AY Teaching Associate; TA - English

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Work type: Teaching Associate
Location: Fresno
Categories: Unit 11 - UAW - California Alliance of Academic Student Workers, Temporary, Part Time

College of Arts and Humanities

Position Overview:

The Department of English seeks graduate students as Teaching Associates applicants. Teaching Associates typically are responsible for providing classroom instruction. Determinant on successful TA Eligibility and Department Eligibility and adequate funding, the Department is seeking TA applicants for sections of English 5A.

Determinant on successful TA eligibility and Department Eligibility, TAs will teach sections of English 5B the following semester and could have opportunities to teach other beginning courses in the English Department.

The department reserves the right to choose the most qualified candidate for each position and to assign Teaching Associates to the courses that are appropriate for the department program and curriculum in any given semester. Due to staff and curriculum changes, courses offered may vary, and no guarantee of employment from semester to semester can be made.

Anticipated Appointment Dates:
This position is opened until filled. If you have applied and no other positions are available, you will be notified.

Fall 2025:
August 18, 2025 - December 22, 2025;
Spring 2026:
January 15, 2026 - May 22, 2026

Hours/Units per week: 3-6 units (dependent on courses and numbers of section(s) assigned). Students are limited to working up to 20-hours per week across all positions student positions.

• 1-unit is equivalent to 2.66 hours per week (40hrs x 1-unit/15-unit)
• No more than 7.5-units

Job Duties may include the following, but will be dependent upon the specific course to which the teaching associate will be assigned, as well as upon the specific needs of the faculty member in charge of the course:

• Create or implement course design and assignment sequence
• Instruct and manage the classroom
• Prepare course materials and classroom activities
• Respond to and evaluate student writing
• Assess student performance, including give course grades
• Assist students outside of class during office hours and by appointment
• Attend TA orientation at the beginning of the semester
• Enroll in and attend English 282 (Practicum for Teachers of Writing) once a week, each semester, as a condition of employment
• Participate in programmatic assessment procedures
• Teach beginning English course (as instructor of record)
• Maintain office hours

Qualifications: A candidate for the position of teaching associate in the Department of English must meet the following minimum qualifications:

• Must have courses in, knowledge of, and experience with literacy learning and the writing process.
• Must be a student fully admitted to the MA or MFA Program in the Department of English, in good academic standing, and be enrolled in at least 6-units for the semester or in two courses toward the degree.
• Must demonstrate satisfactory progress towards the degree.
• Should also have the ability to relate well with others within the academic environment and have the ability or potential to learn how to instruct and evaluate students.
• Enroll in and pass English 270 (Seminar in Writing Pedagogy: Theory and Practice) by the date of appointment to a TA position.

Preferred Qualifications:

The Hiring Committee also looks favorably upon applicants who have successfully completed courses in the history of the English language, grammar, linguistics, creative writing form and theory courses (English 241, 243, 245) or teaching English as a second language. Such courses might include English 175T (Special Topics in Rhetoric and Writing), English 131 (Literacy Studies), CI 161 (Methods and Materials in Secondary Teaching), English 132S (Rhetoric, Grammar, Writing Instruction), and Linguistics 237 (Teaching Basic Written English).

Writing, tutoring or teaching experience is preferred but not required.

Application Procedures: The review of applications will begin in Spring 2025 for a Fall 2025 start date.

* For full consideration, the application and all required materials must be submitted by April 1st; consideration will continue on a rolling basis until all positions are filled.

The following documents are required to upload:

• Current unofficial transcripts from your undergraduate and graduate education. If you have attended more than one institution, please copy and combine these transcripts into one document.
• Curriculum Vita, or résumé. Your Curriculum Vita, or CV, should contain your contact information, your employment and educational history, skills, internships, awards, volunteer service, training, and any other relevant experience.
• List of three references. The online application will request you to enter your three references separate from your C.V.
• Writing Sample: a critical analysis or researched argument, 5-10 pages long with works cited.

Finalists: may be asked for an interview.

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