Teaching Associate, Biology Department, Fall 2026 - Spring 2027

Teaching Associate, Biology Department, Fall 2026 - Spring 2027

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Work type: Teaching Associate
Location: San Francisco
Categories: Unit 11 - UAW
- California Alliance of Academic Student Workers, Temporary, Part Time, Faculty
- Natural Sciences, On-site (work in-person at business location)

College name:
College of Science & Engineering

Work Type:
Teaching
Associate

Appointment:
Contingent to Assigned Class(es), up to .
50 (20 hrs./week)

Unit 11 - UAW - California Alliance of Academic Student Workers, Temporary, Part Time, Student Services, On-site (work in-person at business location)

DUTIES OF THE POSITION

Duties and responsibilities typically involve providing classroom and/or laboratory instructions, making assignments to students, preparing materials, administering examinations, assessing student performance, assist students during office hours, tutoring students, and determining grades, assisting with field work as necessary, and other work as assigned.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS
Knowledge of the subject matter of the discipline to which the individual is assigned. Ability to relate well to others within the academic environment and ability to instruct and evaluate students. Evidence of satisfactory achievement in previous academic work. Education equivalent to or completion of the requirements for a bachelor’s degree and concurrent admission to or enrollment in a graduate degree program of the University that is related to the discipline to which the individual is assigned.
Specifically, this means that the student must be in a graduate degree program in the same department in which the Teaching Associate assignment will be made.

NOTE:

Exceptions to the minimum eligibility qualifications may be granted at the sole discretion of the University.

HIRING CRITERIA

SPECIFIC QUALIFICATIONS FOR THE BIOLOGY GTA POSITION
As teachers, Graduate Teaching Associates are in a position of leadership and responsibility. They must maintain the following leadership skills, which hiring officials will be looking for in applicants:

• Model academic skills/behavior
• Maturity, reliability, and dependability
• Promptness and efficiency in maintaining a regular schedule of classes, assignments, and grading
• Excellent interpersonal skills
• Effective communication
• A collaborative, community-minded attitude
• A sense of responsibility to others in your community (undergraduate students; faculty mentors and supervisors; the University)
• An ability to manage group dynamics
• Flexibility and creativity in live discussion settings
• Powers of listening
• A desire to help others
• Patience and empathy

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

SFSU is a major public urban university, situated in one of the world’s great cities. Building on a century-long history of commitment to quality teaching and broad access to undergraduate and graduate education, the university offers comprehensive, rigorous, and integrated academic programs that require students to engage in open-minded inquiry and reflection. SFSU prepares its students to become productive, ethical, active citizens with a global perspective.

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