The Department of Political Science seeks several Graduate Student Instructors (GSI) and GSI Graders for the Fall 2019 semester. These positions may range from 0.25 to 0.6 appointments (with the majority being 0.5 appointments), and as posted, are subject to a collective bargaining agreement between the Regents of the University of Michigan and the Graduate Employees’ Organization, American Federation of Teachers, AFL-CIO 3550.
Responsibilities
GSI Positions for Sectioned Courses: GSIs selected for the classes listed above are expected to provide general pedagogical support for the course, which may include, but is not limited to: attending lecture, teaching discussion sections, grading and commenting on papers and exams, and meeting with enrolled students during office hours. The number of sections a GSI with a full appointment (a 0.5 position) will be asked to teach depends on the structure of a course. Most appointments for undergraduate courses include two or three hour-long sections of 20-25 students per week in a full 0.5 appointment.
*GSI Positions for Upper-Level Writing Requirement CoursesSome: courses in the department meet as lectures, without discussion sections, but have a GSI in place to support the course’s role in fulfilling the College of LSA’s Upper-Level Writing Requirement (ULWR). ULWR courses require a significant amount of writing and revision, classroom instruction on writing in the discipline, and careful attendance to writing issues when discussing course assignments and in grading and commenting on papers. Duties for GSIs in ULWR courses may include, but are not limited to: attending lecture, grading and commenting extensively on papers and exams, and holding office hours to support students in developing their writing skills. First-time GSIs in ULWR courses must also enroll in the Sweetland Center for Writing’s WRITING 993: Teaching Writing in the Disciplines, a one credit seminar, for fall.
GSI Grader Positions:Some courses are offered as lectures that do not have discussion sections and do not fulfill the ULWR. These classes are usually sized around 80 students and employ GSI Graders to support the course’s pedagogy in a manner similar to GSIs, except that they do not teach discussion sections and may or may not be required to attend lecture. Each GSI Grader position is a .25 appointment.
GSIs and GSI Graders are expected to be on campus and available to work no later than Tuesday, September 3, 2019, the first day of classes.
Additional RequirementsFirst-time GSIs teaching an LSA course are required to attend GSI CRLT GSI Teaching Orientation on August 26 and 27, 2019.
Students who are holding a GSI position for the first time in Political Science are required to concurrently enroll in POLSCI 993 GSI training course, which will meet on selected Fridays throughout the Fall 2019 semester from 3:00-5:00PM.
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