Teaching
Assistant Application
General
Information
The Teaching Assistant
(TA) application filing period for
FALL
2013 CLOSED.
Application filing
period for WINTER 2013
positions will open early Fall 2013 Quarter. Applicants are
encouraged to check back on this page periodically. The Chinese
Studies Office kindly requests that applicants refrain from calling or
emailing the office for the actual date.
Note the following:
- FALL 2013 TA Application
Deadline - MAY 5, 2013.
- Read all instructions below to avoid possible delays in the
application process.
- Applicants will be contacted within 6 weeks of the application
deadline regarding the results (at their @ucsd.edu
email accounts)
- Applications
for the next term (Winter 2013) will be available early Fall 2013
Quarter.
Application
The Chinese Studies Program uses an online application in the selection
process for the
Chinese Language Teaching Assistant positions.
To access the application, all applicants must have their UCSD
Student ID #
(Example: A50012345) & TritonLink password.
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Candidate
Requirements
- Matriculation as
a UCSD graduate student.
- Applicants must maintain
strong academic standing. The Chinese Studies Program will
request permission to hire TAs from their home department.
- Native Mandarin
Chinese speakers who can read and write clearly in both Traditional
& Simplified characters.
- Experience as a Chinese language
instructor is a requirement. The Chinese Studies Program will
contact your former employer(s) to confirm your previous work
experience.
Additional Requirements
TAs are hired as supplemental instructors of Chinese language
learning students and need to be able to teach at various levels of
backgrounds and abilities. TAs must be available to work on Mondays,
Wednesdays and Fridays to attend and lead assigned
section(s) as well as proceed with other various TA tasks without
reservation. TA schedules'
must be flexible to attend corresponding
lectures that occur on Tuesdays & Thursdays. Attendance to TA
Orientation meetings, section(s), weekly and wrap-up
meetings is compulsory.
TAs
are constantly supervised for quality and effectiveness by lecturers.
The
efforts of the student are pivotal in the grade that is earned by the
TA and the potential to be rehired. Appropriate behavior in with
students, staff and instructors is essential. Missing compulsory
meetings, office hours, sections and/or weekly meetings are grounds for
dismissal and will effect rehiring decisions.
Late and incomplete applications will not be considered. This
opportunity is for qualified graduate students to apply for any open
Chinese language Teaching Assistant when the position(s) becomes
available.
Employment as a TA is based on available funding, the need for TAs to
teach section(s) and the need to fill TA vacancies.
ALL current Teaching Assistants must
reapply for their position each
quarter.
Carefully read & follow the instructions on the online application.
The Selection Committee will be reviewing dozens of competitive &
qualified applications. To enhance your chances of
being selected; you will need to submit complete, clear, error free,
impressive & accurate application materials on or before the
deadline.
- REFRAIN
FROM calling or sending e-mail
inquiries regarding the status of your application.
- The online application allows UCSD graduate students to
instantly submit a majority of their application for any Chinese
language Teaching Assistant position that may be available. It is best
to prepare your information to complete steps 1 through 6 mentioned
below.
Prepare the following materials so that you may upload or include in
this application:
- Answer the questions in this application.
- Upload your CV or Resume into the application. This
information should be in English. It must detail the language teaching
background that the applicant has. Those without language teaching
experience need not apply.
- Your handwritten autobiography in Chinese characters. Ensure
that your handwriting is clear and easy to see. Applicants may
use Traditional or Simplified character. TAs are required to be able
read, write & correct both.
- SCAN your hand printed document and UPLOAD that PDF into the
online application.
- RECORD yourself speaking for a minimum of 3 minutes onto a
CD or thumb drive. You are
using this opportunity to introduce yourself in Mandarin to the
Selection Committee. Do not read from texts and do not have background
music or noise in your recording. Speak loud and clearly. Save this
recording on a CD and ensure that the CD works well on a PC computer
and CD player. Write your full name with a permanent marker on the CD.
- You
will be sending or delivering the CD along with the CHIN TA
Application Confirmation Page to the Chinese Studies Program at UCSD.
You will be able to print the Confirmation Page once you complete the
online application.
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