SI 507 - Intermediate Programming

UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN SCHOOL OF INFORMATION (UMSI)

FALL 2024 GRADUATE STUDENT INSTRUCTOR POSITION(S) AVAILABLE

LIMITED AVAILABILITY JOB POSTING: FOR A UMSI MASTER’S STUDENT

COURSE: SI 507 - Intermediate Programming

COURSE SCHEDULE:

Lecture: Tuesday, 1:00 PM to 4:00 PM

Laboratory: Thursday, 7:00 PM to 8:00 PM

Tuesday, 6:00 PM to 7:00 PM

Thursday, 6:00 PM to 7:00 PM

Tuesday, 6:00 PM to 7:00 PM

Thursday, 6:00 PM to 7:00 PM

Lecture: Tuesday, 1:00 PM to 4:00 PM

Laboratory: Thursday, 7:00 PM to 8:00 PM

Tuesday, 6:00 PM to 7:00 PM

Thursday, 6:00 PM to 7:00 PM

Tuesday, 6:00 PM to 7:00 PM

Thursday, 6:00 PM to 7:00 PM

Number of available GSI positions:

Up to 2 positions at .50 fraction, pending enrollment

A .50 fraction GSI position offers a monthly stipend, tuition waiver, and health insurance. The expected work commitment is roughly 20 hours per week. This appointment runs from August 26 through December 31, 2024 (from an employment/health benefit perspective). There could be prep time before the employment start date and all work for this course will be completed by the end of December (or slightly earlier). All of the work hour details will be spelled out in the fraction calculation form for the person hired for this position. At the time of application, please include your availability for teaching all currently scheduled sections so that all GSI assignments can be made with everyone’s availability in hand. This information can be included in your cover letter.

Course description:  

Intermediate Programming: The purpose of this course is to build upon the foundation provided by 506 and prepare students for more advanced courses that require programming skills. In particular, students in 507 will further develop core programming and software development skills, including: debugging, dealing with complex authentication for gathering and processing data from the internet, complex object-oriented design, design patterns (Model-View-Controller), interacting with relational databases with SQL and Python, version control (Git and GitHub), building and designing complex programs, incorporating and integrating multiple third-party packages into programs, and writing effective test cases to validate a functional specification.

More information about this course can be found on U-M’s Course Catalog via Wolverine Access.

Duties include:

Completing all readings and exercises planned for the SI 507 students in order to understand the students’ experience; attending all lectures; leading 1-2 weekly lab/discussion sections; grading many aspects of the assignments and exams; scheduling and maintaining office hours (online and in person) as necessary, responding to online questions, developing lesson plans and exercises, attending weekly instructional team/GSI meetings. A GSI may have an opportunity to conduct all or part of a lecture once or twice in the term. The GSI duties for this course may be comparatively heavy on regular scheduled activities e.g. instruction, office hours, and exercise preparation.

Minimum qualifications include:

• UMSI Graduate student in good standing; 

• Must meet eligibility criteria as defined in the GEO contract;

• Applicants must be lawfully able to be employed in the United States, sponsorship to obtain such status is not available at this time; 

• Substantial experience with Python and some familiarity with web programming.

Desired qualifications include:  

Experience or interest in teaching; strong communication and analytical skills; experience teaching programming and technology skills to beginning students.  Experience with BeautifulSoup, SQL, and Flask( or another Python web programming framework), and/or desire to work ahead to learn new concepts such that you will be comfortable teaching them. Experience with github, command line and other programming-related skills are also desired. Knowledge of fundamentals of algorithms and data structures is desired.

Selection criteria will include:  

Previous experience with higher level data analysis courses in python or extensive external programming experience in Python is strongly preferred. Relevant academic preparation for teaching the course material; extent of prior instructional/work experience; relevance to graduate training; student evaluations if applicable; availability for course time requirements is mandatory.  

Decision Making Process:

The application due date is July 31, 2024. All applications will be submitted for review to the faculty member teaching the course. After review of applications and possible interviews, decisions will be made by the faculty member teaching the course.  It is anticipated that decisions will be made by mid-August.

Contact Information:

Please do not contact the faculty member who is teaching the course. Any questions should be directed to umsi.human.resources@umich.edu. 

How to Apply:

Please indicate your interest by submitting a cover letter and resume electronically using the umjobs.org website. Below are some instructions to help you through this application process.

1.       Go to http://www.umjobs.org

2.       Click on "Login"  (upper right corner).  Use your umich uniqname and password.

3.       Click on "U-M Graduate Student on the Ann Arbor campus" identifying yourself as a UM Graduate Student (fourth option)

4.       Click in the "Search for Jobs" box at the top of the page

5.       Enter the Job Opening ID #251835

6.       You are now in the standard application. Answer all questions and proceed through the application process as prompted.  Upload your application as one document (preferably a Word or PDF document) including your cover letter with information on availability, your resume, and any teaching evaluations*

7.       Click "Submit" when you are finished.

*Having trouble uploading your document? 

The most common cause of upload and display issues can be attributed to an unsupported operating system or internet browser. Internet Explorer is the browser of choice when using the site, however, if one browser doesn't seem to be working properly, switch to a different browser and/or clear your cache and cookies.

Double check your document type. The system accepts resumes/cover letters created in a .DOC, .DOCX, .PDF, .TXT .HTML or .RTF. Uploading your resume/cover letter as a Microsoft Word document is the recommended format. File names are limited to 35 characters or less and cannot contain punctuation marks or special characters.

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Unsuccessful applications will be retained for consideration in the event that there are last minute openings for available positions. Upon request, any applicant denied employment will receive, within fourteen (14) calendar days, a written explanation of the reasons for denial of employment, and/or an in-person interview with the hiring agent(s) to be scheduled at a mutually agreed upon time. In the event an Employee does not receive his or her preferred assignment, he or she can request a written explanation or an in-person interview with the hiring agent(s) to be scheduled at a mutually agreed upon time.

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This position, as posted, is subject to a collective bargaining agreement between the Regents of the University of Michigan and the Graduate Employees’ Organization, American Federation of Teachers, AFL-CIO 3550.

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Background Screening:

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U-M EEO/AA Statement:

The University of Michigan is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer.