Open to SED graduate students in the Higher Education Administration sub concentration only.  Please note these are unpaid positions.

Boston University’s School of Education and Division of Student Affairs are partnering to provide graduate assistantships for masters-level students specializing in Higher Education Administration. These assistantships will expose graduate students to the many orientation, mentoring, and counseling programs in the Student Affairs operation, which exists to enhance the quality, character, and perspective of undergraduate students at Boston University.

Graduate Assistants work approximately 15 hours/week in a supervised field placement throughout the academic year. Additionally, they enroll in a weekly field placement seminar (SED AP 801) with a cohort of fellow graduate students with whom they will reflect and learn. The Graduate Assistantship counts as a 4-credit elective toward their master’s program.

To apply, simply review the following job descriptions and then email a cover letter and resume to Daryl Healea, Associate Director of Residence Life for Student & Staff Development/Instructor for Higher Education Administration (dhealea@bu.edu). In your cover letter, be sure to indicate the specific position for which you applying. If you apply for more than one position then you will need to submit a cover letter and resume for each position. A limited number of applicants will be interviewed and selected at the discretion of departmental needs each academic year.

Proposed Number of Assistantships Available Per Office for 2011-12 Academic Year

Career Development Center (1)
Community Service Center (1)
Dean of Students Office (1)
Disability Services (2)
Educational Resource Center (1)
Howard Thurman Center (1)
Judicial Affairs (2)
Orientation (1)
Residence Life (2)
Student Activities (4)
Sustainability (1)

For more information, visit http://www.bu.edu/studentleader/graduate/.

Description: Master’s or doctoral candidate with teaching experience at the elementary level preferred. TF responsibilities include:

• Coaching teams on final PPT projects (multicultural literature, past and present)
• Observing sophomores as they teach second graders and giving feedback
• Co-teaching one session on course content
• Reading course readings, serving as discussion leader, reading students’ weekly journal entries and keeping notes on participation.
• Meeting once a week with the team to debrief and plan
• Helping set up classroom in the Trotter library, technology for class, etc…
• Miscellaneous other tasks

Weekly Commitment: Mondays and Wednesdays 8-12:00, and planning time. January 23 to early April.

Application: Please forward a letter of interest and a copy of your CV to Carol Jenkins at cbj@bu.edu.

SED Graduate Research and Scholarship Awards (GRASA)

Department of Educational Foundations, Leadership and Counseling and Department of Curriculum and Teaching

We are pleased to announce that we have available a modest fund to which graduate students in the Departments may apply to request support for their research and scholarship.

Requests for awards may include:

1. attendance at conferences, including registration fees and travel costs;
2. costs of conducting research (including purchase of published instruments such as surveys or inventories, or statistical consulting); and
3. other activities that are necessary to complete a research project or dissertation.  (Funds may not be used as a stipend for the applicant.)

Preference will be given to doctoral students, but master’s level students are also welcome to apply. The maximum award will be $500, and no more than one award per year will be granted to any student.

To apply for funding, please submit an electronic letter to the Chair of your Department:
EFLC—Cathy O’Connor (mco@bu.edu)
C&T–Steve Ellenwood (ellenwoo@bu.edu) Please cc your advisor as well.

In your application, please include your BU ID, how many years you have been a student in your program, and your contact information.  Please provide a detailed statement about what you need the funding for, and a detailed budget of how much you need.  (For example, if you need to travel, include actual costs of flights, hotels, etc. If you need statistical consulting, include the rates of the person you would work with.) Finally, include a rationale for why the funding would help your advancement to degree, or would support your research and scholarship.  The rationale for your request should be no more than one single-spaced page.

Applications may be submitted at any time until the funds are depleted.  Applications will be reviewed within two weeks of being received by a committee including the Department Chair and the Associate Dean.  Students who receive an award will be asked to submit a one-page report on the outcome of their funded work.

Click here to view recent recipients.

