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TEACHING ASSISTANT GUIDELINES General Information \| Responsibilities \| Problems \| Criteria \| Evaluation & Awards \| Administration \| Salary GENERAL RIGHTS AND REQUIREMENTS A *teaching assistant* is a “student teacher” selected for his/her scholarship and promise as a teacher, and serving an apprenticeship under the active tutelage and supervision of a regular faculty member who is responsible for curriculum and instruction in the University. Teaching assistants are course assistants for undergraduate courses (lower and upper division). Their assignments include an appropriate range of supportive activities such as: assisting the faculty member with the preparation of course materials and/or laboratory demonstrations; attending the faculty member’s lectures, laboratory instruction periods, and/or scheduled instruction periods in non-traditional formats; reading student papers and examinations; holding office hours; giving tutorial or small group assistance to students; teaching in scheduled or unscheduled discussion, quiz, laboratory or field sections for the faculty member in charge. Teaching assistants are not to be utilized exclusively as readers. A teaching associate is a teaching assistant who has demonstrated his/her capabilities as a student teacher and scholar; who has a master’s degree or has completed at least 36 units of graduate course work (not including ESM 375 or 475); has at least one academic year of UCLA TA experience, or approved collegiate teaching experience at a comparable institution [this must be verified by a written letter from that institution]. Advancement to teaching associate is made upon the recommendation of the department chair and is based on performance evaluations by supervising faculty. Duties and restrictions are the same as for teaching assistants. A *teaching fellow* is a Ph.D. student formally advanced to doctoral candidacy; has demonstrated professional maturity and excellence as a scholar and teacher; has at least two academic years of UCLA TA experience or approved collegiate teaching experience at a comparable institution [this must be verified by a written letter from that institution]. Advancements are made as described for teaching associates. TA positions are covered by a collective bargaining agreement between the University and the UAW. As such, your name and departmental address will be released to the UAW each term that you are employed in the bargaining unit. The agreement can be retrieved at http://www.gdnet.ucla.edu/gss/appm/appmintro.htm Top RESPONSIBILITIES The TA workload policy can be found in Article 30 of the bargaining agreement which can be retrieved at http://www.gdnet.ucla.edu/gss/appm/appmintro.htm. You are responsible for communicating with your assigned faculty supervisor for instructions and evaluation of your work. You are expected to display attitudes and attire appropriate to your professional assignment. You are expected to proctor exams and administer teaching evaluations in your own course as well as for courses other than those assigned to you during the quarter that you are a TA. You are required to take ESM 495 Introductory Practicum for Teaching Apprentices, during the Fall Quarter of your first year with a teaching assignment. You are expected to communicate with your assigned faculty supervisor if you are ill or unable to fulfill your assignment for a particular day and/or period of time. This must be done prior to the start time of your assignment. PROBLEMS Problems with TA performance generally require no more action than a meeting between the department chair, supervising professor, and the TA. A full description of discipline and dismissal procedures can be found in Article 7 of the bargaining agreement. A full description of grievance and arbitration procedures can be found in Article 11 of the bargaining agreement. Top CRITERIA FOR TEACHING ASSISTANTSHIPS To be eligible for appointment as an apprentice personnel employee, candidates must be UCLA graduate students in good standing and must meet the following Graduate Division and departmental requirements: Registered in at least 12 units (including ESM 375) each quarter of your appointment (students on leave or paying filing fees only do not qualify). You must maintain a 3.00 GPA each quarter of your appointment. You must be accepted for graduate study in the Ethnomusicology Department. Entering graduate students are not normally given a TA appointment. Students with deficiencies are given apprentice appointments only upon the strong recommendation of faculty. If you are a continuing graduate student, you must be making normal progress towards your degree. This includes the removal of all deficiencies. You cannot be employed more than 50% time in all campus positions during any given quarter. [In certain cases we can request an exception to this rule.] You must not be employed in a TA position for more than 12 quarters (4 years). Your appointment is under the supervision of a faculty member. Complete ESM 475 during Fall Quarter of the first year you are employed as an apprentice personnel employee. International graduate students, including permanent residents, whose first language is not English must take the Test of Spoken English (TSE) and pass it at the 50 level (or pass a campus administered SPEAK examination at a comparable level) in order to be eligible for a teaching assistantship at UCLA. Individuals receiving a score of 45 or better on either exam may be conditionally appointed to teaching titles if enrolled in an English as a second language (ESL) course which provides appropriate instruction in oral communication. The Office of Instructional Development coordinates the administration of the TSE/SPEAK exam. For more information, please call 825-9269. Students may hold apprentice teaching titles for no more than four academic years (12 academic quarters), and hold apprentice teaching and research titles for a combined total of no more than six years (18 quarters). Top EVALUATIONS AND AWARDS Student evaluations of TAs Teaching Assistants are generally evaluated using the evaluation forms provided by the Office of Instructional Development and administered by the department at the end of each term. TAs will be given a typewritten copy of the comments, and the statistical summaries; this usually occurs around the third week of the following quarter [when the department receives these documents from the Office of Instructional Development]. These evaluations have a number of uses: they provide the TA with helpful feedback; they factor into teaching awards and future teaching assignments; they also serve as a reinforcement in placement dossiers. Faculty evaluation of TAs Supervising faculty are urged to observe their assigned apprentice teachers in the classroom and to meet with them on a regular basis to discuss any teaching problems which may arise. You should feel free to call on your supervising faculty for advice regarding your teaching procedures. Awards The Luckman Distinguished TA Award is presented to several TAs from various departments in a university-wide competition. This award usually includes a general one-year fellowship. Departmental faculty nominate TAs who are discussed and chosen at a departmental faculty meeting. Top THE ADMINISTRATION The TA Advisor The chair of the department is also the TA Advisor. In this capacity the chair will serve as the secondary supervisor to the TA. The TA Consultant The TA Consultant is a graduate student who is selected by faculty at the same time other TA appointments are finalized. The faculty choose an experienced, proven ESM TA. The TA Consultant reports to the Office of Instructional Development and is directly supervised by the department chair. The TA Consultant for 2007-08 is Catherine Appert. The TA Consultant is responsible for: The general organization of course 495, including the scheduling of lectures, visitations, and videotaping sessions. The contacting of all new TAs regarding attendance at, and requirements for, course 495. The scheduling and coordination of proctors for midterms and finals of large classes. Makes time available for consultation with TAs regarding their teaching role as a UCLA TA. TA Faculty Supervisor The Faculty Supervisor is the faculty member assigned to teach the course in which the TA is assigned. Graduate Advisor The Graduate Advisor is *Sandra McKerroll,* 310-825-4769, sandram@arts.ucla.edu The Apprentice Personnel Coordinator The APC is the person in charge of the processing of apprentice personnel employees. This person processes TA applications; hires and coordinates TA paychecks; maintains TA records; and various other duties as needed. The APC is *Dianne Roberts, 310-206-3020, droberts@arts.ucla.edu. Top CURRENT SALARY RATES AND PAYMENT INFORMATION* Hiring Title Annual Rate / Monthly Rate (at 100%) Teaching Assistant $31,221.00 / $3,469.00 Teaching Associate $34,848.00 / $3,872.00 Teaching Fellow $36,605.00 / $4,067.22 [note: the above rates were effective as of 10/1/06] Quarter Hire Period Pay Dates Fall October 1 - December 31 Nov 1, Dec 1, Jan 3 Winter January 1 - March 31 Feb 1, Mar 1, Apr 1 Spring April 1 - June 30 May 1, June 1, July 1 TOP
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TEACHING ASSISTANT GUIDELINES

