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Specl. Proj. MATH TA
- New York, United States
- Student worker
- $19.00
Title: Specl. Proj. MATH TA
Salary Range: $19.00
Division: Academic Affairs / Provost
Department: School of Liberal Arts
Department Description: School of Liberal Arts
Union Status: Non-Union
This position provides for in-class tutoring and academic support for fellow students. They work closely with the course instructor, assisting with classroom activities. In their interactions, Math Teaching Assistants (TAs) model good student practices such as study and note-taking strategies, help their peers develop time management skills, and foster confidence and self-reliance. They encourage student success through engagement with a variety of academic resources.
Position Requirements:
• Must demonstrate an ability to quickly establish rapport and communicate well with students and instructors.
• Must demonstrate mastery of the specific content area or a related subject area in which he or she will assist students in the classroom.
• Must provide name of one Mercy College faculty member who will provide a letter of support on their behalf.
• Must maintain an overall GPA of 3.0 and an average of B+ or better in subjects in which they will assist students in the classroom.
Duties and responsibilities:
• Attend required classes on time and be prepared.
• Communicate, collaborate and assist the course instructor with classroom activities.
• Assist students, individuals or small groups, to understand topic concepts, methods, and classroom assignments.
• Assist students to understand the syllabus, class assignments, and how to input answers in Blackboard.
• Comply with policies and procedures of the Department and the College including but not limited to the College’s Code of Conduct and maintain students’ information confidentiality.
• Accurately log work hours on Banner timesheets in Mercy Connect and submit them on time.
• Attend training and professional development workshops. • Meet with CAEI Supervisor.
Teaching Assistants Do Not:
• Assist students solving Tests and/or Quizzes, write or edit students’ writing assignments.
• Use cell phones, their laptops, tablets and/or any other personal electronic device in class.
• Perform tasks unrelated to the position such as doing their own homework, assignments, or any other unrelated activity during class.
• Bring food and eat in class.
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Mercy University is a dynamic, independent, coeducational New York City area university that offers more than 100 undergraduate and graduate degree and certificate programs in six schools: Business, Education, Health and Natural Sciences, Liberal Arts, Nursing, and Social and Behavioral Sciences.
Mercy is the region's largest private, nonprofit, Minority-Serving Institution, proud to serve a student body that is highly diverse. As a federally designated Hispanic Serving Institution (HSI), Mercy University, has been ranked nationally among top colleges in the country for Hispanics by the Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities (HACU) and by Excelencia in Education, earning their prestigious Seal of Excelencia for intentionally serving Latino students.
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Mercy’s student body reflects the rich diversity of the New York metropolitan area. Enrollment, including full-time and part-time undergraduates and graduates, is approximately 8,800. Mercy students learn on campuses in Dobbs Ferry, the Bronx, and Manhattan as well as online.
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Mercy University strives to provide employees and their families with a comprehensive and valuable benefits package. We offer high-quality health care plans, retirement benefits, tuition discounts, flexible spending, and much more.
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