Student Teaching Opportunities for Summer 2008
ATTENTION STUDENTS!
SUMMER SESSIONS POSITIONS AS ASSOCIATES IN, TEACHING ASSISTANTS, AND READERS
Introduction
Each year, Summer Sessions employs hundreds of students as Associates In, Teaching Assistant, and Readers. Here is a brief overview of these positions.
- Associate In__
- The title Associate In__ is assigned to a graduate student of excellent scholarship and teaching promise, who is temporarily employed as the instructor of an entire lower division course or group of students in a lower division course. An Associate In_ may instruct an upper division course, but only on the basis of a petition for exception to policy whihc has been approved by the Office of Graduate Studies. An Associate In__ should be competent to conduct instruction independently and without supervision.
- Students appointed to the title Associate In__ receive a fixed monthly stipend related to the percentage of appointment time.
- Teaching Assistant
- A Teaching Assistant is a full-time registered graduate student, chosen for excellent scholarship and teaching promise, serving an apprenticeship under the active tutelage and supervision of a regular faculty member.
- A Teaching Assistant is not responsible for the instructional content of a course, for selection of student assignments, for planning of examinations, or for determining the term grade for students. The Teaching Assistant is responsible for the conduct of recitation, laboratory, or quiz sections under the active direction and supervision of a regular member of the faculty to whom final responsibility for the course's entire instruction, including the performance of Teaching Assistants, has been assigned.
- Students appointed to the title Teaching Assistant receive a fixed monthly stipend related to the percentage of appointment time.
- Reader
- The title Reader is given to a graduate or undergraduate student appointed for the ability to render diverse services as a "course assistant," which will normally include the grading of student papers and examinations. A Reader will not be assigned the responsibilities of leading discussion or laboratory sections.
- Readers are paid on an hourly basis for hours worked and recorded on their timesheet.
Position Availability
We expect hundreds of courses during each six week Summer Session (Summer Session I is from June 23 to August 1 and Summer Session II is from August 4 to September 12). Although there are plenty of courses the list keeps changing right up to the opening day of each session, and for this reason it is difficult to provide an accurate estimate of position openings. However, our Associate In, Teaching Assistant and Reader needs for Summer 2007 provide a good indication of our likely needs for 2008. Please click here for estimated position availability by department and employment title for Summer Sessions 2008.
Minimum Qualifications
The following table provides the minimum qualifications for the various ASE positions. Please note that these are minimum qualifications only.
Departments that wish to hire someone who does not meet the stated minimum qualifications must file a Petition for Exception to Policy with the Office of Graduate Studies. No offer of employment may be made nor employment begun unless and until the Petition has been approved.
These minimum qualifications are established by and at the sole discretion of the University of California.
For qualifications and applications procedures, please contact the appropriate departmental contact person. You may also wish to refer to Appendix IIB of the UC Davis Academic Policy Manual for further information regarding policies and procedures related to these positions.
Associate In
Minimum qualifications for being employed as an Associate In are:
- Master's degree or completion of 30 units of graduate work.
- One year teaching experience, including any time served as a TA.
- Full-time, registered graduate student.
- 3.00 GPA (on a 4.00 point scale).
- Student must be in good academic standing.
Teaching Assistants
Minimum qualifications for being employed as a Teaching Assistant are:
- Full-time, registered graduate student.
- 3.00 GPA (on a 4.00 point scale).
- Student must be in good academic standing.
- No student may serve as a Teaching Assistant (TA) in a course in which he or she is enrolled.
Reader
Minimum qualifications for being employed as a Reader are:
- Full-time registered student.
- Student must be in good academic standing.
- 3.00 GPA (on a 4.00 point scale).
- A student may not serve as a Reader in a course in which he or she is enrolled.
- Non-student appointments are reviewed on a case-by-case basis by the Office of Graduate Studies prior to employment.
Associates In, Teaching Assistants and Readers are nominated by departments and then appointed by Summer Sessions. Do not apply directly to Summer Sessions. To apply for a Summer Sessions position, please apply through your department or program as you would for such a comparable position during the rest of the academic year. Please Note: You may be eligible to serve as a TA or Reader outside of your department. For example, a Comparative Literature student might be eligible to assist with an introductory French course or a Physics student might be eligible to assist with an introductory Math course. All of this is decided at the departmental and program levels.
This position is covered by a collective bargaining agreement between the University of California (UC) and the Association of Graduate Student Employees/ United Automobile Workers (AGSE/UAW) Local 2865. An electronic copy of the UC and AGSE/UAW collective bargaining agreement can be accessed at:
The collective bargaining agreement between UC and AGSE/UAW requires that your name and departmental address be released to AGSE/UAW.
These estimates are based on Associate In, TA, and Reader use during last year’s (2007) Summer Sessions.