General Information | Responsibilities | Problems | Criteria | Evaluation & Awards | Administration | Salary

GENERAL RIGHTS AND REQUIREMENTS

A teaching assistant is a “student teacher” selected for his/her scholarship and promise as a teacher, and serving an apprenticeship under the active tutelage and supervision of a regular faculty member who is responsible for curriculum and instruction in the University. Teaching assistants are course assistants for undergraduate courses (lower and upper division). Their assignments include an appropriate range of supportive activities such as: assisting the faculty member with the preparation of course materials and/or laboratory demonstrations; attending the faculty member’s lectures, laboratory instruction periods, and/or scheduled instruction periods in non-traditional formats; reading student papers and examinations; holding office hours; giving tutorial or small group assistance to students; teaching in scheduled or unscheduled discussion, quiz, laboratory or field sections for the faculty member in charge. Teaching assistants are not to be utilized exclusively as readers.

A teaching associate is a teaching assistant who has demonstrated his/her capabilities as a student teacher and scholar; who has a master’s degree or has completed at least 36 units of graduate course work (not including ESM 375 or 475); has at least one academic year of UCLA TA experience, or approved collegiate teaching experience at a comparable institution [this must be verified by a written letter from that institution]. Advancement to teaching associate is made upon the recommendation of the department chair and is based on performance evaluations by supervising faculty. Duties and restrictions are the same as for teaching assistants.

A teaching fellow is a Ph.D. student formally advanced to doctoral candidacy; has demonstrated professional maturity and excellence as a scholar and teacher; has at least two academic years of UCLA TA experience or approved collegiate teaching experience at a comparable institution [this must be verified by a written letter from that institution]. Advancements are made as described for teaching associates.

TA positions are covered by a collective bargaining agreement between the University and the UAW. As such, your name and departmental address will be released to the UAW each term that you are employed in the bargaining unit. The agreement can be retrieved at http://www.gdnet.ucla.edu/gss/appm/appmintro.htm

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RESPONSIBILITIES
The TA workload policy can be found in Article 30 of the bargaining agreement which can be retrieved at http://www.gdnet.ucla.edu/gss/appm/appmintro.htm.

You are responsible for communicating with your assigned faculty supervisor for instructions and evaluation of your work.

You are expected to display attitudes and attire appropriate to your professional assignment.

You are expected to proctor exams and administer teaching evaluations in your own course as well as for courses other than those assigned to you during the quarter that you are a TA.

You are required to take ESM 495 Introductory Practicum for Teaching Apprentices, during the Fall Quarter of your first year with a teaching assignment.

