Graduate Teaching Assistant Health & Biomedical Sciences

Office

Location:

The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley, 1201 W. University Drive, Human Resources, MASS Building 2nd Floor, Edinburg, TX 78539

Edinburg:
Brownsville:

Office hours:
Monday-Friday, 8:00 a.m.

- 5:00 p.m.

Faculty Recruitment:
College of Engineering & Computer Science: cecs
Robert

C. Vackar College of Business & Entrepreneurship: cobe

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• Must be admitted to a graduate degree program
• Must be in good academic standing
• Hold a bachelor’s degree or higher appropriate to the area of service
• Be registered full‑time for the respective semester—nine (9) semester credit hours during the fall semester, nine (9) semester credit hours during the spring semester, three (3) semester credit hours during the summer session, or be registered in the required number of semester credit hours to fulfill the only remaining requirements of the degree plan.

Posting Number: A1217

Working Title:

Graduate Teaching Assistant for Health & Biomedical Sciences

Location:

Edinburg, Texas

College:
College of Health Professions

Department:
College of Health Professions / Health and Biomedical Sciences

Division:
Provost - Academic Affairs

Employment: 0.50 FTE

Primary function: A Graduate Teaching Assistant (GTA) under the supervision of the faculty and/or staff may assist faculty with various lab-related tasks, provide guidance to students on lab processes, protocols, and safety, laboratory operational needs such as prep and set up, and other associated duties, as assigned. Graduate Teaching Assistants provide professional level laboratory teaching assistance under the direct supervision of a faculty supervisor or staff.

Work schedules will vary depending on department needs.

• Provides general assistance to faculty members in instructional activities. May include taking attendance and monitoring students. The GTA may repeat the instructor’s instructions for the lab or review the instructor’s lecture power point if lab groups are separated by walls/space for the same lab section in a classroom.
• Proctors examinations, grade tests, assignments, and post‑lab assessments.
• Facilitates discussion groups and group projects.
• Assists the lab instructor to provide student support in the lab including student interaction, technique demonstration, and reinforcing concepts introduced in the lecture and labs.
• Assists faculty and Lab Manager in lab preparation and clean‑up. These tasks will include preparing chemical solutions/buffers, autoclaving/sterilizing materials, preparing microbiology plates or slants and cultures gathering materials and equipment for BMED labs and other assigned tasks.
• Enforces laboratory rules and procedures while interacting with students and serves as a positive and professional role model.
• Graduate Teaching Assistants are also responsible for maintaining professional interactions with their students, staff, faculty and supervisors. They will submit…