Graduate Teaching Assistant Sample Clauses

Graduate Teaching Assistant. Graduate Teaching Assistants are expected to hold a degree and must currently be enrolled for a postgraduate qualification except as approved by the Xxxx. Graduate Teaching Assistants are not expected to have course control or to give the majority of lectures in a given course, and they will work under close supervision. They may be required to provide tutoring, laboratory supervision, individual lessons, field work supervision, marking, and/or delivery of a limited number of lectures and/or seminars. Graduate Teaching Assistants are responsible to the Vice Chancellor through their academic head and the Xxxx of their faculty for such teaching and related duties, including examining, as may be required by their academic head, taking into account the category of their appointment. The position is fractional, normally up to 0.5 FTE for the period of enrolment of a graduate degree, except as approved by the Xxxx but in accordance to regulations and policies. Students will be governed by clause 40.4.
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Graduate Teaching Assistant. Any UNBC student assigned a Graduate Teaching Assistant contract.
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Graduate Teaching Assistant. (GTA) a GTA shall be defined as an enrolled Trent University Graduate Student who is awarded a full or half-time Teaching Assistant position, funded by the Office of Graduate Studies, as outlined in a letter of admission. It is recognized that a component of the GTA compensation relates to financial support in the role of a graduate student. GTAs shall prepare and conduct laboratories, seminars, tutorials, or section(s) of course(s). A GTA will not be assigned principal responsibility for the preparation and presentation of courses. Duties related to the position, which shall be in accordance with University and departmental practices, shall be determined by the person(s) who has (have) principal responsibility for the course. Those assigned duties may include but are not limited to the following: • Employer-required training and orientation; • Assigning, marking, and evaluating written and oral student work; • Submission of grades as required; • Attendance at lectures; • Monitoring labs; • Preparing for and conducting discussion groups, seminars, tutorials, and/or problem solving sessions; • Maintenance of reasonable hours for student contact. A GTA may volunteer to lecture in a course, but lecturing is not required as part of their GTA duties.
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Graduate Teaching Assistant. Class Code 9184 A Graduate Teaching Assistant shall be a degree seeking graduate student who assists a faculty member with a teaching assignment. The duties may include, but are not limited to, preparing lectures, grading assignments, researching class topics and substituting for Faculty of Record on select class days. A Graduate Teaching Assistant who is the Instructor of Record must have completed 18 graduate credit hours in the subject area and perform teaching duties related to his or her academic program.The evaluation of teaching for all adjunct faculty and graduate teaching assistants serving as primary instructors will be conducted in accordance with the FIU Adjunct Faculty and Graduate Teaching Assistant Policy #380.079 • EMPLOYEE agrees NOT to accept employment outside of FIU. • EMPLOYEE must NOT accept an appointment which individually or collectively exceeds 0.50 FTE (20 hours per week) without • Appointment is contingent upon full-time enrollment (9 graduate credits in Fall and Spring; 6 graduate credits in Summer) and satisfactory academic and work performance (GPA of 3.0 or higher). • Doctoral students who will be candidates in the Fall (with an approved candidacy with UGS) must register for 3 dissertation credits only. The tuition waiver will only cover the 3 credits unless they are in their last graduating semester and need more than the 3 credits to meet the program's requirements. • Employment is terminated at the end of session. No further notice of cessation of employment is required. Employment may be terminated at any time if performance is unsatisfactory. Insurance Coverage – An EMPLOYEE holding an appointment of 20 hours per week for the full term will be automatically enrolled in the University’s subsidized health insurance program. The employee portion of the total premium will be deducted from his/her paycheck as detailed in the chart below.
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Graduate Teaching Assistant. Graduate Teaching Assistants are full-time students who have been accepted as fully qualified for admission to a Master’s or program who are awarded an assistantship by the Faculty of Graduate Studies and Research on the recommendation of the academic unit. While students need not be full-time in order to apply, students must be full-time at the time of the appointment. Duties will normally consist of assisting with the instructional program of undergraduate classes or laboratories, assisting with research, and/or other related work. Maximum hours of work per semester will be approximately hours. Holders of assistantships must been accepted by the Graduate Faculty as fully qualified for admission to a Master’s or program. Students taking a full qualifying year prior to admission to a Master’s program are not eligible for assistantships. As a condition of employment, all Graduate Teaching Assistants will have attended, or will attend, a teaching workshop as may be offered by the Teaching Development Centre. A Teaching Assistant is a student academic employee engaged for one semester to assist a faculty member by leading either one seminar or one lab section per week for at least ten weeks of the semester, with associated marking, preparation and assignments. These positions are generally considered to be an average of hours (including vacation pay) for the semester. The rate of pay for this position shall be based on the classification of the employee in Note If seminars or can be demonstrated to require more than hours, additional hours are to be approved by the supervisor before being worked or paid. A Teaching Assistant is a student academic employee engaged for one semester to assist a faculty member in any of the following ways: marking assignments or tests, counselling or tutoring positions, Fine Arts skilled positions, etc. The number of hours assigned to these positions will be determined by the academic unit offering the position in a fair and reasonable manner, based on anticipated hours of work. The rate of pay for these positions shall be based on the classification of the employee in Note If the position requires more hours than were originally assigned, additional pay shall be paid. A Swim Instructor must possess current instructor certification and is assigned to instruct swimming classes offered by the University. The senior instructor must possess current instructor and examiner certification from the Royal Life Saving Society and the Red C...
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