Vacancy Announcement

Position Type: Teaching Associate 

Term of Appointment: Academic Year 2025/2026 (Fall or Spring, or both)

Hours of Appointment: up to 0.20 timebase (up to 8 hour/week)

Pay Rate: up to approx. $655.00/month

Postions Available: Multiple

Department of English

Overview

Teaching Associates (TAs) typically are responsible for providing classroom and/or laboratory instruction, making assignments to students, preparing course materials, administering examinations, assessing student performance, tutoring students and determining course grades. Also, incumbents may assist faculty with field experience, supervision, simulation exercises and/or research projects. Students applying for TA positions must be currently enrolled in the graduate program of the department in which they are applying. Degree-seeking graduate students who are enrolled in interdisciplinary degree programs may be hired as TAs for departments that comprise their interdisciplinary programs. Academic Student Employees may not concurrently hold a faculty or staff position. Students with assignments in more than one student classification (i.e., Graduate Assistant, Instructional Student Assistant, and Student Assistant) are restricted to working a maximum of 20 hours per week during the academic year. The 20 hour per week maximum includes hours worked in all positions.

See Classification Standards for more information: https://www.humboldt.edu/academic-personnel-services/employee-recruitment/academic-student-unit-11 

Job Duties

JOB # 252: English: Teaching Associate

Teaching Associates (TAs) will be appointed to teach at least a single section of English 104: Accelerated Composition & Rhetoric in the fall semester. If hired, Teaching Associates (TAs) may have the opportunity to attend paid orientation sessions, depending upon availability and budget.

General job duties:

• Curriculum design and delivery as representative of Accelerated Composition & Rhetoric course outcomes

• Syllabus design and lesson planning relevant to teaching rhetoric and composition

• Feedback and assessment of student writing and other assigned work

Minimum Qualifications for this Classification

Knowledge and Abilities: Knowledge of the subject matter of the discipline to which the individual is assigned. Ability to relate well to others within the academic environment and ability to instruct and evaluate students.

Education: Education equivalent to or completion of the requirements for a bachelor's degree and concurrent admission to or enrollment in a graduate degree program of the university in the discipline to which the individual is assigned.

Experience: Evidence of satisfactory achievement in previous academic work.

Note: Exceptions to the minimum eligibility qualifications may be granted at the sole discretion of Cal Poly Humboldt.

Department Hiring Criteria

JOB # 252: English: Teaching Associate

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS FOR THIS POSITION: Graduate students enrolled in Cal Poly Humboldt's Applied English Studies Master of Arts program who have demonstrated an interest in, and commitment to, the teaching of writing are eligible to apply. TAs must be enrolled in the English MA program during their semester teaching.  Applicants must not have any incomplete grades (“I”) on their transcripts.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:  Applicants with a demonstrated ability to work with a diverse student population will be given preference.

• Additional training, such as completion of ENGL 581: Becoming a College-Level Instructor and ENGL 450: Tutoring Developing Writers, is encouraged but not required. Preference will be given to first-time qualified applicants.  Students brand new to the MA in English program (i.e., in their first semester) will be considered for a TA position if they show evidence of preparation for teaching first-year composition at the undergraduate level through coursework and/or successful teaching experience.

How to Apply and Contact Information

Please submit the follwing application materials via CHRS Recruiting (PageUp):

• Letter of Interest/Cover Letter;
• Resume/CV;
• Applicatoin for Employment (complete in CHRS Recruiting - PageUp);
• Unofficial Transcripts;and
• Statement of Teaching and/or Learning Philosophy (limit 500 words). 

Please direct any questions pertaining to this position, the Department of English, or Cal Poly Humboldt to:

Department of English

Cal Poly Humboldt

Email: english@humboldt.edu  

APPLICATION DEADLINE: Availability of positions are contingent upon departmental need. Early response is encouraged.

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