wages
Days and Times Required: 
Must be available for online consultation training -Hours are scheduled weekdays between 9:30 a.m. and 5:30 p.m.
Period of the Work Assignment (Start Date and End Date): 
October 20, 2025 to December 19, 2025
Wage Rate (per hour, per semester, per Full-load 1.0 Work Assignment): 
GSA-1 $49.43/hr; $6,924.98/semester effective 2025/26
Other Posting Information
Application Deadline (All postings will automatically expire at 11:59 pm on this day): 
Thursday, October 16, 2025
Posting Email Contact: 
teaopen@uoguelph.ca
Hiring Contact Information: 
Sara Fulmer

At the University of Guelph, fostering a culture of inclusion is an institutional imperative. The University invites and encourages applications from all qualified individuals, including from groups that are traditionally underrepresented in employment, who may contribute to further diversification of our Institution. For more information, the Office of Diversity and Human Rights (DHR) is a welcoming, safe and confidential one-stop shop for information, training and support on issues relating to diversity and human rights on our campus.

All applicants must be eligible to work in Canada specifically at the University of Guelph before applying for an academic work assignment. All successful applicants must perform their work in Ontario and must be able to attend on-campus in-person meetings as required.

Teaching Assistant work assignments are unionized with CUPE 3913 and their terms and conditions of work are covered by the Unit 1 Collective Agreement between the University and CUPE 3913 (email contact: president@cupe3913.on.ca).

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