Graduate Teaching Assistant - Biology Department; Fall

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Job no: 497905
Work type: Graduate Teaching Assistant
Location: Jacksonville, AL (Main Campus)
Categories: Student Employment

Department: Biology

Position Summary: A Graduate Teaching Assistant (GTA) under the supervision of the faculty and/or staff may include assisting faculty with various lab related tasks, performing classroom instruction, as well as other academic support duties, and departmental operational needs, and other associated and clerical duties as assigned. Teaching schedule will vary dependent upon lab schedule, lab prep, in class lab time, and post lab work.

Positions will be filled based on individual applicant’s skills, qualification, and departmental needs. If you choose to apply for employment as a graduate student at Jax State, your transcripts and letters of recommendation will be reviewed by personnel from the units who have posted a graduate administrative assistantship position.

Compensation: Graduate Teaching Assistants are expected to work 20 hours per week during a fall or spring semester. Graduate Teaching Assistants will receive a $4000 stipend each semester, disbursed in four equal monthly payments. In addition to the stipend, Graduate assistantships carry a scholarship each semester up to the max award of $4,386.00.

Duties & Responsibilities:

• Serves as lab instructor.
• Assists in logging and processing course materials, assignments, papers, and internship materials.
• Assists in research related tasks including use of the library and internet to find and/or update sources.
• Assists faculty and lab supervisor in lab preparation and clean‑up.
• Performs a combination of duties under the supervision of the faculty and lab supervisor.
• Performs clerical and other related duties as assigned.

Graduate Assistantship

Qualifications:

• Must be classified as a degree‑seeking graduate student at Jax State.
• Must be actively enrolled in a graduate degree program at Jax State during the assistantship semester.
• If a new student, must be admitted to a degree program.
• Must be actively enrolled in required coursework towards the degree. The Graduate Assistantship will not pay for courses that are not in the degree program plan of study/checklist.
• Must hold the minimum required GPA for the student’s enrolled degree program and a minimum GPA of 3.00 in Biology Coursework.
• During the assistantship semester, must be enrolled at JSU in six to nine (6‑9) graduate semester hours in a fall or spring semester or six to nine (6‑9) graduate semester hours in a full summer term (Full summer term = May, June, and July). An exception to this requirement may be made by the Director of Graduate Studies under the following circumstances:
• If a student is classified as a graduate student and is required to take undergraduate courses for a graduate degree (foundation courses, undergraduate deficiency courses, etc.). The Graduate Assistantship will only pay for these courses if they are documented as required courses via memo from the student’s advisor to the Director of Graduate Studies.
• If a student has made satisfactory progress toward obtaining the graduate degree and needs fewer than six (6) graduate semester hours available to complete the degree, the student may be considered for an assistantship.
• If a student will hold a Graduate Teaching Assistantship during a summer term, the student may be allowed to enroll in fewer than six (6) graduate hours to be considered for the assistantship, as long as the courses are required for the degree.
• Must not be holding another campus job.
• A graduate assistant is prohibited from accepting, receiving, or being credited for other forms of tuition scholarships or waivers from the University. Scholarships from sources outside of the University and the Jax State employee benefit of tuition…