Department of Philosophy

St. George, Mississauga AND SCARBOROUGH Campus

Sessional Instructional Assistants

Job Postings for F and Y courses 2007-08

The following jobs are posted in accordance with the CUPE 3902 Unit 3 Collective Agreement

Effective Date: Monday, September 9, 2007

Closing Date: Wednesday, September 11, 2007 

How to submit an application

Applicants who have submitted application forms in the past 12 months do not need to resubmit these materials and should just send an email to ta.phil@utoronto.ca indicating which positions they would like to be considered for.

To be considered for a position in a Philosophy course, an application consisting of the Philosophy Department’s custom application form for SIAs on-line from the Department’s website (http://philosophy.utoronto.ca) and a CV of no longer than 3 pages must be submitted to:

TA Coordinator, Dept. of Philosophy, University of Toronto

215 Huron St., 9^th Floor, Toronto, M5S 1A2

Fax: 416-978-8703

E-mail applications may be submitted c/o ta.phil@utoronto.ca

Both email and hard copy applications are acceptable. A valid email address is required. Please do not submit additional materials unless requested to do so.  

General Information

SALARY

In accordance with the CUPE 3902, unit 3, Collective Agreement, the hourly wage for all SIA positions is $36.17 as of September 1, 2007; and $36.35 as of January 1, 2008                            .

Qualifications

For Tutorial Leaders: BA in Philosophy or equivalent; good prior knowledge of the subject-matter of the course; 1 yr.’s prior experience as a Philosophy TA/SIA.
For General Instructional Assistants: BA in Philosophy or equivalent; good prior knowledge of the subject-matter of the course

Duties

For Tutorial Leaders:  Leading three tutorial groups of approximately 25 students every week, office hours, and related general teaching duties, such as grading papers, helping students with reading/assignments; possibly some classroom duties (invigilation, lecture attendance, etc.) may be involved.

For General Instructional Assistants: General teaching duties, such as grading papers, helping students with reading/assignments; possibly some classroom duties (invigilation, lecture attendance, etc.) may be involved.

Please note that the contracts for all Instructional Assistants at the SG Philosophy Department and some at UTM Philosophy Department include a minimum of 15 hours lecture attendance.   Tutorials and Office hours may be required at specified times.

Tutorial Leader:

 PHL A10 H3F:  Reason and Truth   UTSC

An introduction to philosophy focusing on issues of rationality, metaphysics and the theory of knowledge. Topics may include: the nature of mind, freedom, the existence of God, the nature and knowability of reality. These topics will generally be introduced through the study of key texts from the history of philosophy.

Instructor:  W. Seager

Lectures:  TR 11:00-12:00

Tutorials:      Some flexibility:  3 hrs Monday, Tuesday or Wednesday

                     This position also includes 20 hrs of administrative duties.

No. of positions:  1 @ 170 hrs.  Est. Enrolment:  450 (approximately 75 students per tutorial leader).

Sessional Dates:  September-December 2007

GENERAL TEACHING ASSISTANT

PHL 245 H5F :  Modern Symbolic Logic    SG

Logic is the science of reasoning – determining what makes an argument a good one or a poor one. This course is an introduction to techniques in formal, symbolic logic. By abstracting from natural language to a symbolic system, we can study argument forms, and logical concepts such as deductive validity and consistency. We will learn translate English sentences and arguments into symbols, use truth tables, interpretations and methods of natural deduction (constructing rigorous proofs) to analyze sentences and arguments. Sentential logic and quantification theory (or predicate logic), including identity will be covered.

Instructor:  N. Scharer

Lectures:  TR 1:30-3:00 PM

Regular Logic Help Sessions:  Tuesday or Thursday before or after class.

No. of positions:  1 @ 100 hrs.  Est. Enrolment:  300

Sessional Dates:  September-December 2007

IMPORTANT NOTES:

1. All positions are tentative, pending budgetary approval and final course enrolments.
2. Please note that, with respect to the hiring of Sessional Instructional Assistants, the Unit 3 collective agreement affirms that the provisions of Article 14:03(a) of the CUPE Local 3902, Unit 1 Collective Agreement (extending preference in hiring to students enrolled in the School of Graduate Studies of the University of Toronto or prospective graduate students who have made application to be so enrolled), take precedence as between Unit 1 and Unit 3.
3. Applicants who have submitted CVs and application forms in the past 12 months do not need to resubmit these materials and should just send an email indicating which positions they would like to be considered for.