Instructional Aid Senior Coordinator

🇺🇸 Columbus, Ohio 🕑 Full-Time Temporary 💰 $17 - $22 per Hour 💻 Instructional Design 🗓️ September 14th, 2026

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Ohio State University is hiring an Instructional Aid Senior Coordinator to support peer-led team learning workshops for introductory biology courses in the Center for Life Sciences Education. The coordinator mentors student peer leaders through weekly meetings, reviews and edits workshop materials, and evaluates peer leader performance through direct observation. This role also helps develop new workshops, test modifications to existing ones, design professional development training for peer leaders, and conduct pedagogical research related to the program.

Highlights

Mentors student peer leaders and facilitates a 2-hour weekly leader meeting for biology PLTL workshops.
Reviews and edits upcoming workshop materials each week to prepare student peer leaders.
Evaluates peer leader performance through direct observation and reports on weekly progress to the PLTL coordinator, Assistant Director, and CLSE Director.
Assists the PLTL coordinator with developing and running new workshops and testing modifications to existing ones.
Designs professional development training for student peer leaders.
Conducts pedagogical research related to the PLTL program within the Center for Life Sciences Education.
Requires a high school diploma or GED and prior peer-led team learning experience; a bachelor's degree in a biological science is desired.
Temporary, fixed-term position scheduled for 30 hours per week on first shift.
Pays $16.65-$21.77 per hour.

Instructional Aid Senior Coordinator Full Description

The Instructional Aid Coordinator will facilitate peer-led team learning (PLTL) workshops for the introductory Biology 1113.02 and 1114.02 courses. This position serves as a mentor to student peer leaders by running a 2-hour weekly leader meeting and by reviewing and editing workshop materials for the upcoming week to prepare the student leaders. The role evaluates peer leader performance through observation and provides feedback to the student peer leaders, the PLTL course coordinator, the Assistant Director, and the Director of the CLSE about weekly progress. The role also assists the PLTL coordinator with developing and running new workshops, testing suggested modifications to existing workshops, designing professional development training for student peer leaders, and conducting pedagogical research related to the PLTL program in CLSE.

Required

High School Diploma or GED. Experience with peer-led team learning is required.

Desired

Bachelor's degree in a Biological Science is desired.

About the Department

The College of Arts and Sciences Center for Life Sciences Education is seeking an Instructional Aid Senior Coordinator. The College of Arts and Sciences is the largest college and the academic heart of the university, hosting 81 majors across 38 departments with 20+ world-class research centers and more than 2,000 faculty and staff members.

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