Shoals Marine Laboratory - Teaching Assistant (high school)

Duties/Responsibilities

• Follow the teaching plan established by your course faculty.
• Assist course faculty with all aspects of delivering the course curriculum.
• Assume the lead in preparing for field trips and lab exercises.
• Aid SML staff with daily and weekly program-related duties that include stocking labs and classrooms.

Requirements

• Minimum acceptable education and experience: Academic experience in the subject matter. Relevant field and/or lab experience is preferred but not required.
• Provide supervision and support to students in the classroom and lab.
• Help with administrative tasks that may include grading, record keeping, collections management.
• Aid SML staff in creating a supportive learning environment for all students.

Qualifications

• Strong knowledge of the subject matter.
• Relevant field experience.
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills.
• Ability to manage time, materials, and tasks efficiently.

Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in the subject matter area preferred but not required.

Pay

Pay Range: $700/Weekly

The University of New Hampshire is committed to providing a safe environment for all persons, including but not limited to children, and to preventing and responding to abuse, neglect, and crimes against children. All UNH youth program staff shall be subject to a criminal background check as required by NH State Law. Staff and volunteers will also be required to complete periodic child safety training.

The University of New Hampshire is an R1 Carnegie classification research institution providing comprehensive, high-quality undergraduate and graduate programs of distinction. UNH is located in Durham on a 188-acre campus, 60 miles north of Boston and 8 miles from the Atlantic coast and is convenient to New Hampshire’s lakes and mountains. There is a student enrollment of 13,000 students, with a full-time faculty of over 600, offering 90 undergraduate and more than 70 graduate programs.

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The pay range for this position is listed above. Actual offer will be based on skills, qualifications, experience, and internal equity, in addition to relevant business considerations. More information on benefits can be found here: USNH Employee Benefits | Human Resources.