Mathematics Graduate Teaching Assistant - Warrensburg, United States - University of Central Missouri

Description

Position Purpose

In order to be eligible for this teaching graduate assistant position, you must be first admitted to the Mathematics MS program in the Department of Mathematics, Actuarial Science, & Statistics.

The teaching assistant is expected to teach/assist up to 6 credit hours of developmental math courses or College Algebra.

Duties include preparing and conducting class lectures, preparation and distribution of quizzes and tests, evaluating student performance, and assigning final grades.

The graduate assistant is expected to keep regular office hours.

Education & Formal Training Bachelor's degree (Specify field(s) of study below) Other Education & Formal Training To be eligible to apply for a graduate teaching assistant you must have been admitted into the Mathematics MS program.

Computer Skills Word-Processing, Spreadsheet, Presentation Experience Other Experience Special Skills, Abilities, and Knowledge:
Attention to detail, Communication skills, including oral, written, and/or nonverbal, Knowledge of a University environment preferred, Human Relations/Interpersonal skills, Leadership skills: organization/meeting facilitation/project leadership, Ability to manage multiple concurrent projects and meet deadlines, Maintain confidentiality Other Special Skills, Abilities, and Knowledge Ability to work with college students ( e.g. experience in advising, mentoring, leadership or supervision.)

Special Working Conditions:
Professional appearance, Work in stressful conditions

Other Special Working Conditions Scholarship:

Students filling a Graduate Assistantship (GA) position are eligible to receive a graduate tuition waiver, a graduate non-resident tuition waiver (if applicable), and a graduate mandatory fees waiver.

The scholarships are in the form of a waiver and the funds are not deposited into the student's personal account.

Instead, the student's bill is reduced by the amount of the scholarship awarded.

If the maximum amount of the scholarship is not used, the remainder is not paid to the student in any form and unused scholarship money cannot be carried over to another semester.

The scholarship is applied to graduate level courses only; courses taken for undergraduate credit are not eligible to be covered by the GA scholarship.

The non-resident fee scholarship only applies to classes taken on the UCM Warrensburg campus. The maximum scholarship amounts are based on the size of assistantship held.

For a full (20 hour per week) assistantship, the scholarship covers tuition costs up to $4, $4,106.75 for non-residents) and mandatory fees up to $684.75 of graduate coursework per semester.

Graduate assistantship positions less than full will be prorated accordingly. Other Special Qualifications