Fall 2009
Lab Instructor and Grader Positions

This page links to a form that is only for use by students new to the department. Current students should have already applied.

There will be several Grader/Lab Instructor positions in the department this Fall. These positions pay between $3200 and $6000 (depending on duties and status) and enable the recipient to receive a tuition waiver on some (M.S. Students) or all (Ph.D. Students) of their tuition. The MS waiver will be good for 9 hours plus one hour for CS 690 Colloquium. Some restrictions on the use of the waiver funds may apply.

Recipients are expected to be on campus, ready to assume their duties by Saturday, August 29, 2009.

Recipients of Lab Instructor positions who have not been certified as completing the GTA course must be on campus in time to take the course. That date has not yet been set but will probably be the third or fourth week of August. Check with the Graduate Program Director about signing up.

The SPEAK test is a prerequisite for the GTA course. It is generally given shortly before the GTA course and near the end of each semester. Check with the English Language Center in Hughes Hall about signing up. A sufficiently high score on the Internet Based Toefl spoken English section may count as meeting this requirement.

Recipients who arrive late may find their awards reduced or recinded. Lab instructors will not be employed unless they have passed both the SPEAK test and been certified as completing the GTA training. Applicants for grader positions who have completed the SPEAK test are given preference.

Preference will be given to students who have taught laboratory sections or graded for this department in Fall 2008 and Spring 2009 and given satisfactory performance. If there are still positions remaining, preference will be given to students who have passed the SPEAK test and/or completed the GTA training. Students with high grade point averages will be given preference over those with low.

POLICIES:

  • typical MS grader positions will be awarded for 20 hours of work with a stipend of $3200 and a 50% tuition waiver.
  • MS lab instructors will receive a 75% tuition waiver and a stipend of $4500.

    • Applications Close August 22, 2009 Midnight.
    The application deadline has passed.

    Since a lack of budgetary information as well as other uncertainties, make it difficult to predict how many positions we have, notification of awards will extend from April 28 through August 30.