Teaching Assistant and Assistant Instructor Positions for the Department of Mexican American and Latina/o Studies

Students appointed from outside the College of Liberal Arts will only receive tuition benefit up to COLA's standard full time enrollment rate.

Graduate students seeking an appointment as a teaching assistant must be in good standing with the Graduate School (i.e., 3.00 grade-point average or better), registered for at least nine semester hours of course work in the long semester they are appointed, and making progress toward their graduate degree. 

Graduate students seeking an appointment as an assistant instructor must also be in good standing with the Graduate School (i.e., 3.00 grade-point average or better), registered for at least nine semester hours of course work in the long semester of the appointment, and making progress toward their graduate degree.  Applicants must also have a master's degree or an equivalent level of achievement in graduate study (e.g., 30 hours including 18 hours of credit in the subject to be taught) and professional accomplishment.  Applicants must have credit for a 398T (i.e., supervised teaching course) plus one semester of employment as a teaching assistant or have one year of teaching experience at an accredited college or school. 

Graduate students are limited to a total of 14 semesters of student academic employment.  The Graduate School enforces the 14 Semester Rule and there are no exceptions to this policy.  This policy applies to both teaching assistant and assistant instructor appointments.

Evaluation

The Revised Handbook of Operating Procedures of The University of Texas at Austin states that teaching assistants and assistant instructors employed by UT Austin must have a written evaluation submitted by a supervising faculty member each semester.

Faculty affiliates who are assigned a teaching assistant, or are supervising an assistant instructor, are required to submit a MALS Graduate Student Instructor Evaluation Form as part of this evaluation to document how well the graduate student has carried out basic responsibilities during the semester. Future assignments are contingent upon completion of the form. Faculty affiliates are required to provide written remarks as circumstances warrant. Finally, faculty affiliates are encouraged to write a letter to the MALS graduate advisor noting exceptional (or less than satisfactory) performance by a teaching assistant or assistant instructor.

Application

Applicants for a teaching assistant or assistant instructor position with MALS must submit either the MALS TA Application Form or the MALS AI Application Form by 5:00 p.m. on Friday, December 6, 2019. (Fall 2020 Deadline will be announced later this fall.) 

A complete teaching assistant application includes the MALS TA Application Form and a letter of recommendation from a MALS faculty member or MALS Courtesy Appointment.

A complete assistant instructor application includes the MALS AI Application Form and the following items:

1. Syllabi for two lower-division MAS courses (include titles, brief 50 word descriptions, required readings, assignments, and grade criteria); and
2. A statement of support from a MALS faculty member (who will also supervise the student while appointed as an assistant instructor).
   

MALS welcomes course proposals for MAS 319, our lower-division undergraduate topics course number. Prospective assistant instructor applicants should contact Luis Guevara, MALS Academic Program Coordinator, at lvg@austin.utexas.edu, regarding previous titles or any other questions regarding the application process.

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