Teaching Assistant in World History

About Sabancı University

Established by Sabancı Foundation in 1994, Sabancı University provides a world class education to its students from undergraduate to doctorate levels. It is distinguished by its educational system which was unique in Turkey when Sabancı University started its educational activities in 1999. It offers freedom to all its students to choose their academic program within the first two years after they are enrolled in the university. Sabancı University is the most entrepreneurial and innovative foundation university in Turkey, according to the University Entrepreneurship and Innovation Index produced by the Ministry of Science, Industry and Technology in 2018. It also ranks first among the universities from Turkey in the Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2020. As a young university with twenty years of history, Sabancı University aspires to become an international reference point for innovation in education and research. 

Overview 

Foundations Development Program is seeking a professional Teaching Assistant for mandatory freshmen course Humanity and Society (SPS 101-102). 

Humanity and Society is a two semester specially designed interdisciplinary world history course given as part of our Foundations Development Program in which active learning techniques and new online teaching technologies are used. 

Appointment and the range of responsibilities will depend on qualifications and intent with the possibility of a renewable contract. 

Qualifications

• A minimum of MA degree in Social Sciences is required, preferably in Political Science, International Relations, History, Sociology, and other related fields. MA students who are in the process of writing their theses are also eligible for application.
• Qualified candidates’ cumulative grade point averages will be taken into consideration to evaluate their performance. Candidates with F (fail) grades in their transcript and/or candidates whose cumulative GPA is less than 3.50 (out of 4.00) will not be considered eligible.
• Qualified candidates’ language scores will be taken into consideration and candidates with the highest scores will be prioritized.
• Qualified candidates’ teaching experience will be taken into consideration. For candidates who have worked as an SPS teaching assistant before, their previous performance evaluations by SPS instructors and their student evaluation results will be taken into consideration.
• Qualified candidates’ compatibility with the respective needs of the SPS courses will be taken into consideration. Here candidates’ past SPS experience (if applicable), coordination and good team work skills, and their potential to contribute to the designed format of the course will be evaluated.

Responsibilities 

The candidate is expected to:

• Attend the weekly SPS lectures and follow the course content 
• Facilitate two discussion sections per week 
• Grade examinations, writing assignments, and discussion section worksheets 
• Provide replacement teaching where necessary 
• Help with exam proctoring during midterm and make-up examinations 
• Attend all training, orientation programs, and meetings designed for SPS teaching assistants.

How to Apply 

The deadline for applications is August 21st 2020, Friday, at 17:00. Qualified candidates are asked to provide a CV, their latest transcript, their student evaluations (if any), and documents about their latest English language proficiency examination. Please attach these documents to your application message. All applications will be evaluated by a committee of SPS instructors after the deadline.

If you are up to the challenge, please send your documents to Arzu Kıran (arzu@sabanciuniv.edu) and Ezgi Uzun (ezgi.uzun@sabanciuniv.edu).