The Okanagan School of Education has opportunities for Undergraduate Teaching Assistant positions in the English Foundation Program (EFP) for Winter Term I (starting September 2025).
Learn more about the English Foundation Program.
Position:
Undergraduate Teaching Assistant (UTA): A UTA is a full-time student who is enrolled in an undergraduate program at the University of British Columbia.
Details:
Title: UTA (Up to 3 positions, depending on funding and enrolment)
Course: EAP 103 (3) English for Academic Purposes Level III and/or EAP 104 (3) English for Academic Purposes Level IV
Instructors: TBD
Qualifications: Must be a registered student in an undergraduate program at UBC Okanagan, preferably with a relevant experience and expertise in teaching English as an additional language. Ideal applicants have strong intercultural skills, facility working with a variety of computer programs and applications, familiarity with online learning environments, flexible schedules, excellent communication skills, an interest in teaching and learning, and a desire to contribute to the UBC community.
Duties: Working with the program coordinator and a team of instructors and other teaching assistants and making use of face-to-face instructional time as well as other online platforms (e.g. Zoom), UTAs assist students and instructors in the English Foundation Program. Some responsibilities include teaching language labs, facilitating workshops, providing students with targeted language help (e.g. grammar, writing, presentation skills, etc.), tutoring individual students, maintaining a schedule of hours as determined by the EFP program coordinator, keeping accurate records (e.g. attendance, feedback), preparing materials, helping with assessment, EFP extra-curricular activities (Friday chat cafés & some Saturday outings), and other duties as determined by the EFP program coordinator. In addition, UTAs attend meetings with instructors, as well as the regularly scheduled (3 per term) EFP meetings.
Hours: Up to 12 hours a week (maximum 192 hours) over the Winter I Term (starting September 2025). Hours may be scheduled during the day or evening.
Salary: UTA = $22.26/hour
Application: Please provide an updated CV, recent transcript, brief statement of interest, and contact details for two references.
Application materials should be sent to Amber Lavoie, EAL Programs Coordinator, at amber.lavoie@ubc.ca. Please indicate in the subject line that you are applying for the “EFP UTA Position.”
Deadline: 5:00 pm, Friday, June 20, 2025
UBC hires on the basis of merit and is committed to employment equity. We encourage all qualified applicants to apply. Equity and diversity are essential to academic excellence. An open and diverse community fosters the inclusion of voices that have been underrepresented or discouraged. We encourage applications from members of groups that have been marginalized on any grounds enumerated under the B.C. Human Rights Code, including sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, racialization, disability, political belief, religion, marital or family status, age, and/or status as a First Nation, M