Duties of this Intermittent LEC I position are expected to include support of the main instructor teaching ORGSTUDY 410, teaching, developing course materials, evaluating and grading students, and holding regularly scheduled office hours (see a more detailed description of the course and a list of responsibilities below). A typical full-time (100% effort) load for an Intermittent Lec I position in the College of Literature, Science, and the Arts is three courses per semester. Full-time and part-time positions are available
Advanced Research Methods in Organizational Studies (OS 410) is a capstone course taken by each cohort of OS majors in their senior year. The enrollment is approximately 50 students. The course combines a basic research methods course with a hands-on learning experience that requires students to work in teams to study an organization in the Ann Arbor area.
The lecturer would be responsible for attending lectures, preparing for and holding a 1-hour weekly section for all 50 students, holding office hours, answering emails, meeting with the primary instructor on a weekly basis, preparing for section, and grading student work. There are 15 graded assignments for this course, some submitted by each student individually, others are team submissions. Because each assignment builds on the ones preceding it, it is imperative that students receive detailed, qualitative feedback on all the work they submit.
Hours | Responsibilities |
3 | Attendance at lecture |
2 | Prep and teach section. Instructors will spend time reviewing material from the week and occasionally present new material. |
2 | Office Hours: Students in this class attend office hours frequently. The material is very new to them and OS students often request feedback on assignments before they are submitted, as are extremely motivated to perform well. Furthermore, each team invariably faces challenges as they search for, and work with, organizations in the Ann Arbor area. Students will also go to the lecturer with group conflicts and issues that arise from working on a group project. |
.5 | Responding to emails. For the reason above, there are numerous emails to respond to each day. |
.75 | Meet with primary instructor at least once each week to discuss progress, grading, etc. |
9 | Grading 15 assignments including 6 (x50) individual assignments and 9 (x15) team assignments. |