You are expected to communicate with your assigned faculty supervisor if you are ill or unable to fulfill your assignment for a particular day and/or period of time. This must be done prior to the start time of your assignment.

PROBLEMS
Problems with TA performance generally require no more action than a meeting between the department chair, supervising professor, and the TA. A full description of discipline and dismissal procedures can be found in Article 7 of the bargaining agreement.

A full description of grievance and arbitration procedures can be found in Article 11 of the bargaining agreement.

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CRITERIA FOR TEACHING ASSISTANTSHIPS

To be eligible for appointment as an apprentice personnel employee, candidates must be UCLA graduate students in good standing and must meet the following Graduate Division and departmental requirements:

Registered in at least 12 units (including ESM 375) each quarter of your appointment (students on leave or paying filing fees only do not qualify).

You must maintain a 3.00 GPA each quarter of your appointment.

You must be accepted for graduate study in the Ethnomusicology Department. Entering graduate students are not normally given a TA appointment. Students with deficiencies are given apprentice appointments only upon the strong recommendation of faculty.

If you are a continuing graduate student, you must be making normal progress towards your degree. This includes the removal of all deficiencies.

You cannot be employed more than 50% time in all campus positions during any given quarter. [In certain cases we can request an exception to this rule.]

You must not be employed in a TA position for more than 12 quarters (4 years).

Your appointment is under the supervision of a faculty member.

Complete ESM 475 during Fall Quarter of the first year you are employed as an apprentice personnel employee.

International graduate students, including permanent residents, whose first language is not English must take the Test of Spoken English (TSE) and pass it at the 50 level (or pass a campus administered SPEAK examination at a comparable level) in order to be eligible for a teaching assistantship at UCLA. Individuals receiving a score of 45 or better on either exam may be conditionally appointed to teaching titles if enrolled in an English as a second language (ESL) course which provides appropriate instruction in oral communication. The Office of Instructional Development coordinates the administration of the TSE/SPEAK exam. For more information, please call 825-9269.

Students may hold apprentice teaching titles for no more than four academic years (12 academic quarters), and hold apprentice teaching and research titles for a combined total of no more than six years (18 quarters).

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EVALUATIONS AND AWARDS
Student evaluations of TAs

Teaching Assistants are generally evaluated using the evaluation forms provided by the Office of Instructional Development and administered by the department at the end of each term. TAs will be given a typewritten copy of the comments, and the statistical summaries; this usually occurs around the third week of the following quarter [when the department receives these documents from the Office of Instructional Development].

These evaluations have a number of uses: they provide the TA with helpful feedback; they factor into teaching awards and future teaching assignments; they also serve as a reinforcement in placement dossiers.

Faculty evaluation of TAs

Supervising faculty are urged to observe their assigned apprentice teachers in the classroom and to meet with them on a regular basis to discuss any teaching problems which may arise. You should feel free to call on your supervising faculty for advice regarding your teaching procedures.

Awards

The Luckman Distinguished TA Award is presented to several TAs from various departments in a university-wide competition. This award usually includes a general one-year fellowship. Departmental faculty nominate TAs who are discussed and chosen at a departmental faculty meeting.

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THE ADMINISTRATION

The TA Advisor
The chair of the department is also the TA Advisor. In this capacity the chair will serve as the secondary supervisor to the TA.

The TA Consultant
The TA Consultant is a graduate student who is selected by faculty at the same time other TA appointments are finalized. The faculty choose an experienced, proven ESM TA. The TA Consultant reports to the Office of Instructional Development and is directly supervised by the department chair.

The TA Consultant for 2007-08 is Catherine Appert.

The TA Consultant is responsible for:

The general organization of course 495, including the scheduling of lectures, visitations, and videotaping sessions.

The contacting of all new TAs regarding attendance at, and requirements for, course 495.

The scheduling and coordination of proctors for midterms and finals of large classes.

Makes time available for consultation with TAs regarding their teaching role as a UCLA TA.

TA Faculty Supervisor
The Faculty Supervisor is the faculty member assigned to teach the course in which the TA is assigned.

Graduate Advisor
The Graduate Advisor is Sandra McKerroll, 310-825-4769, sandram@arts.ucla.edu

The Apprentice Personnel Coordinator
The APC is the person in charge of the processing of apprentice personnel employees. This person processes TA applications; hires and coordinates TA paychecks; maintains TA records; and various other duties as needed.

The APC is Dianne Roberts, 310-206-3020, droberts@arts.ucla.edu.

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CURRENT SALARY RATES AND PAYMENT INFORMATION

Hiring Title Annual Rate / Monthly Rate (at 100%)

Teaching Assistant $31,221.00 / $3,469.00

Teaching Associate $34,848.00 / $3,872.00

Teaching Fellow $36,605.00 / $4,067.22

[note: the above rates were effective as of 10/1/06]

Quarter Hire Period Pay Dates

Fall October 1 - December 31 Nov 1, Dec 1, Jan 3

Winter January 1 - March 31 Feb 1, Mar 1, Apr 1

Spring April 1 - June 30 May 1, June 1, July 1

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