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Introductory Biology Lab TA

Hobart and William Smith Colleges
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Position Title: Introductory Biology Lab TA

Semester/Year: 2026 Spring Semester 

Total Positions Available: 4

Supervisor: Pat Wallace

Pay rate: $16 per hour 

Hours per wk: 3 hrs per week

Start Date: January 20, 2026

End Date: May 5, 2026

 

POSITION SUMMARY

The Biology Department seeks experienced Biology students to be Teaching Assistants (TA) in Introductory Biology Lab for the Spring 2026 semester. This is a student worker position that pays $16/hr and requires  up to 3 hrs of work per week during one of the Intro Bio Lab sections: 

Monday – 1:10 - 4:10 pm

Tuesday – 9:50 am - 12:50 pm

Thursday – 1:10 - 4:10 pm

Thursday – 1:10 - 4:10 pm

 

Responsibilities

The Lab TA attends every lab meeting (for one lab section a week) and assists the lab professor in guiding students through lab activities. This may include helping students use lab equipment (like pipettes, colorimeters, LoggerPro software) and Excel for calculations and graphing and answering student questions as they go through various lab activities. Your lab professor may ask to meet shortly before lab meetings to review the day’s activity, but aside from that, no work would be required outside of lab time and labs sometimes end early.  Labs meet every week of the semester, but there will be a couple weeks off.

  

Qualifications

  • Junior or senior status preferred, but academically strong sophomores will be considered
  • Biology or Biochemistry major preferred, but minors or students who have taken many biology courses will be considered (must have passed BIOL 167).
  • Outgoing and friendly
  • Takes initiative and anticipates needs during lab session
  • Dependable and punctual
  • Strict adherence to safety protocols

 

Application Instructions: Fill out this Google Form

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