To honor the memory of Lisa P. Loeb, a dedicated teacher of modern foreign languages, up to two summer travel fellowships may be awarded annually to Boston University School of Education graduate students who best exemplify Ms. Loeb’s spirit and commitment to teaching. Applicants are limited to graduate students in the Modern Foreign Language Education Master of Arts in Teaching and the Teaching English as a Second Language Ed.M. (Licensure Track) Programs who anticipate they will teach for the first time the following September. A maximum of $8,000 may be used for travel expenses for recipient(s). The grant will enable recipient(s) to spend up to six weeks in a country or countries selected by the student(s) in consultation with the Language Education Program Coordinator.

Award winners are expected to keep a written/ photographic record of their experiences abroad and to file a report upon their return, which is an in-depth reflection on the relationship of their experiences to their future teaching. These records will be made available to classroom teachers and future students, thereby establishing a legacy of Lisa P. Loeb Fellows.

To be considered for the Lisa Loeb Travel Fellowship, all applicants must provide the following:

• a personal statement that provides (a) a rationale for the proposed travel, and (b) a clear demonstration of how the travel will relate to/support future teaching
• a preliminary itinerary and budget
• current Boston University transcript
• two letters of recommendation from Boston University faculty members
• evidence of proficiency in the language spoken in the country or countries selected for travel such as an undergraduate or graduate transcript demonstrating successful language study

The School of Education Language Education faculty will review all applications. The Dean of the School of Education, in consultation with the Chairman of the Department of Curriculum and Teaching, will make the final selection.

The application deadline is Tuesday, January 18, 2011. All applications should be submitted through the form here. Please direct any questions or concerns to Julie Coppola by email at jcoppola@bu.edu.

Lisa P. Loeb Fellows will be notified by April 4, 2011. All fellows are expected to file a final itinerary with Professor Coppola prior to departure.

Secure a one-year Graduate Assistant position (Fall and Spring semesters) at the School of Education (SED) Office of Student Services. Work closely with the Director of Student Services to plan School of Education events and correspond with current and prospective students. Communicate with SED staff and faculty and assist with daily office operations.

Eligibility Requirements: This position is open to all SED graduate students. The position can serve as an internship opportunity for students enrolled in the Higher Education Administration program and will be customized based on student interests. Candidates should possess strong communication skills, a customer-service oriented mindset, and a passion for SED. The position requires strong attention to detail, a collaborative working style, and comfort working with Microsoft Office.

Responsibilities: The Graduate Assistant is responsible for supporting the Director and Program Coordinator in planning School of Education yield and community events. Additionally, the Graduate Assistant will help in overseeing student groups such as the Dean’s Hosts and Transitional Mentors. This individual will be expected to communicate professionally with SED faculty, staff, and students in completing these tasks. In addition, the Graduate Assistant will assist with daily office operations. This may include answering telephones, corresponding via email, and scheduling appointments.

Time Commitment:  The Graduate Assistant will be expected to complete 20 hours per week. This position can serve as an internship for students in the EdM in Policy, Planning, and Administration with a specialization in Higher Education.

Compensation: Stipend of $4,000/semester.

Application Process: Interested applicants should submit a resume and cover letter to Jacqueline Boyle, Director of Student Services at boylej@bu.edu. Resumes and cover letters must be submitted by June 1, 2012.

Contact Information: Jacqueline Boyle, Director of Student Services, boylej@bu.edu, 617-353-6177.

The Graduate Assistant in SED’s Graduate Admissions Office becomes an integral member of the office staff each year. Join us and help recruit the next class of talented SED graduate students!

Eligibility Requirements: Candidates should possess excellent communication skills, a customer-service orientation, and a passion for education. This position requires strong attention to detail, a collaborative working style, and comfort adapting to a range of computer software. This position is open to all SED graduate students. Students in the Policy, Planning, and Administration program will receive priority consideration.

Responsibilities: The Graduate Assistant will work closely with the Director of Enrollment and Manager of Financial Aid on projects associated with recruitment and financial assistance. The Graduate Assistant will have the opportunity to participate in Open Houses, Recruitment Fairs, and Admitted Student Events. The Graduate Assistant will also be involved in the daily operations of the Admissions office, especially during peak application periods.

Time Commitment: 20 hours per week.

