Graduate Assistant - Theater & Dance - Fall

Graduate Assistant - Theater & Dance - Fall 2026 in UCMO - Warrensburg, MO

The GA acts as an instructor, teaching the students a variety of skills while supervising the completion of production assignments. The Graduate Assistant also assists the Theatre Department Technical Director in the maintenance of the theatre plant and its equipment. The Technical Director works with the Graduate Assistant to plan work schedules and production timetables and makes weekly and daily assignments that the GA is responsible for carrying out.

• Education:
  
  Bachelor's Degree required.
• Currently admitted to a UCM graduate degree program.
• 3.0 or higher graduate‑level GPA if previous graduate‑level courses have been taken.
• 2.7 or higher undergraduate‑level GPA if no previous graduate‑level courses have been taken.

GA Type: Teaching

Start Date of Position: 08/10/2026

End Date of Position: 12/11/2026

Total Stipend for Semester: $4,950

Working Days &

Hours:

Monday – Friday 1:00 pm – 5:00 pm. Some evenings and weekends.

Scholarship: Students filling a Graduate Assistantship (GA) position are eligible to receive a graduate tuition waiver, a graduate non‑resident tuition waiver (if applicable), and a graduate mandatory fees waiver. The scholarships are in the form of a waiver and the funds are not deposited into the student’s personal account. Instead, the student’s bill is reduced by the amount of the scholarship awarded.

If the maximum amount of the scholarship is not used, the remainder is not paid to the student in any form and unused scholarship money cannot be carried over to another semester. The scholarship is applied to graduate‑level courses only; courses taken for undergraduate credit are not eligible to be covered by the GA scholarship. The non‑resident fee scholarship only applies to classes taken on the UCM Warrensburg campus.

The maximum scholarship amounts are based on the size of assistantship held. For a full (20‑hour per week) assistantship, the scholarship covers tuition costs and mandatory fees up to 12 credit hours of graduate coursework per semester. Graduate assistantship positions less than full will be prorated accordingly.

Special Instructions:

Full‑time staff & 12‑month faculty benefits‑eligible position:
Benefits include competitive salary; health, dental, vision, life insurance, AD & D, long‑term disability; 3 weeks paid vacation per year; 3 weeks of accrued sick leave per year; 13 paid holidays; retirement; and generous education assistance for an employee, spouse and dependent children taking classes at UCM.

9‑month faculty benefits‑eligible position:
Benefits include competitive salary; health, dental, vision, life insurance, AD & D, long‑term disability; 3 weeks of accrued sick leave per year; 13 paid holidays; retirement; and generous education assistance for an employee, spouse and dependent children taking classes at UCM.

Part‑time benefits‑eligible positions:
Benefits include generous education assistance for the employee.

Temporary, adjunct, student employment, or graduate assistant positions:
Benefits are not included.

The University of Central Missouri is an Equal Opportunity Employer.