The Teaching Associate classification provides currently enrolled or admitted CSU graduate students with part-time employment offering practical teaching experience in fields related to their advanced study. They teach university courses and may also assist faculty or teaching staff with various professional and technical activities. Work assignments are closely associated with their program of study or the academic department in which they are enrolled.
Benefits Summary (Teaching Associates Only)
Classification and Qualification Standards - TA
Academic Student Employees Announcement Templates (POAs)
Template for departments to use to post a position opportunity announcement (POA) for a Graduate Assistant. Please submit to academicpersonnel@sonoma.edu to be approved and posted.
Template for departments to use to post a position opportunity announcement (POA) for an Instructional Student Assistant. Please submit to academicpersonnel@sonoma.edu to be approved and posted.
Template for departments to use to post a position opportunity announcement (POA) for a Teaching Associate. Please submit to academicpersonnel@sonoma.edu to be approved and posted.
Academic Student Employees Appointment Forms
Fill out and submit this form to hire a Graduate Assistant (GA). This form must be signed electronically and emailed to academicpersonnel@sonoma.edu. Students working in this pay title provide non-teaching assistance to faculty members and are provided part-time employment and practical experience in fields related to their advanced study.
Fill out and submit this form to hire an Instructional Student Assistant (ISA). This form must be signed electronically and emailed to academicpersonnel@sonoma.edu. Students working in this pay title are assigned grading, teaching, academic research, or tutoring duties.
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Description of Duties for an Academic Student Employee. The supervisor will need to complete this form with the student no later than the student's first day of work, and both will keep a copy in their records.
All Teaching Associates must complete and return this form to faappointments@sonoma.edu