Instructional Student Assistant Pool in Department of Geology; Academic Year 25

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Work type: Instructional Student Assistant
Location: Humboldt
Categories: Unit 11 - UAW - California Alliance of Academic Student Workers, Temporary, Time Varies

Vacancy Announcement

Position Type: Instructional Student Assistant

Term of Appointment
:
Academic Year 2025/2026 (Fall or Spring, or both)

Hours of Appointment: up to 20 hours per week

Pay Rate: $17.86/hour

Positions Available: Multiple

Department: Geology

Under supervision, Instructional Student Assistants (ISAs) in this classification perform teaching, grading and/or tutoring duties for the majority of work hours in a given appointment in a given academic department or equivalent administrative unit over the course of an academic term. The work may be performed on-campus or at an off-campus public agency or private non-profit organization under an agreement with a campus in the CSU system.

Students applying for ISA positions must be admitted or registered as a CSU student. Academic Student Employees may not concurrently hold a faculty or staff position. Students with assignments in more than one student classification (i.e., Teaching Associate, Graduate Assistant, and Student Assistant) are restricted to working a maximum of 20 hours per week during the academic year and up to full-time during academic break periods.

The 20 hour per week maximum includes hours worked in all positions.

Provide Geology faculty with grading and tutoring assistance for undergraduate level Geology and/or Geoscience courses. Course assignments may include: GEOL 106 “Earthquake Country”; GEOL 109 “General Geology”; GEOL 303 “Earth Resources and Environmental Change”; GEOL 306 “General Geomorphology”; GEOL 308 “Natural Disasters”; “GEOL 312 “Earth Materials”; GEOL 332 “Sedimentology”; GEOL 335 “Geologic Field Methods”; or another upper/lower division course as determined by the the department.

Other duties may include assisting instructors during exams (proctoring) or assisting the instructor during field trips.

Assist geology faculty and staff with the teaching and organizing of "GEOL 475 Geology Field Camp", a four-week long immersive and experiential geologic mapping class where faculty, staff, and students camp, cook, and work together in a remote setting during May and June 2026.

Duties include but are not limited to:

(1) Teaching geologic field methods, including how to measure strike and dip of bedding, how to map bedrock and surficial deposits on topographic maps and aerial photos, how to measure stratigraphy and develop strati graphic columns, and how to construct geologic cross-sections;

(2) Modeling and monitoring a safe, inclusive, and positive working environment while in camp, vehicles, and in the field, including healthy hygiene practices and COVID
19 precautionary behaviors (social distancing/masking/hand washing) as well as accident prevention in the field;

(3) Safely driving state vehicles with student passengers (must pass a DMV check and Defensive Driving training);

(4) Assist with camp operations, including assembly of study tents, some assistance with cooking and dish washing, and periodic assistance with driving vehicles for drinking water, grocery runs, and emergencies.

Knowledge and Abilities:
Instructional Student Assistants must possess the ability to learn and perform assigned work; work cooperatively with faculty, staff, and other students; and accept responsibility. Completion of specific coursework may be required in order to teach, grade or tutor a course.

Special

Qualifications:

Admission or registration as an Humboldt student is required. On-Campus or Off-Campus Work-Study Instructional Student Assistants must meet the eligibility requirements of the Federal Work-Study Program, as determined by the campus' financial aid office.

Note:

Exceptions to the minimum eligibility qualifications may be granted at the sole discretion of Cal…