From ceginfo@u.washington.edu Tue Feb 1 07:50:38 2000 Received: from jason05.u.washington.edu (root@jason05.u.washington.edu [140.142.78.6]) by lists.u.washington.edu (8.9.3+UW99.09/8.9.3+UW99.09) with ESMTP id HAA34716 for ; Tue, 1 Feb 2000 07:50:36 -0800 Received: from homer09.u.washington.edu (ceginfo@homer09.u.washington.edu [140.142.77.13]) by jason05.u.washington.edu (8.9.3+UW99.09/8.9.3+UW00.01) with ESMTP id HAA49244 for ; Tue, 1 Feb 2000 07:50:35 -0800 Received: from localhost (ceginfo@localhost) by homer09.u.washington.edu (8.9.3+UW99.09/8.9.3+UW99.09) with ESMTP id HAA64210 for ; Tue, 1 Feb 2000 07:50:35 -0800 Date: Tue, 1 Feb 2000 07:50:34 -0800 (PST) From: Civil and Environmental Engineering To: cegrads@u.washington.edu Subject: ENGR 100 Instructor opening - Spring 2000 (fwd) Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Mon, 31 Jan 2000 15:23:22 -0800 From: Mary Cook To: Wanda Frederick , Isabel V H Landsberg , Devota D. Madrano , Lynn M. Girardeau , Frankye L Jones , D.J. Miller , Steve Graham , Barbara Quick , Lara Davis , Carol A Mitton , Kate Long , David K Farkas , Miriam Rich , uwwise@u.washington.edu, lam@engr.washington.edu, spinkham@u.washington.edu Subject: ENGR 100 Instructor opening - Spring 2000 Subject: ENGR 100 Instructor Opening To: Graduate Engineering Advisors From: Mary Cook, COE (3-1770), John Kramlich, ME (3-5538) We have an opening for an instructor for ENGR 100 for this Spring quarter (2000). Could you do us the favor of forwarding the following position announcement to your grad student email lists? This is a unique opportunity to acquire a substantial, multiple-quarter teaching experience in a hands-on course, not to mention long term support for graduate studies. Thank you for your help. ************************************************** ENGR 100 - Introduction to Design - has an opening for an instructor for Spring quarter 2000. This position is open to graduate students who are interested in acquiring a substantial teaching experience in an experiential learning setting. The responsibilities include immediate oversight on one section of ENGR 100, which involves 6 contact hours per week in a laboratory setting. The section has approximately 30 students, and the instructor will be assisted by one graduate TA and one hourly undergraduate. The teaching staff works one-on-one with the students. The instructor's goal is to present engineering basics to students in an informal manner, to encourage the recruitment of new students into the College of Engineering and to retain the interest of prospective students in engineering. As a result, the class dynamics are intense but informal. Students are welcomed to freely express their design ideas, which are then discussed and critiqued. The relatively small section size provides an opportunity for high quality teaching and intense, constructive review of project results and communication skills. The appointment for a graduate student is equivalent to a 50%-time TA. Beyond class, the instructor will have overall responsibility for grading in the section (which can be delegated to the TA), and responsibility for ensuring that project materials are ready for his or her section. The instructor will also be expected to participate in training and weekly meetings. ENGR 100 is undergoing a restructuring from its previous form that is now largely completed. The principal features include: 1. The performance of two or three extensive design projects during the quarter. These have been developed and refined over the last two years, so a new instructor will not have any immediate curriculum development responsibilities. The projects have been carefully conceived to include all the important engineering activities as elements in each design, including: application of math, science, and engineering fundamentals; engineering analysis of the results of experiments (including software tools); the development and testing of prototypes of designs as a means of improving on a final design, the development and performance testing of a final design; written and oral communication of results, including the use of modern presentation software. Information on auxiliary skills, such as teamwork methodology and communication are introduced within the context of the larger projects rather than as isolated modules. 2. To ensure uniform quality and consistency between the various sections, major curriculum decisions have been centralized into a steering committee that includes the instructors, the TA's, course coordinator, and faculty advisors. This committee typically meets weekly during the quarter, and ensures that any proposed curriculum modifications or new projects are well thought out, tested, and documented before being introduced into the general curriculum. Detailed information on the course goals and structure can be found in the restructuring document: http://www.engr.washington.edu/~adhoc/teams/engr/appenc.html Information on the present suite of projects can be found on the ENGR 100 home page: http://courses.washington.edu/engr100 (Once into the home page, go to "Current Quarter" and then to "Class Schedules and Assignments." The detailed write-ups on each of the major projects can be found there.) An instructor can anticipate continuing reappointment each quarter, although this is contingent on performance and the availability of a sufficient number of class sections. We are especially seeking individuals who are interested in undergraduate education and who wish to gain insight into open-ended experiential teaching. You will have an opportunity to learn from a really great team of instructors who are rebuilding a course from the ground up. Replies should be directed to Mary Cook at mcook@engr.washington.edu. Please include the following information about yourself with your reply: 1) Please list examples of previous teaching (and/or related) experience (dates, schools, and a 1-2 sentence description of responsibilities). 2) Please specify your availability (ie. what degree program are you pursuing (MS, PH.D, etc) and how far along you are in the program). ************************************************** Mary Cook Academic Advisor, College of Engineering Box 352180, 358 Loew Hall University of Washington Seattle, WA 98195 phone: 206/543-1770 fax:206/616-8554 email: mcook@engr.washington.edu *************************************************** .