TA Application

TO ALL PROSPECTIVE TA APPLICANTS

YOU MUST MEET THE FOLLOWING ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS IN ORDER TO HOLD A TA APPOINTMENT

PLEASE REVIEW THE REQUIREMENTS BEFORE FILLING OUT YOUR APPLICATION

ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS

1. Students must be registered and enrolled in a minimum of 12 units each quarter they serve as a TA (students on leave of absence of paying the filing fee do not qualify).
2. Students must be in good academic standing and have at least a 3.0 UC graduate GPA at the time of appointment.
3. Students may be appointed to Academic Student Employment (ASE) titles for no more than 12 qtrs., and, by exception only following advancement to candidacy, no more than 18 qtrs.  There are no exceptions for ASE employment beyond 18 quarters.
4. Oral English Proficiency: UCLA Academic Senate Graduate Council policy stipulates that graduate students whose first language is not English must pass a campus administered Test of Oral Proficiency in order to be eligible for a Teaching Assistantship at UCLA.
5. Campus Wide Training Requirements (typically satisfied during first TA appointment)
   • Disciplinary Pedagogical Training (Departmental 495 course): All first-time TAs are required to enroll in a 495 pedagogy course
   • Professional Standards and Ethics Training (PSET) for TAs: The compliance modules are being offered as an online course in Bruin Learn called “Professional Standards and Ethics Training for TAs,” which should take approximately 3.5-4 hours to complete. Note that this requirement is implemented as part of the 495 pedagogy course and must be met by the end of the second week of a student’s first TA appointment or the fee remission will be withheld from the hiring department.
   • Basic Pedagogy Training: CAT offers the Foundations of Teaching workshop series. This set of five 90-minute workshops (7.5 hours total) covers basic pedagogical strategies, techniques, and skills. Some departmental 495 courses already cover equivalent content and will receive exemptions – students enrolled in Psych 495 will be exempt this requirement.
     
     

> Supplemental Funding: Students who wish to serve as a TA, during years they are also accepting award funding such as NSF, Ford, Cota Robles, DYA, GRM, etc., may be required to submit an exception request for supplemental funding and receive approval from the Department and the Division of Graduate Education prior to beginning a TA or GSR appointment. Petitions must be completed four weeks prior to the quarter’s TA start date (October I for Fall, January I for Winter, or April 1 for Spring). You may submit your request for an exception at https://www.psych.ucla.edu/graduate/current-students/funding/employment-exception-forms/.

> Clinical students with a Monday/Thursday placement should be aware that there are very few TA options available to them, so an alternate means of support for the academic year may be necessary.