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ASSISTANTSHIP AND TEACHING ASSOCIATE PROGRAMS
Graduate students in English, Comparative Literature, and Linguistics and the TESOL program have the opportunity to apply for positions as Graduate Assistants and Teaching Associates in the department's composition program.
The GA/TA programs are structured in the
following way:
Semester 1 Graduate Assistant After selection by a department committee, the student works as a GA assisting an English 099 instructor and tutoring in the Writing Center. During the first semester, the GA must enroll in English 402/402S, Theories of Response to Written Composition, a graded, 3-unit course, which is generally offered only during the fall semester.
Semester 2 The GA without teaching
experience prior to entering the program continues to assist
in the classroom and tutor in the Center.
Semester 2 or 3 Teaching Associate - After selection by a department committee, the graduate student may be hired as a TA for one academic year to teach one section of writing each semester under faculty supervision. During the first semester, the TA must enroll in English 590, Writing Theory and Practice, a graded, 3-unit course. Only students in good academic standing who have completed 12 units of graduate work are eligible.
Semester 3 or 4 The student continues
to teach under faculty supervision and must enroll in English
590S, Teaching Assistant Supervision, a CR/NC 1-unit course.
Application procedure
To apply for a Graduate Assistantship,
please submit to English Department, UH 323, Attn. Writing Center:
To apply for the Teaching Associate
Program, please submit to to English Department, UH 323, Attn. TA Program:
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a brief letter of application, indicating
your reasons for wanting to take part in the program, and
providing the name of at least one 099 instructor who can
speak to your performance in the classroom;
- a current resume;
- one graded
paper from a 500-level course, with instructor’s remarks.
- one letter of recommendation. The letter needs to be signed and on department letterhead.
- one recent performance evaluation from the Writing Center or University Learning Center. Applicants who have not worked in either of these programs must have their qualifications reviewed by the current TA Adviser.
Applications are due by the last Friday in April. Interviews for each position are conducted at the end of spring semester.
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