Economics & Business Teaching Assistant

Job Title: Economics & Business Teaching Assistant

Classification: Student Employee (non-exempt)

Name and Address of Employer: St. Olaf College, 1520 St. Olaf Ave, Northfield, MN 55057

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Department Name: Economics Department

Unit Number (5 digits): 11160

Length of Position: See Employment Authorization  

Contact Person/Supervisor: Kim Foss

Pay Rate (Check One)     Standard Hourly Rate   x  Supervisory/Special Skills Hourly Rate

Description of the Position: (Purpose of the Position): 

Teaching Assistants are Economics or Quantitative Economics majors who will have typically earned excellent grades in Econ 121 Principles of Economics and all or most of the core courses: Econ 260 Introductory Econometrics; Econ 261 Macroeconomic Theory; and Econ 262 Microeconomic Theory. 

Teaching Assistants for Business and Management Studies will have earned excellent grades in the courses taken toward completion of the concentration.  

TA will typically work 2-3 hours per week averaged over the semester, but hours may be lower some weeks and higher during others. This may vary depending on instructor.

The Economics Department is seeking applicants for the following Fall 2025 semester courses:

• ECON 121 A & C Principles (Osell)
• ECON 121 B Principles (Mookerjee)
• ECON 121 D Principles( Hodgson)
• ECON 121 E & H Principles (Dass)
• ECON 121 F Principles (Kaiser)
• ECON 121 G Principles (Luedtke)
• ECON 242 Environmental Econ (Seth Binder)
• ECON 245 A & B Health Care (Hodgson)
• ECON 248 A & B Money & Banking (Sardar) 
• ECON 260 A & B Econometrics (Hisam)
• ECON 261 A & B Macro (Bansah)
• ECON 262 A & B Micro (Kaiser)
• ECON 262 C & D  Micro (Harris)
• ECON 371 Public Policy (Braun)
• ECON 376 Labor & Empl Relations (Mookerjee)
• ECON 378 Legal Systems (Harris)
• ECON 382 International Econ (Bansah)
• ECON 385 Time Ser & F'casting (Sardar)

To be considered: please include the following in your application. PLEASE INCLUDE THE 3 DOCUMENTS IN ONE PDF DOC.

1. A Statement of Interest indicating the position(s) for which you are applying
2. A current transcript
3. A résumé

Specific requirements for each TA position will be discussed with those candidates chosen to interview by faculty instructors.

Transferable Skills: 

• Mastery in field: grading and tutoring in economics
• Analysis and language skills: providing insightful commentary in grading feedback
• General work/life skill development: delivering assignments in timely manner to instructor
• Leadership/Behavioral: Managing expectations of fellow students and instructor
• Analysis: succinctly breaking down complex concepts into easy-to-understand segments

Duties and Responsibilities: 

Assist professor with some or all of the following: 

• Grading study sets
• Providing tutoring 
• Review and proof exams prior to test periods
• Hold a weekly one-hour open study/review session, plus a review session before the midterm and final exams. 
• Assist with Moodle quality-control

Qualifications: (Education/Experience/Skills) 

Academic: earned a B+ or higher in the course for which they will TA. Specific qualifications are determined by faculty supervisors for each course.