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CUPE 2 Employment Opportunities

CUPE 2 Position Descriptions

Graduate Teaching Assistant (GTA): Trent University Graduate Student who is awarded a full or half-time Teaching Assistant position, funded by the Office of Graduate Studies, as outlined in a letter of admission. GTAs shall prepare and conduct laboratories, seminars or workshops. A GTA will not be assigned principal responsibility for the preaparation and presentation of courses.

Duties include:

  • Employer-required training and orientation;
  • Assigning, marking, and evaluating written and oral student work;
  • Submission of grades as required;
  • Attendance at lectures in person or virtual as assigned;
  • Monitoring labs;
  • Preparing for and conducting discussion groups, seminars, workshops, and/or problem solving sessions;
  • Maintenance of reasonable hours for student contact.

Academic Assistant (AA): An enrolled Trent University student who does not currently hold a GTA, and who is not responsible for the overall evaluation of students in a tutorial or workshop group,  assigning and marking of students’ overall written and oral work in a course or principally responsible for conducting lab or workshop; AA will work under the directon of a supervisor and will not work without oversight.

Duties include:

  • Demonstrating problem-solving and analytical techniques and related marking (e.g. Mathematics, Chemistry);
  • Assisting facilitating small group discussions and development of problem solving strategies (e.g. Environmental Studies, Indigenous Studies);
  • Assisting students in laboratory settings (e.g. Biology).

Student Lab Demonstrator (SLD): An enrolled Trent University student who does not hold a full or half-time GTA position. SLD shall not set up or take down laboratories or workshops. 

Duties shall be determined by the person(s) who has (have) principle responsibility for the course. Assigned duties may include but are not limited to:

  • Employer-required training and orientation;
  • Assigning, marking and evaluating lab or workshop work;
  • Submission of grade as required;
  • Monitor labs;
  • Preparing for and conducting discussion groups, laboratories, worshops and/or problem solving sessions.

Student Markers (SM): An enrolled Trent University student whose assigned duties may include but are not limited to the following:

  • Marking, grading, calculating and recording grades of students’ work;
  • Marking preparation based on course materials;
  • Marking and grading of lab reports/ assignments, tests, exams and essays;
  • Commenting upon students’ work as required.

Proctor: An enrolled Trent University student whose assigned duties are aiding Course Instructors in the administration of exams by:

  • Handing out blank exam booklets before the exam;
  • Collecting unused exam booklets after the exam;
  • Being present in the exam room for the scheduled duration of the exam;
  • Being aware of Trent's academic integrity policies.

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