Orgstudy310 Gsi

OS310 GSI Job Description Information

Target Openings: 1

Begin Date: 8/28/2023

End Date: 12/31/2023

Appt. Period: Term

Standard Hours: 20 hours/week

Work Experience and Education: Graduate student in good standing with a background in sociology or other social sciences field with coursework in organizational theory.

Approver: Melissa Eljamal

Hiring Team: LSA HR Tanya Dietz

Contact Information: Tanya Dietz OS Executive Secretary

Application Deadline: April 14 2023

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Course Description:

ORGSTUDY 310. Formal Organizations and Environments (Prof. Steve Samford)

Survey of theory and research on formal organizations from sociological and economic perspectives. Emphasizes multiple levels of analysis in organizational theory from internal structure and practice to organizationenvironment relationships. Students apply theories to existing case studies and develop original case research over the course of the term.

Anticipated Class Schedule: T/Th 10:0011:30 am

Estimated effort for the positions: 1 GSI position .50 FTE)

Benefits: Tuition waiver and stipend as provided in UM/GEO Agreement

DecisionMaking Process:
All applications will be submitted for review to the faculty member teaching the course. After review of applications and possible interviews the decisions will be made by the professor of the course.

Desired Qualifications:
Social Science (e.g. Sociology Political Science Psychology or Economics) or related professional school (e.g. Business Policy Social Work Public Health Education) graduate student preferred. Applicants with experience in project based or laboratory classes will be preferred but such experience is not necessary.

Required Qualifications:
In compliance with Appendix A of theUM/GEO agreement (see pp. 114117 of the UM/GEO agreement) and as part of the training the College of LSA also requires that potential GSIs whose undergraduate medium of instruction is not English be evaluated for effective proficiency in classroom English. Effective proficiency includes fluent and intelligible speech the ability to understand the English spoken by the undergraduate students the ability to produce organized coherent explanations and the ability to contribute to the development of interactions with their students. Graduate students are exempt from ELI 994 and the Graduate Student Instructor Oral English Test (GSIOET) if they hold an undergraduate degree from a U.S. college or university or an undergraduate degree from a college or university where English is the exclusive medium of instruction. The Department Chair can also refer to the course potential GSIs who need additional language instruction and/or introduction and orientation to the American university classroom and community. If referred attendance and satisfactory completion is required as a condition of employment as a GSI. Students who are exempt may take the training course on a spacepermitting basis. As part of the training and testing graduate students are required to demonstrate their effective proficiency by taking the GSIOET conducted by independent evaluators from the Testing Division at the ELI and a faculty representative from the department in which the prospective GSI will be teaching. In the event that an examinee does not successfully complete the GSIOET at the end of a course it is incumbent on the department that made admission and support offers to identify alternative support resources that are not GSI positions and that do not require direct contact with undergraduate students. It is not required that these backup support systems offer conditions of support that are identical or comparable in level to that which would come from a regular GSI position but they must be sufficient to meet Department of Homeland Security requirements that the international student be able to demonstrate the existence of financial support during the first year of study. Such alternative support is contingent on the students concurrently fulfilling ELI course requirements identified in the GSIOET. This Test is provided at no cost to the student and the ELI courses are available from the College to enrolled students. Although there is no limit to the number of times one can retake the GSIOET a student must complete the postOET requirements to be eligible for a retest. There are two options for the training course during the year. There will be a Winter semester course (ELI 994 and a Summer course (both 2 credits) the latter only for new firstterm prospective GSIs. For LSA graduate students who are not required to attend the ELI 994 course but who would like to prior written approval from the appointing department is necessary.

Responsibilities:
The GSI will be expected to attend every class hold office hours to answer students questions and will be expected to lecture in whole or in part one or more classes and to facilitate discussion assignments for in class groups. The GSI will have primary responsibility for grading in consultation with the faculty and will meet as necessary during the semester. The GSI will also be responsible for maintaining and updating grade sheets and other records. In addition to holding office hours the GSI will conduct several research labs during the course of the semester. These sessions will be recommended for students and will be devoted to aiding in secondary source research and offering constructive advice on draft writing assignments. It is anticipated that the responsibilities will average 16.520 hours per week for a .50 FTE GSI.

A firsttime GSI is required to attend 20 hours of pedagogical classes offered by CRLT. They must attend the CRLT Fall 2022 GSI Teaching Orientation (GSITO) dates to be announced. Any remaining hours required beyond the CRLT GSI Orientation may be fulfilled by a series of planned pedagogical conversations with your faculty instructor of record and/or additional courses provided by CRLT or other UM units related to teaching. Possibilities include: ENGR 580 GERMAN 531 ROMLING 528 BA 830 & 831 PIBS 505 EEB/MCDB 494 ED 720 ED 7373 ED 834 HIST 812 PSYCH 958 MUICOL 509 or ELI 9941 (only sections focused on college level teaching) ED 790 ELI 994 or SWC/WRITING 993.

Additionally since ORGSTUDY 310 is a ULWR course the GSI for this course is also required to take WRITING993 concurrently or have already taken it previously.

Selection Process:
Selection criteria include strong interest in the subject matter merit experience other training or experience which may be required and explicit to the teaching goals/requirements of a specific course applicants previous receipt of financial aid availability of funding and relevance to graduate training. Estimated date for offers to be extended the week of: May 1 2023.