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Teaching Assistant

We do not accept applications via email and do not keep the information sent on file. The only applications considered are those filled out using the online application form. Application, deadlines and announcement dates are listed below. Contacting the office directly regarding your application status will not improve your chances of being hired as we give equal consideration to all applications.

Applications for Fall must be submitted by July 10.

Applications for Spring must be submitted by November 10.

Applications for Summer must be submitted by April 10.

 

Fall assignments will be announced by August 15.

Spring assignments will be announced by December 15.

Summer assignments will be announced by May 15.

 

Teaching Assistants are graduate students who help faculty with the conduct and delivery of courses. Services provided by teaching assistants include, but are not limited to, grading, monitoring, leading lab and/or discussion sessions, offering office hour assistance to students, and performing clerical tasks associated with course instruction. Teaching assistants are supervised by the course instructor of record and are subject to established departmental policies on student academic employment.  The duties of a Mathematics Teaching Assistant (TA) can vary from course to course; carefully review the the details in the Graduate Teaching Assistant Guidelines to learn about your duties and responsibilities.

 

Eligibility Considerations & Requirements

Conditions for student employment: 

  • Be a degree-seeking graduate student without existing admissions conditions imposed by the Vice Provost and Dean of Graduate Studies;
  • Be in good academic standing and making satisfactory progress toward a graduate degree without existing conditional admission requirements;
  • Remain registered for at least nine semester hours of coursework that count toward the graduate degree in long semesters. (Enrollment in three semester hours of coursework is required for students holding summer appointments);
  • Maintain at least a 3.0 grade-point average; and
  • Must not have more than two grades of X, I, NC, D, or F in any combination.

More info on the Graduate School website

 

The following criteria have been established for selecting Teaching Assistants:

  • Graduate students who have received excellent grades in Calculus courses and in any upper-division mathematics courses taken.
  • Graduate Students with an undergraduate degree in Mathematics
  • Graduate students who have previous teaching experience are preferred. 
  • Graduate students who have completed 398T - Supervised Teaching are strongly preferred.

Each student selected as a Teaching Assistant in the Mathematics Department may be asked questions to determine his/her proficiency in the course the student will assist. International students are required to have competed ITA English Certification. Read more about the International Teaching Assistant (ITA) English Certification.  

 

Training

The College of Natural Sciences considers certain topics to be essential for protecting the safety of our students as well as the values of our college and this institution.

Topics include:

Beyond the M398T course, there are other resources and training opportunities available for you as a student. You can sign up for GRS 097, the Tides Pre-semester Bootcamp or the Teaching Prep Series of the Center of Teaching and Learning – Graduate Student Development.

 

Onboarding

All new Teaching Assistants must present proof of eligibility for employment by completing Employee Onboarding Tasks in Workday. Tasks will be available for you to complete via Workday upon acceptance of employment. A criminal background check is conducted for all new university employees. 

New Student Employee Checklist

International Student Employee Checklist

Teaching Assistants will be appointed 10 or 20 hours per week depending on such factors as class size, frequency and type of assistance required, etc.

Please contact the graduate program coordinator if you have any questions regarding this application.

 

Submit your application

Online Teaching Assistant Application

Submit your schedule of availability: Please submit your schedule as soon as possible, but no later than mid-July for Fall assignments, mid-November for Spring assignments and mid-April for Summer assignments. Without your schedule of availability we cannot assign you.

 
Applications for Fall must be submitted by July 10 and will be selected by August 15.
Applications for Spring must be submitted by November 10 and will be selected by December 15.
Applications for Summer must be submitted by April 10 and will be selected by May 15.
 

Incoming students: please submit your schedule of availability as soon as you are able to. Without your schedule of availability we cannot assign you.

Pending changes in the course schedule, hiring may happen after the dates listed above. If you do not hear from our office by the first day of classes, you can assume we were unable to assign you and will not hire you.

Please do not email application materials to our office. We do not accept applications via email and do not keep the information sent on file. The only applications considered are those filled out using the online application form. Contacting the office directly regarding your application status will not improve your chances of being hired as we give equal consideration to all applications.

 

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