Would you like to work at the Mathematics Learning Centre?
Every semester, the Mathematics Learning Centre
(MLC) hires undergraduate students to work in their Math 10XF and
Math 1090 classes. These students come from various academic
disciplines, many of which do not have a focus on mathematics. This
is in recognition of the growing importance of mathematics in areas
which historically did not involve much math.
The undergraduate students are trained and mentored by the
full-time staff at the Mathematics Learning Centre, in consort with
teachers from the K-12 system, who work at the Centre as part-time
instructional assistants. These working partnerships involving
learners and instructors from various levels of the K-16 education
stream are what we refer to as “Collaborative Professional
Involvement”, and have become our way of facilitating a more
seamless transition into the post-secondary education sector.
Students hired for Math 10XF positions work in one of four possible
capacities: Teaching Assistant Trainee, Teaching Assistant, Junior
Instructional Assistant, or part-time Instructional Assistant.
Students hired for Math 1090 positions either work as Teaching
Assistant Trainees or Teaching Assistants. These positions are
hierarchal in nature, i.e., all students start out as Teaching
Assistant Trainees but are given the opportunity to move up the
hierarchy in subsequent semesters if rehired. Hence, the first
semester of employment for all undergraduate students is 40 or 80
hours of training only. Students who successfully complete the
training component may then be rehired as Teaching Assistants.
After working as a Teaching Assistant for 2 or more semesters the
student could possibly move up to Junior Instructional Assistant
and finally to part-time Instructional Assistant.
