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TLC Fellow Job Description

Macaulay Teaching and Learning Collaboratory Fellows work with a team to support Macaulay seminars each semester. This job reports to the Macaulay Director of Academic Affairs.

Job Duties include:

  • Train faculty and students to use OpenLab
  • Set up and maintain OpenLab sites for courses
  • Develop a menu of on-demand workshops available for students and faculty; deliver workshops as needed
  • Develop and implement project-based support as needed for Macaulay Seminars
  • Hold regular support (office) hours weekly open to the Macaulay community
  • Support and staff experiential learning events
  • Work closely with faculty teaching the seminars to integrate technology and student-centered pedagogy into the curricula and assignments
  • Support students’ work on seminar projects
  • Attend, participate, and/or lead portions of some class sessions, as appropriate to each instructor’s seminar section
  • Identify and suggest various forms of technology and other project-based learning suitable to meet the goals of each seminar
  • Attend Common Events associated with each seminar, including Macaulay orientation activities,Macaulay Night at the Museum, BioBlitz, STEAM Festival, Imagining New York Conference, and other seminar-related events, as well as other co-curricular activities as required
  • Participate in ongoing training and attend regular meetings with TLC cohort
  • Prepare training documents, FAQs, and other technical support materials for students, faculty, and Grad As/NTAs
  • Work closely with campus Macaulay Directors and Advisors to promote the Macaulay 
  • community, improve the use of technology, and make the best use of instructional technology on each campus as well as at the central Macaulay offices
  • Work closely with the Macaulay Director of Academic Affairs, TLC Postdoctoral Fellows, and others in the central Macaulay offices to facilitate the use of technology in Macaulay curricula, communications, etc.
  • Stay abreast of innovations in instructional design, instructional technology, and scholarship of teaching and learning
  • Other projects as needed

This is typically an NTA V role with 225 hours each in fall and spring, and 175 hours in the summer. Eligible candidates may also be hired as Grad As.

This appointment is contingent on department/program needs, and/or financial capacity, and/or enrollment, and compliance with the University’s policies. The other terms and conditions of employment are embodied in the University’s Bylaws and the Professional Staff Congress/CUNY collective bargaining agreement.  Appointments are annual with no presumption of reappointment.

Direct any questions to Lisa Brundage, Director of Academic Affairs, lisa.brundage@mhc.cuny.edu.

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