Graduate Student Instructor - Japanese Job at University of Michigan (Ann Arbor)

Job Description

25-50% teaching GSI (ASIANLAN 125: First year Japanese or ASIANLAN 225: Second-year Japanese)

Lead up to three hours of recitation sections a week
Attend lecture twice each week
Implement teaching plans made in consultation with the primary instructor of the course
Grading students assignment, quizzes, lesson tests, etc.
Proctor exams and quizzes
Attend weekly meeting with a supervising faculty member
Hold at least one office hour in the South Thayer Building
Proctoring final examinations and grading the exams with lecturers
Class preparation: typing learning materials in Canvas, supporting course projects, helping to make audio files, etc.
Observing two lecture classes on Tuesday and Thursday
Grading of students' assignment, quizzes, lesson tests, etc.
Maintaining the course's Canvas site
Tutoring students who want to practice conversation

Japanese Native speaker, or if a GSI is a non-native speaker, s/he should be Japanese Proficiency Test N1 level holder with Advanced-high speaking proficiency (at least) based on the ACTFL standard
Serious career interest in language teaching
Good at Computer operations including excel and word files
Good penmanship to correct student's writing performance
To be appointed as a GSI or GSSA, a graduate student must be in good standing in their degree program and for Terms I and II, must be registered for not less than six (6) credit hours. With written approval of the student's faculty advisor, five (5) credit hours may be acceptable