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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 or 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.

APPLICATION FOR ACADEMIC APPRENTICE TEACHING POSITION


Department of Psychology 2025-2026


APPLICATIONS ARE DUE FRIDAY, May 9, 2025

Quarterly appointments will be sent 30 days prior to the start of the term.
Section I: Information about you
Area of Psychology to which you were admitted (check one)*
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Are you currently holding a multiyear fellowship with full or partial tuition?*
Have you applied for other support?*
This application is for: (Check all that apply)*

Please Note – Only one summer session TA position will be assigned per student, if available. In most cases students who receive a Graduate Summer Research Mentorship Award (GSRM) may not hold a TA position, too.


Section II: List of courses

(List of courses will show once you select the quarter(s) and summer sessions of interest to you. Please note that courses on the academic year lists are tentative and not all will be offered every quarter)

Section III: Previous Experience
A. TEACHING – UCLA

Please list all paid UCLA teaching experience for which you were hired as a Teaching Assistant, Associate, or Fellow, in the boxes below (one course per box only). Click on “Add another course” for additional boxes. List each assignment individually by quarter, including any work for SPRING ‘25. Average student ratings are needed for the last six TA positions only.

Please note that graduate students may be appointed to Teaching Assistant, Associate Instructors, and Teaching Fellow positions for no more than 12 academic quarters. Furthermore, no graduate student may be employed for more than 18 quarters. Requests for exceptions to this policy must be submitted at least one month prior to the employment start date. The instructions and petition form are available at https://www.psych.ucla.edu/graduate/current-students/funding/employment-exception-forms/. If approval is recommended, the request will be forwarded to the Graduate Division.

Course Quarter/Summer session & year 50% or 25% time Overall student rating Actions
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Warning: Check your application carefully before clicking the “Submit” button as applications cannot be revised and a second application will be required.