Compensation: Stipend of $4,000 per semester.

Application Process: Interested candidates should email a resume and letter of interest to Katharine Nelson by Friday, June 1.

Contact Information: Katharine Nelson, Director of Enrollment, kanelson@bu.edu.

Applications are being accepted by the Boston University Initiative for Literacy Development (BUILD) for a Graduate Student Coordinator to provide leadership and program management in the 2012/2013 academic year.  BUILD works in collaboration with the Boston and Chelsea Public Schools providing reading tutors to children in selected public schools, after school programs and community centers.  BUILD is Boston University’s program responding to the federal America Reads Challenge.

Responsibilities — The Graduate Coordinator is responsible for managing the day-to-day operations of the BUILD program.  These responsibilities include:

• recruiting, interviewing and selecting the tutoring corps of lead tutors and tutors

• developing public school and community tutoring sites: reviewing existing sites, making recommendations for new sites

• meeting with site directors to verify scheduling and program supervision

• addressing transportation needs of tutors

• developing and conducting training and orientation for tutoring corps

• supervising and training lead tutors

• reporting to Collaborative Office director and BUILD committee

• preparing reports and conducting evaluations

Time Commitment — 15 hours per week during academic year plus occasional weekends

Qualifications

Applicants must:

• be entering or current graduate students in the School of Education, School of Social Work or similar programs

• be eligible for a Federal Work Study award (must qualify for need-based financial aid)

• possess strong oral and written communication skills

• be committed to working with urban youth

Other preferred qualifications:

• knowledge of literacy development in children

• certification and experience in elementary education and/or reading

• experience with program administration and management

• knowledge of Boston

Compensation — Includes a combination of weekly salary and scholarship award.

Application Process — Interested applicants should submit a resume and cover letter.  Cover letter should address, in part, applicant’s interest in literacy tutoring, leadership and management experience, and vision for working with urban children.

All applicants must have completed and submitted a FAFSA as early as possible.

To apply — Submit application materials to Ruth Shane, Director, Collaborative Office

621 Commonwealth Ave., Room 319, Boston, MA 02215 or rshane@bu.edu

Please visit our web site at www.bu.edu/build.

Open to SED graduate students in the Higher Education Administration sub concentration only.  Please note these are unpaid positions.

Boston University’s School of Education and Division of Student Affairs are partnering to provide graduate assistantships for masters-level students specializing in Higher Education Administration. These assistantships will expose graduate students to the many orientation, mentoring, and counseling programs in the Student Affairs operation, which exists to enhance the quality, character, and perspective of undergraduate students at Boston University.

Graduate Assistants work approximately 15 hours/week in a supervised field placement throughout the academic year. Additionally, they enroll in a weekly field placement seminar (SED AP 801) with a cohort of fellow graduate students with whom they will reflect and learn. The Graduate Assistantship counts as a 4-credit elective toward their master’s program.

To apply, simply review the following job descriptions and then email a cover letter and resume to Daryl Healea, Associate Director of Residence Life for Student & Staff Development/Instructor for Higher Education Administration (dhealea@bu.edu). In your cover letter, be sure to indicate the specific position for which you applying. If you apply for more than one position then you will need to submit a cover letter and resume for each position. A limited number of applicants will be interviewed and selected at the discretion of departmental needs each academic year.

For more information, visit http://www.bu.edu/studentleader/graduate/.

Eligibility Requirements: The ideal candidate for this position will have some teaching experience (preferably in an urban setting) and will be familiar with alternate routes to teacher certification.

Responsibilities: The Graduate Assistant will help with many aspects of the Boston University-Teach for America partnership. TFA has partnered with BU School of Education to help support the Boston Corps of teachers. We will be providing coursework for the corps members as well as mentoring support. The position will include:

• Basic administrative duties,
• Planning events for the Corps members,
• Evaluating the partnership,
• Collecting data on the corps and the partnership,
• Developing strategies to improve the partnership.

Time Commitment: This position will require approximately 15 hours of work per week.

Compensation: Stipend of $3,500/semester.

