Climate and Society Summer Teaching Assistant Opportunities

Climate and Society Summer Teaching Assistant Opportunities

Climate and Society Programs are accepting teaching assistant Application for CLMT 5014 Climate Justice and Equitable Climate Action (Summer Session B).

Apply:

submit application here go through June 1 at 11:55pm. Applicants must be currently enrolled full-time Columbia University graduate students. Students should work an average of 10-20 hours per week. Contact climatesocietyadmin@climate.columbia.edu with questions.

Course Description:

CLMT 5014 Climate Justice and Equitable Climate Action
Time: W 1:15 – 4:45pm (Summer Session B)
Location: online

This course is designed to equip students with an understanding of the disproportionate impacts of climate change on local and global scales, and the different concepts of climate justice that have emerged as climate change unfolds. In addition, the course explores existing tools and frameworks for assessing environmental and climate justice, with a focus on anti-racism and quantitative methods for informing and describing equitable climate action. Case studies and group assignments provide students with real-world context and practical experience to apply knowledge gained from class lectures and readings (for example, systems thinking and analysis). Guest lectures by experts in academia as well as frontline communities also help ground course topics in reality and allow students to interact with practitioners who seek to advance environmental and climate justice through a variety of careers.

Assistant Responsibilities:

Teaching assistants must perform duties as determined by the assigned supervising teacher while maintaining the highest level of professionalism and confidentiality. Teaching assistants may be responsible for directing drills, recitations, discussions, or laboratory sessions related to courses offered by higher-ranking officials. They will be responsible for meeting and coordinating with the instructor on a regular basis and performing other course-related duties as assigned, such as grading written coursework. Additional tasks may include: setting up and managing Zoom meetings and breakout sessions; managing polls and other learning activities through Canvas; developing scoring criteria for learning activities.