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• Graduate School's page on Student Employment: categories, eligibility, duties, and other requirements

TA Assignment Policy

TA assignment policy is under College of Education purview, effective Fall 2021.

• The EDP Leadership Team and Administrative Manager determine individual TA allocations each semester based on the College of Education TA Assignment Policy. 
• Prior to each semester, the EDP Administrative Manager:
  • Emails EDP students once the Course Schedule is published by the Registrar for an upcoming semester, to remind them to reach out to instructors if interested in serving as TA on a course.
  • Emails instructors with their approved TA allotment (# of TA hours assigned per course).
• Instructors reply to the Administrative Manager with their assigned TA, including the EDP TA Agreement (signed by instructor and student).

Hiring a Student Employee

Faculty who have received a notification email from the EDP Executive Assistant Administrative Manager regarding permission to hire a student employee must submit the name and EID of the student, as well as the details of their assignment (e.g. which course or research project the student will be working on) to the EA Admin Manager by the deadline requested. The student and faculty should carefully review the the UT graduate student employment criteria to ensure student meets all UT and Graduate School hiring criteria.

The A signed TA or GRA Agreement form Form must also be submitted prior to start of employment:

• TA Agreement Form
• GRA Agreement Form

Performance Evaluations

University policy requires that graduate student employees 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 Administrative Manager will send evaluation links to faculty supervisors near the end of each semester.   Completed evaluations are kept on file digitally in UT Box.

TA Assignment Policy

TA allotments must fit within the annual budget determined by the COE Finance Office. 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 allocation via email according to the following timeline. The Department asks program areas to work together to prioritize their most deserving students when assigning Teaching Assistants, and will copy Area Chairs on TA allocations to help facilitate this coordination. Note: Department Chair review and approval is required before TA offers may be made to students.

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

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 per section at Chair discretion.
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:

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Additionally, EDP TAs with official appointments will be evaluated via TA-specific questions on Course Evaluations.