Job Posting - OISE Research and Development Graduate Assistant (R&DGA)

Job # 301 R&D

Supervisor

Professor Jim Slotta, Department of Curriculum, Teaching and Learning

Job/Project Title

Supporting CFI Active Learning project

Job Description

This project will support ongoing research of active learning designs for OISE teacher education courses, which includes supporting new learning spaces as well as the study of instructors and their course designs.

Duties

The R&D GA will support surveys of instructors and students; research literature review of active learning and teacher education; analysis of instructional designs; support of instructors in design activities; support of instructional enactments.

Job Location

The work to be conducted on site at OISE and online at Professor Slotta’s discretion.

Period of Assignment

January 1, 2025—April 30, 2025

Hours of Assignment

120 hours                                            

Required Skills

Use of technology for active learning curriculum enactments; supporting researchers with data collection (e.g., for audio and video recordings); writing and document management; project management.

Additional Requirements

Knowledge of Ontario curriculum and teacher education standards; prior experience with instructional design and support of classroom-based research

Evening or Weekend Work

Not required but permitted

Eligibility

• To hold an R&D GA, you must be registered as a full-time student at OISE in an eligible program.
• Masters students (including MA, MEd, MT, and MA-CSE) students are eligible to hold a R&D GA in the first 2 years of their program.
• MA-SCCP students are eligible to hold an R&D GA in the first 3 years of their program.
• Full-time doctoral students (PhD, EdD) are eligible to hold an R&D GA in the first 6 years of their program.
• Flex-time PhD students are eligible to be considered for a GA or R&D GA once during the first 5 years of their program and must be pursuing full-time studies as per the CUPE 3902, Unit 7 Collective Agreement.
• You are ineligible for an R&D GA if you are holding a combination of scholarships, fellowships, OISE-arranged teaching assistantships, OISE-arranged course instructorships and/or research assistantships greater than or equal to the value of a full R&D GA during the academic year (September-August)
• You may not hold a Graduate Assistantship (GA) and an R&D Graduate Assistantship (R&D GA) at the same time
• For Fall/Winter, Fall, and Winter contracts, students who are full-time employees at the University of Toronto or elsewhere, are ineligible to be considered for R&D Graduate Assistantships under the CUPE 3902, Unit 7 Collective Agreement. Full-time employment is defined as 35 hours per week, or where different, the number of hours specified in an employee's contract as full-time employment.
• Appointments are conditional upon a student being legally authorized to work in Canada by virtue of having a Social Insurance Number (SIN) and Canada-issued study permit by the commencement date of the appointment or, at the latest, within 14 days following the commencement date of the appointment.  Students will need a Canadian bank account to receive remuneration.

Application Deadline

November 27, 2024. No late applications will be considered.

Application Instructions

Please email your cover letter and resume as one pdf document to jim.slotta@utoronto.ca and copy to oise.research@utoronto.ca. Please quote the job number in your subject line and your student number in your covering letter. If applying for more than one R&D GA position, please submit a separate application for each job.

Full-time students may not concurrently hold a Graduate Assistantship and a Research and Development Graduate Assistantship. 

Research Development Graduate Assistantships (RDGA) are remuneration for graduate students who are engaged in research and/or field development-oriented projects contributing to their academic and professional development. The wage rate for a 2024-25 Fall/Winter RDGA is $6,691.42. 

The University of Toronto is strongly committed to diversity within its community and especially welcomes applications from racialized persons / persons of colour, women, Indigenous / Aboriginal People of North America, persons with disabilities, LGBTQ persons, and others who may contribute to the further diversification of ideas. 

The University of Toronto invites all qualified applicants to apply.