Application Process: Interested applicants should submit a letter of interest and copy of their resume to Amy Slate (aslate@bu.edu).

Contact Information: Amy Slate, aslate@bu.edu, 617-358-5494.

Eligibility Requirements: Familiarity with Mac and PC operating systems, web browsers, networking, digital video recording and editing. Computer lab and media center operations help desk experience, teaching, supervisory, and research experience preferred.

Responsibilities: The Graduate Assistants will function as help desk assistants and will assist faculty, students, and staff with managing and troubleshooting IMC resources, as well as developing, implementing, or evaluating instructional technology resources or providing software training as needed. The Graduate Assistants will be available for special assignments as educational technologists.

Time Commitment: 10-15 hours per week.

Compensation: Positions are paid.

Application Process: Applicants should submit a cover letter and resume to Professor David Whittier, whittier@bu.edu.

Contact Information: Professor David Whittier, 2 Silber Way, Boston MA 02215, whittier@bu.edu.

Eligibility Requirements: Strong knowledge of linguistics, theoretical and applied. The likely candidate would be a master’s or doctoral student in Applied Linguistics.

Responsibilities:

• Run lab sections, as needed, on topics such as: lexical categories (parts of speech), syntax (parts of sentence, tree diagrams), morphology (derivational and inflectional, tree diagrams), phonology (IPA, syllable tree diagrams)
• Attend each class meeting
• Grade problem sets, midterms, and final exam
• Create spreadsheets with data on scores for each item tested
• Assist with powerpoints, student response systems (clickers) or other technical or logistical aspects of the course, as requested.

Time Commitment: Class meetings (4-7pm on Wednesdays during Fall 2012), weekly lab sections, grading.

Compensation: Position is paid.

Application Process: Interested students should submit a CV to Professor Marnie Reed. Applicants with recommendations from Applied Linguistics faculty will be given priority consideration.

Contact Information: Professor Marnie Reed, tesol@bu.edu, 617-353-1811.

Eligibility Requirements: Must have taken this course or an equivalent.

Responsibilities: Support students in their research and grade papers.

Time Commitment: 15 hours per week.

Compensation: This position is paid.

Application Process: Interested students should contact Professor Bruce Fraser by August 1, 2012.

Contact Information: Professor Bruce Fraser, bfraser@bu.edu

Eligibility Requirements: Must have taken this course or an equivalent.

Responsibilities: Support students in their research and grade papers.

Time Commitment: 15 hours per week.

Compensation: This position is paid.

Application Process: Interested students should contact Professor Bruce Fraser by August 1, 2012.

Contact Information: Professor Bruce Fraser, bfraser@bu.edu

Professor Bill Zahner is analyzing research data from a bilingual (Spanish-English) ninth grade algebra classroom and he is looking for a graduate Research Assistant for the 2012-13 academic year. The goal of this project is to understand how the teacher and her students used mathematical discourse practices to reason about critical concepts in high school algebra. This will be a good opportunity to learn qualitative research methods by working on real data.

Eligibility Requirements: Some background in mathematics/mathematics education and knowledge of Spanish is required.

Responsibilities:

• Attend weekly meeting with Professor Zahner
• Conduct library research
• Update literature review on learning mathematics in peer discussions
• Complete a limited amount of video transcription
• Analyze videos and transcripts of teaching and learning for inter rater reliability
• Write up results in collaboration with Professor Zahner

Time Commitment: 20 hours per week.

Compensation: This position is paid.

Application Process: Interested students should submit a cover letter, CV or resume, and unofficial transcript to Professor Bill Zahner. Applications will be accepted until the position is filled.

Contact Information: Professor Bill Zahner, wzahner@bu.edu.

ED 100 and ED 500 are Foundations of Education courses for undergraduate students and graduate students, respectively.

Eligibility Requirements: Graduate student (doctoral preferred) with two or more years of full-time teaching experience in prek-12 schools and a proven ability to help students improve writing.

Responsibilities: Lead discussions of readings, supervise group of 15 students in local public school, mark and grade papers and final exam, advise students on writing and careers, serve on planning team with professor and other TFs.

