Sessional Lecturer – ESS465H1S Topics in Critical Zone Processes

Date Posted: 09/25/2024

Req ID: 39868

Faculty/Division: Faculty of Arts & Science

Department: Department of Earth Sciences

Campus: St. George (Downtown Toronto)

Description: Sessional Lecturer – ESS465H1S – Topics in Critical Zone Processes

Course Number and Title: ESS465H1S – Topics in Critical Zone Processes

Course description: An in-depth look at a significant aspect of the Earth system. The “critical zone” — defined as the outer layer reaching from the treetops into the weathered bedrock where rock, water, air and life interact — is crucial to life and habitats, food production, water quality, and regulating climate. Topics will vary depending on instructor expertise, who may focus on biosphere-atmosphere interactions, or microbiologically driven cycling of energy and matter in the subsurface. Emphasis will be placed on approaches to quantitatively model interactions and reading of primary scientific literature. Distribution Requirements: Science; Breadth Requirements: The Physical and Mathematical Universes (5)

Estimated course enrollment: 10

Estimated TA support: 50 hours

Schedule: Lectures Tuesday 2-4, January 8 to April 5, 2025

Sessional dates: January 1, 2025 to April 30, 2025

Please note: This position includes the completion of any course work and grading not completed by April 5, 2025.

Salary

Sessional Lecturer I: $9,457.90

Sessional Lecturer I, Long Term: $9,930.79

Sessional Lecturer II: $10,121.77

Sessional Lecturer II Long Term: $10,326.62

Sessional Lecturer III: $10,362.76

Sessional Lecturer III Long Term: $10,570.02

Please note that should rates stipulated in the collective agreement vary from rates stated in this posting, the rates stated in the collective agreement shall prevail.

Minimum Qualifications: A Ph.D. degree in Earth Sciences.

Preferred Qualifications: Previous teaching experience geosciences at the university level will be an asset.

Description of duties: Planning and delivering lectures; planning labs: developing and administering grading, course assignments, tests, and exams; supervising TA’s; and providing scheduled office hours for academic counselling of students.

To apply for this position, applicants should submit a cover letter, C.V. (including previous teaching evaluations (if applicable), one letter of reference and the CUPE 3902 Unit 3 application form: https://uoft.me/CUPE-3902-Unit-3-Application-Form

to Silvanna Papaleo, Business Officer, e-mail:[email protected]

Closing Date: 10/16/2024, 11:59PM EDT

This job is posted in accordance with the CUPE 3902 Unit 3 Collective Agreement. 

It is understood that some announcements of vacancies are tentative, pending final course determinations and enrolment. Should rates stipulated in the collective agreement vary from rates stated in this posting, the rates stated in the collective agreement shall prevail. 

Preference in hiring is given to qualified individuals advanced to the rank of Sessional Lecturer II or Sessional Lecturer III in accordance with Article 14:12 of the CUPE 3902 Unit 3 collective agreement.

Please note: Undergraduate or graduate students and postdoctoral fellows of the University of Toronto are covered by the CUPE 3902 Unit 1 collective agreement rather than the Unit 3 collective agreement, and should not apply for positions posted under the Unit 3 collective agreement.

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