I thought I'd pass this on to the benefit of current second-year students with TA experience who are returning next year. I emailed the contact person and she said that MFA students, in addition to PhD candidates (as listed in the announcement), are welcome to apply.<br>
<br>Andrea<br><br>==<br><br>JOB OPPORTUNITIES FOR GRADUATE STUDENTS<br><br>UCR's Graduate Dean is
hiring six Graduate Student Coordinators to lead Graduate Division's new
program for Graduate Professional Education and Placement (Grad PREP).<br><br>Positions Available (detailed descriptions below):<br><br>o Graduate Student Resource Center (GSRC) Coordinator<br>o Graduate Writing Center Coordinator<br>
o University Teaching Certificate Program Coordinator<br>o English Language Development Program Coordinator<br>o One-to-One TA Mentor Program Coordinator<br>o TA Development Program (TADP) Coordinator<br><br>
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Qualifications:<br><br>o PhD student in good standing in any UCR graduate program<br>o Personable, motivated, self-directed<br>o Interested in helping others succeed in graduate school.<br>o Strong TA evaluations<br>
o Ability to work with a team<br><br><br>Benefits:<br><br>o $25.00 per hour (20 hours per week beginning September 1, 2011)<br>o Partial fee remission and GSHIP (comparable to standard TA benefit package)<br>o Excellent experience for the academic job market<br>
<br><br>To Apply:<br><br>Please email the following as attachments to Dr. Kim Palmore <a href="mailto:kim.palmore@ucr.edu">kim.palmore@ucr.edu</a> before Monday, May 2, 2011.<br><br>o A cover letter describing your qualifications and how you can contribute to GSRC.<br>
o A current C.V.<br>o Copies of ALL of your TA evaluations (downloaded as PDF from iEval)<br>o Two faculty letters of recommendation (sent directly from the faculty)<br>o Other supporting documentation relevant to the position(s) you seek.<br>
<br>Available Positions:<br><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Graduate Student Resource Center (GSRC) Coordinator</span><br>Will
assist in coordinating the several programs of the new Graduate
Resource Center. Responsibilities will include developing a graduate
student information center, creating networks between the several parts
of GRSC, GSRC calendar management, organizing support teams, website
management, coordinating new-student orientation and OTA (Outstanding
Teaching Assistant) Award Ceremony, problem solving, record keeping, and
other general office responsibilities. <br><br><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Graduate Writing Center Coordinator</span><br>Will
establish and operate a Writing Center for Graduate Students.
Responsibilities will include developing and running workshops (e.g.,
dissertation writing, job and post-doc applications, exam organization,
seminar paper writing, publishing strategies) that will serve the
graduate population across the University, holding general office hours
for both appointment and drop-in students, record keeping, and other
support duties for GSRC.<br><br><span style="text-decoration: underline;">University Teaching Certificate Program Coordinator</span><br>Will
organize and supervise a lecture/workshop series to facilitate the
advanced training of TAs. Responsibilities will include curriculum
development, speaker recruitment, student application management,
completion requirements, record keeping, and other support duties for
GSRC.<br><br><span style="text-decoration: underline;">English Language Development Program Coordinator</span><br>Will
develop, organize, and lead programs to enhance language skills in
second language speakers. Responsibilities will include managing and
maintaining language lab space and computers, hosting a language lounge
for face-to-face speaking practice, running workshops designed to
improve communication in the classroom through both improved language
and teaching skills, record keeping, and other support duties for GSRC.<br><br><span style="text-decoration: underline;">One-to-One TA Mentor Program Coordinator</span><br>Will
mentor individually those TAs who score below 4.0 in overall
effectiveness on teaching evaluations. Responsibilities will include
evaluation assessment, meeting with TAs, classroom visits for
assessment, writing plans for skill development and implementation,
developing and organizing a classroom training system, follow up, record
keeping, and other support duties for GSRC.<br><br><span style="text-decoration: underline;">TA Development Program (TADP) Coordinator</span><br>Will
train new and underperforming TAs in orientation and other
workshop-style sessions. Responsibilities will include assisting in both
new-student orientation and outstanding TA ceremony, developing and
hosting workshops in areas of instruction, organization and knowledge,
rapport and diversity, organizing campus-wide syllabus and assignment
library; creating new programs for TA skill development; website
management, record keeping, and other support duties for GSRC.<br><br>Graduate
Division will contact applicants for interviews shortly after the
application deadline. If you have any questions, please call (951)
827-6113.<br clear="all"><br>--<br>"There came a time when the risk to remain tight in the bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom."<br>- Anaïs Nin<br>