Time Commitment: 20 hours per week (one morning, one full school day, office hours, etc.)

Compensation: Stipend of $6,000 per semester, as well as tuition remission for up to 8 credits at the SED evening tuition rate.

Application Process: Interested students should send a letter of interest, resume, and writing sample (on a topic related to classroom practice or education policy). Priority consideration will be given to applications submitted by April 17th.

Contact Information: Professor Phil Tate, ptate@bu.edu, 617-353-7102

Grader for TL 509, Methods of Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages

Eligibility Requirements: CAGS or Doctoral student in language and literacy or applied linguistics.

Responsibilities: Evaluate and grade research papers and journal article summaries and critiques.

Time Commitment:Concentrated time in November and early December, approximately 35 hours per week.

Compensation: Position is paid.

Application Process: Interested students should contact Professor Steven Molinsky. An interview is required.

Contact Information: Professor Steven Molinsky, 617-353-3233.

SED CE 726 (Psychological Assessment) will meet on Mondays from 7-10PM during the Fall 2012 semester.

Eligibility Requirements: Graduate (Doctoral preferred) student in Counseling/Counseling Psychology, with successful completion of at least one graduate level course in Psychological or Educational Assessment.

Responsibilities: The TA will attend classes, meet with students, prepare several lectures and presentations, help prepare and grade assignments, hold a pre-midterm exam study session, and look up materials.

Time Commitment: 7-9 hours per week.

Compensation: Position is paid.

Application Process: Interested students should contact Professor Steven Broder, sbroder@bu.edu

Contact Information: Professor Steven Broder, sbroder@bu.edu, 621 Commonwealth Avenue, Room 318.

Teaching Assistant for ED 410 (Social Context of Education) and ED 412 (Civic Context of Education) for the 2012-13 academic year.

Eligibility Requirements: Successful experience as a teacher in K-12 schools, especially urban and/or international.

Responsibilities: Lead a weekly discussion group, organize and accompany students on visits to urban schools, award 40% of the grade for 12-15 students in group.

Time Commitment: 12-15 hours per week, varying across the semester.

Compensation: Position is paid.

Application Process: Interested students should submit a letter outlining qualifications and availability (must be available both semesters) to Professor Charles Glenn at glennsed@bu.edu by May 1, 2012.

Contact Information: Professor Charles Glenn, glennsed@bu.edu.

SED Graduate Research and Scholarship Awards (GRASA)

Department of Educational Foundations, Leadership and Counseling and Department of Curriculum and Teaching

We are pleased to announce that we have available a modest fund to which graduate students in the Departments may apply to request support for their research and scholarship.

Requests for awards may include:

1. attendance at conferences, including registration fees and travel costs;
2. costs of conducting research (including purchase of published instruments such as surveys or inventories, or statistical consulting); and
3. other activities that are necessary to complete a research project or dissertation.  (Funds may not be used as a stipend for the applicant.)

Preference will be given to doctoral students, but master’s level students are also welcome to apply. The maximum award will be $500, and no more than one award per year will be granted to any student.

To apply for funding, please submit an electronic letter to the Chair of your Department:
EFLC—Cathy O’Connor (mco@bu.edu)
C&T–Steve Ellenwood (ellenwoo@bu.edu) Please cc your advisor as well.

In your application, please include your BU ID, how many years you have been a student in your program, and your contact information.  Please provide a detailed statement about what you need the funding for, and a detailed budget of how much you need.  (For example, if you need to travel, include actual costs of flights, hotels, etc. If you need statistical consulting, include the rates of the person you would work with.) Finally, include a rationale for why the funding would help your advancement to degree, or would support your research and scholarship.  The rationale for your request should be no more than one single-spaced page.

Applications may be submitted at any time until the funds are depleted.  Applications will be reviewed within two weeks of being received by a committee including the Department Chair and the Associate Dean.  Students who receive an award will be asked to submit a one-page report on the outcome of their funded work.

Click here to view recent recipients.

Resident Assistant Positions

Consider applying for a Resident Assistant position through Boston University’s Residence Life Office. Eligibility and deadline information can be found on the Residence Life page.