STUDENT- Cinema & Photo courses (CNPH) Teaching Assistant Positions

Ithaca College • Town of Ithaca, NY

81d • Onsite

About The Position

Ithaca College’s student employment program offers meaningful experiential learning opportunities that develop transferable skills sought by employers across various industries. These positions allow students to apply classroom knowledge in real-world professional settings, fostering both personal and professional growth.

Ithaca College is committed to building a diverse academic community and encourages members of underrepresented groups to apply. Experience that contributes to the diversity of the college is appreciated.

Requirements

• Student must have taken the course before.
• Student must have taken the course before and received an A.
• Student must have taken the course before and received at least a B.
• Student must have taken the course before and received an A.
• Student must have taken the course before and received at least an A-.
• Student must have taken the course before.
• Student must have taken the course before and received at least a B+.
• Student must have taken CNPH 33011 ACP Picture Editing or TVR 29000 Editing.
• Student must have taken ACP Fiction or ACP Directing.

Nice To Haves

• Experience that contributes to the diversity of the college is appreciated.

Responsibilities

• Downloading a prescribed list of film clips provided by the professor and screening them in discussion.
• Ensuring the class is engaged in appropriate analysis and discussion.
• Supporting faculty and students in production-based courses by assisting with equipment management, hands-on exercises, editing sessions, critiques, and other experiential learning activities.
• Serving as both a technical and academic resource for students, helping reinforce course concepts, facilitate project work, and promote the proper use of equipment and departmental resources.
• Demonstrating equipment and production techniques.
• Sharing practical filmmaking knowledge.
• Providing constructive feedback throughout the creative process.
• Assisting with equipment transport, maintenance, setup, and return.
• Supporting in-class demonstrations and productions.
• Developing supervised instructional materials.
• Offering peer-to-peer guidance in collaboration with the instructor.
• Picking up and returning equipment to PPECS.
• Being an extra set of hands during in-class demonstrations and multiple in-class shoots.
• Providing feedback and criticism during critique screenings.
• Providing peer-to-peer support during the complex process of film production.
• Handling equipment checkout and return.
• Assisting students during exercises and workshops.
• Prepping exercise materials.
• Assisting students for presentations.
• Contributing to critiques.
• Collecting and organizing project files.
• Organizing in-class rehearsal and in-class shoot, including handling equipment set-up and returns.
• Assisting with student presentation sign-ups.
• Helping with attaining talents for in-class rehearsals.
• Assisting in picking up, setting up, and managing camera and lighting equipment.
• Assisting with lecture presentations.
• Helping students during workshops who may need additional help with the gear.
• Organizing in-class presentations.
• Gathering materials for class-workshops.
• Helping organize thesis screenings.

Benefits

• Meaningful experiential learning opportunities that develop transferable skills sought by employers across various industries.
• Apply classroom knowledge in real-world professional settings, fostering both personal and professional growth.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Part-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed