Academic Employment

The principal duty of an Assistant Instructor is to serve as auxiliary teaching staff of the university. He/She is employed to meet instructional needs at the undergraduate level, primarily in the lower-division areas. Approval for an assistant instructor to teach an upper-division course must be obtained from the Vice Provost and Dean of Graduate Studies. The format for and content of their instructional service is established by the faculty. All duties and services of Assistant Instructors are to be carried out under established supervision and direction of departmental faculty.

An AI must meet all of the following criteria, as required by the Graduate School and HR:

• Be eligible to work in the U.S. and provide documentation to establish identity and evidence of employment within the first three (3) days of employment to have a complete I-9 on file with HR, satisfactory complete a criminal background check as required for any graduate student appiontment, and have a Social Security Number or will apply to receive one as an international student once being offered the position. 
• Be a degree-seeking graduate student who is making satisfactory progress toward a graduate degree without existing conditional admission requirements imposed by the Vice Provost and Dean of Graduate Studies.
• Hold a Master’s degree or have completed 30 hours of graduate coursework
• Have completed one semester of a course in teaching methods (398T)
• Been previously appointed as a TA at UT-Austin or have had one year of previous teaching experience at an accredited college or school (listed as the instructor on file at that institution)
• Remain registered for at least ninesemester hours of course work in the long semesters (enrollment in three semester hours of course work is required for students holding summer assignments). This does not include enrollment in University Extension courses.
• Maintain at least a 3.0 graduate grade-point average.

• As an employee of the university, graduate student employees are mandated Title IX reporters. For more information about employee responsibilities under Title IX, including information about confidential employee reporting exceptions, please visit the Title IX website at http://titleix.utexas.edu

An AI must meet the additional following criteria, as required by the Department of French & Italian:

• Maintain at least a 3.25 graduate grade-point average.
• Maintain a minimum average of 3.5 out of 5 for overall instructor rating on the student-generated Course Instructor Survey (CIS) and a satisfactory rating from the supervisor of course taught and from the Language Program Director.
• AIs must attend all orientation sessions and course meetings throughout the semester, organized by the course supervisor and/or Language Program Director.

In addition, the student must not have more than
• two grades of X (temporary incomplete), or
• one grade of X and one grade of I (permanent incomplete).

International students must have
• English language certification and
• Attended the International TA/AI Orientation if assigned as a TA or AI with student contact.

Contact the Graduate Coordinator for more information on any of these requirements.

The principal duty of a Teaching Assistant is to help faculty with the conduct and delivery of courses. Services provided by teaching assistants include, but are not limited to, assisting with course and materials design, 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.

A TA must meet the following criteria, as required by the Office of Graduate Studies:

• Be eligible to work in the U.S. and provide documentation to establish identity and evidence of employment within the first three (3) days of employment to have a complete I-9 on file with HR, satisfactory complete a criminal background check as required for any graduate student appiontment, and have a Social Security Number or will apply to receive one as an international student once being offered the position. 
• Be a degree-seeking graduate student who is making satisfactory progress toward a graduate degree without existing conditional admission requirements imposed by the Vice Provost and Dean of Graduate Studies.
• Remain registered for at least nine semester hours of course work in the long semesters (enrollment in three semester hours of course work is required for students holding summer assignments). This does not include enrollment in University Extension courses.
• Maintain at least a 3.0 graduate grade-point average.
• As an employee of the university, graduate student employees are mandated Title IX reporters. For more information about employee responsibilities under Title IX, including information about confidential employee reporting exceptions, please visit the Title IX website at http://titleix.utexas.edu

A TA must meet the additional following criteria, as required by the Department of French & Italian:

• Maintain at least a 3.25 graduate grade-point average.
• Fill out and follow the responsibilities outlined on the COLA TA-agreement signed off and agreed upon with the assigned Teaching Supervisor each semester.

In addition, the student must not have more than
• two grades of X (temporary incomplete), or
• one grade of X and one grade of I (permanent incomplete).

International students must have
• English language certification and
• Attended the International TA/AI Orientation if assigned as a TA or AI with student contact.

Contact the Graduate Coordinator for more information on any of these requirements.