Lecturer Pool - Earth & Planetary Science - College of Letters & Science

The Department of Earth & Planetary Science at the University of California, Berkeley invites applications for a pool of qualified temporary lecturers and lecturers in lieu of GSI’s to teach Earth and Planetary Science courses should an opening arise. Department policy requires instructors to create and maintain a bcourses site.

Instructors of Record duties include teaching, holding office hours, assigning grades, preparing course materials (e.g. syllabus), developing exams and/or quizzes, supervising GSIs, scheduling field trips, participating in field trips, maintaining a course budget, and maintaining a course website. Lecturer in-lieu-of-GSI’s duties entail leading discussion sections, field trips, labs, or instruction of prescribed course content, under the active direction and supervision of the instructor of record who has final responsibility for the course’s entire instruction.

Other course support duties may include, but are not limited to, holding office hours, grading, and participation in the development of quizzes. The department is interested in candidates who will contribute to higher education through their teaching. The department is also interested in individuals who may have had non-‐ traditional career paths or who may have taken time off for family reasons (e.

g., children, disabled, or elderly), or who have achieved excellence in careers outside academia (e.g., in professional or industry service). Applicants must be authorized to work in the United States at the time of hire. Visa sponsorship is not available for this position.