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On this page:

Resources

• Graduate School's page on Student Employment: categories, eligibility, duties, and other requirementsTA Assigment Policy
• TA Agreement Form
• GRA Agreement Form

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In addition to UT graduate student employment criteria, EDP requires TAs and GRAs complete the EDP TA/GRA Agreement prior to assignment.

Performance Evaluations

University policy requires that graduate student employees work under the supervision of a regular faculty member, who must file a written evaluation of the student's work performance with the Department Chair at the close of each semester. EDP Executive Assistant will send evaluation links to faculty supervisors near the end of each semester. Completed evaluations are kept on file digitally in UT Box.

Updated 6.20.2018

General Information

TA allotments must fit within the annual budget determined by the COE Finance Office. The EDP Leadership Team adheres to the guidelines below in making allotment decisions. In appointing TAs, every effort will be made to honor the preferences of faculty with the following considerations:

1. Students to whom TA commitments have been made as part of recruitment packages must first be assigned.
2. No student may be assigned to more than 20 hours of TA/AI within EDP per semester.
3. No student may be employed for more than 30 hours total per semester. 
4. The student meets all UT and EDP criteria for Student Employment >

EDP Executive Assistant will notify faculty of their TA allotment via email within one business week of:

• May 1: Summer/Fall allotment decision
• Mid-November: Spring allotment decision

Note: Department Chair review and approval is required before TA offers may be made to students.

TA Assignment Policy

Full-Time (100% Appointment) Faculty

1. All Full-Time faculty will be assigned 10 hours of TA support each long semester that they teach.
2. Faculty teaching high-enrollment courses (>60) may be assigned 10 additional TA hours at Chair discretion per section.
3. Faculty with Administrative assignments (Area Chairs, Department Chair, and Graduate Adviser) may choose EITHER a 1-course release OR an additional 10 hours of TA support. 

Part-Time and Phased Retired Faculty

1. TA assignments for Part-Time faculty are based on budget/enrollment and are made at Chair discretion.

Summer Semesters

Only 20 hour/week TA assignments are made in the Summer, and those hours may only be assigned to one student (vs. split between two students). Summer EDP courses generally do not receive TA support, with the following exception:

1. Faculty teaching high-enrollment courses (>60) may be assigned TA hours at Chair discretion.