Winter Specialist Instructor Posting

Please note that the information provided below is subject to operational constraints and may change at any time. 

September 2024 – April 2025

Competition details, including a summary of duties and responsibilities, required education/experience, total hours, and hourly rate are available in this document (PDF, 188KB).

Applicants must complete and submit this form by the application deadline: 5 July, 2024 (16:00).

Specialist Instructors (SIs) support teaching in SEOS, typically in a lab environment. They are often referred to as Teaching Assistants (TAs). Marking positions are also available.

Most classroom positions are generally 98 hours in 2024-2025. Some positions (e.g., EOS 110, 120, and 130, and others) are 75 hours. Marking positions are always enrollment dependent. 

Please notify the office immediately should your contact information change or if you will be unable to accept a position any time after your application has been submitted. 

To ensure your application receives full consideration, please be sure to indicate every course which you are qualified (and willing) to instruct. 

Fall Positions (Type; estimated number of SIs) 

• EOS 110 - Oceans & Atmosphere (TA; multiple;)
• EOS 120 - Dynamic Earth (TA; multiple) 
• EOS 170 - Natural Hazards (Marker; 1-2) 

• EOS 205 - Mineralogy (TA; 2-3) 
• EOS 220 - Weather and Climate (cross-listed GEOG; Marker; 1) 
• EOS 225 - Earth System Modelling (TA; 1) 

• EOS 314 - Descriptive Physical Oceanography (TA; 1) 
• EOS 316 - Igneous & Metamorphic Petrology (TA; 2-3) 
• EOS 330 - Paleobiology (TA; 1-2) 
• EOS 335 - Isotopes in Natural Sciences (Marker; 1) 
• EOS 350 - Understanding the World's Oceans (Marker; 1) 
• EOS 365 - Climate & Society (Marker; 1) 

• EOS 410 - Global Tectonics (Marker; 1) 
• EOS 450 - Quaternary Geology (TA; 1) 

Spring Positions (Type; estimated number) 

• EOS 120 - Dynamic Earth (TA; multiple)  
• EOS 130 - Climate Change (cross-listed GEOG, TA; multiple) 

• EOS 201 - Sedimentary Geology (TA; 2-3) 
• EOS 202 - Structural Geology (TA; 2-3) 
• EOS 240 - Geochemistry (TA; 2-3) 
• EOS 261 - Earth System Evolution (Marker; 1) 

• EOS 312 - Chemical Oceanography (TA; 1-2) 
• EOS 313 - Geological Oceanography (TA; 1-2) 
• EOS 321 - Earth History (TA; 1-2) 
• EOS 340 - Atmospheric Sciences (cross-listed PHYS, Marker; 1) 

• EOS 416 - High Temperature Petrology (TA, 1-2) 
• EOS 423 - Advanced Sedimentology and Stratigraphy (TA, 0-1) 
• EOS 480 - Applied Geophysics (TA; 1-2)