Student Employment
The Department of Educational Psychology offers teaching assistant and assistant instructor positions to Educational Psychology graduate students each semester. These positions are primarily available to those students who are second-year-and-beyond. Recipients of half-time teaching or research assistantships are eligible for an exemption of the out-of-state portion of their tuition.
Student appointments as TA's, AI's, or GRA's may not exceed 20 hours per week during the first two long-term semesters of graduate study (or for international students in any semester) at UT-Austin. Appointments may not exceed 30 hours per week during subsequent long-session semesters. Exceptions to this policy require approval of the Graduate Adviser and Graduate Dean. Summer session TA/AI appointments are commensurate with the level of assigned duties and may be up to full-time.
TA's, AI's, & GRA's may not be appointed for more than fourteen long-term semesters at any one of these graduate student employee titles or combination of titles. Graduate student employees must also be registered for at least nine semester graduate hours during each long-term semester and for at least three semester graduate hours during any summer term.
Application Process
Assistant Instructors. Students interested in an Assistant Instructor (AI)position should contact the EDP 310 and EDP 312 course coordinators.
Graduate Research Assistants. Students interested in a Graduate Research Assistant (GRA) position should read about faculty research interests and contact them directly.
Teaching Assistants. Students interested in a Teaching Assistant (TA) position are encouraged to talk to the instructor of the course directly and apply online through the link below.
Please read these requirements for appointment carefully.
- No student can be appointed as a TA who is not registered as a full-time graduate student (i.e., 9 hours that count toward the graduate degree) in fall and spring or 3 hours in any session during the summer. Those not registered for the required hours will not be appointed.
- Students must be making good progress toward the completion of a graduate degree and be in good standing in the Graduate School (i.e., no more than two incompletes and a GPA of 3.0 or above).
- TA’s may acquire no more than one temporary incomplete grade (X) and one permanent incomplete grade (I), or two temporary incompletes (X). Any exceptions must be approved in writing by the Graduate Adviser and the Graduate Dean.
- Graduate School conditions under which a student was admitted, if any, must have been met or removed.
- International students must obtain English language proficiency certification.
In addition to these campus wide regulations, Educational Psychology policies also include:
- Only newly-admitted or currently-enrolled graduate students in Educational Psychology at UT-Austin may apply for a teaching assistantship in the Department of Educational Psychology.
- To be eligible to be a TA for a particular course, the student must have taken the course, or the equivalent, and be recommended by the course instructor.
- In the appointment of TA's for ALD classes, preference is given to students who have teaching experience at the elementary or secondary level.
Apply for TA position
By clicking on the Apply Now link below, I
The online application will remain available until all TA positions for FALL 2008 are filled.
