Open Position: Professional Teaching Assistant
Location: Sabancı University, Istanbul, Türkiye
Application Deadline: July 31, 2025
Start Date: September 1, 2025
About Sabancı University
Established by the Sabancı Foundation in 1994, Sabancı University provides a world-class education to its students, from undergraduate to the PhD level. The university is distinguished by its innovative educational system, which is unique in Turkey. Sabancı University began to accept students in 1999. It offers students the freedom to choose their academic program within the first two years of enrollment. As of 2012, Sabancı University recognized as the most entrepreneurial and innovative foundation university in the University Entrepreneurship and Innovation Index, which is an index adopted by the Ministry of Science, Industry, and Technology of Turkey. In addition, SU is one of the highest-ranked universities in the Times Higher Education World University Rankings in Turkey. As a young university, Sabancı University aspires to become an international reference point for innovation in education and research.
Position Overwiew
The Foundations Development Directorate (FDD) at Sabancı University is seeking a professional teaching assistant for an introductory level science course for freshman students. The course is offered in a student-centered format, where all in-class components take place in an active, collaborative learning environment. The contents of the course emphasize scientific critical thinking and scientific literacy discussed through four modules, in which the students probe four open scientific questions closely related to our daily life, using basic scientific concepts from physics, chemistry and biology. The FDD coordinates our core curriculum. For more information on the course, please visit http://scienceofnature.sabanciuniv.edu.
Qualifications
The candidate must hold a Master of Science or Doctor of Philosophy degree in natural sciences, with a strong interest in science education. Priority will be given to candidates with a degree in Physics or closely related interdisciplinary fields. Proficiency in English (speaking and writing) is required. Candidates are expected to have excellent coordination and organizational skills as well as commitment to teamwork. The position has a required start date of September 1, 2025 with a minimum working duration of five months (one semester).
Key Responsibilities:
The position involves (but not limited to) the following responsibilities:
- Attend and help organization of orientation and training sessions for teaching assistants (TAs)
- Lead TA meetings (weekly)
- Facilitate problem-solving sessions (weekly)
- Help to manage the course LMS (weekly)
- Help with the exam organization, proctoring, and grading
- Help with the revision of the course materials
- Exam proctoring
- Exam grading
- Help to manage course emails
Application Process
Applicants are requested to complete an online application form and submit a teaching statement and CV at https://crm.sabanciuniv.edu/academiccv/application.php?advertcode=FDP-TA-2025. For inquiries, you may contact arzu.kiran@sabanciuniv.edu. For full consideration, applications must be received by July 31, 2025. Early applications are encouraged as the evaluation process starts immediately.
Sabancı University is committed to the principle of equal opportunity and equal treatment in education and employment. The University respects all individuals without any discrimination of gender, religion, national and ethnic origin, race, color, physical disability, physical appearance, marital or parental status, sexual orientation, age, or political affiliation in the administration of its educational, admission and employment policies, and its scholarship and university-sponsored programs.