The Johns Hopkins University Krieger School of Arts & Sciences (KSAS) invites applicants to apply for the Tutorial Assistant (TA) within the Summer and Intersession Program. Summer at Hopkins offers creditbearing twoweek PreCollege programs to academically advanced high school students from around the globe. The TA will offer students a range of instructional and tutoring support under general supervision assisting them in comprehending the course material completing assignments and improving their study skills.
Successful candidates teaching inperson sections of Anatomy Physiology & Disease Introduction to Experimental Design Introduction to Laboratory Research Introduction to Surgery and Medical School Intensive will be required to complete the online lab safety training and attend the inperson UTL lab orientation.
The Tutorial Assistants (TAs) will be able to experience the following for the programs with corresponding modalities
PreCollege Programs & Corresponding Modality
Homewood Campus or online.
- Anatomy Physiology & Disease.
- Introduction to Surgery.
- Medical School Intensive.
Homewood Campus Only
- Big Data and Advertising
- Big Data and Social Media: Behavior Ethics and Civic Engagement
- Foundational Mathematics of Artificial Intelligence.
- Introduction to Experimental Design in Biology.
- Introduction to Laboratory Research.
- Social Inequality and the Publics Health.
Online Only
- Applications of Chemistry in Medicine.
- Creative Writing.
- Data Analytics Workshop.
- Epidemics Pandemics and Outbreaks.
- Neurobiology: Cellular & Systems.
- Neuroscience and Human Behavior.
- Population Genomics: Evolution Extinction & Disease.
- Psychological Profiling.
- Psychopathology and Its Development.
PreCollege Program Session Dates
nCampus
- Session One: June 23 2025 July 2 2025
- Session Two: July 7 2025 July 17 2025
- Session Three: July 21 2025 July 31 2025
- InPerson Course Time: 9:30 AM4:35 PM EDT (Session One); 9:30 AM4:00 PM EDT (Sessions Two and Three).
- Each teaching day includes a 1.5to2hour break from 12:00 noon to 2:00 pm for lunch office hours prep time meeting with students etc
Online
- Session One: June 23 2025 July 4 2025
- Session Two: July 7 2025 July 18 2025
- Session Three: July 21 2025 August 1 2025
- Online Course Time Programs are delivered asynchronously.
- TAs are expected to monitor student progress daily and respond to student questions or issues in a timely manner.
- Faculty are required to offer a minimum of two synchronous office hours per week during the program at various times to be mindful of their students time zones.
Additional Information
- Multiple TA positions are available for most programs to meet student demand.
- Course sections that reach an enrollment of 20 will be eligible for a TA.
- TA positions are not eligible for benefits.
- Candidates for these positions will be subject to a preemployment background check and fingerprinted per policies related to working with minors.
- All employees participating in Summer at Hopkins PreCollege programs must enroll and participate in mandatory online training relevant to working with minors and working at JHU.
Specific Duties & Responsibilities
- Attends and supports all classroom instruction labs course events and activities.
- Delivers lectures when needed.
- Evaluate student performance including assignments papers and exams.
- Meets with the course instructor and assists in determining grading criteria.
- Tracks and records individual and overall course grades in multiple formats.
Special Knowledge Skills and Abilities
- Excellent customer service skills.
- Superb verbal and written communication skills.
- Must be studentoriented and driven.
- Ability to learn and utiize various technologies (e.g. Teams Zoom Blackboard the Students Information System etc. as needed.
Minimum Qualifications- High School Diploma/GED and currently enrolled at a college/university pursing a degree in related subjects.
- Three Years of related experience.
- Additional graduate level education may substitute for experience to the extent permitted by the JHU Equivalency Formula.
Preferred Qualifications- A Bachelors or Masters Degree from an accredited college/university in a related field.
- At least one year of related experience working with college students preferred such as Biology teaching/tutoring experience.
Classified Title: Tutorial Assistant
Role/Level/Range: ACRO37.5/02/CC
Starting Salary Range: $15.70 $21.00 $26.25 HRLY (Commensurate with experience)
Employee group: Casual / On Call
Schedule: Days and hours vary
FLSA Status:NonExempt
Location:Homewood Campus
Department name: Summer and Intersession Program
Personnel area: School of Arts & Sciences
Required Experience:
Chief