Graduate Teaching Associates

The information below was collected from http://ehe.osu.edu/educational-studies/students/funding-opportunities/graduate-associateships/.

Graduate Associateships

Each year, Educational Studies awards a significant number of associateships for graduate teaching or graduate research.

These positions are highly competitive. We are able to provide associateships to many students who want them, but not all. Full-time doctoral students will be given priority.

Open positions are filled based on the knowledge and skills of the candidates. Supervising faculty and the department chair decide whom to hire for associateships.

To apply for open positions, fill out our online application.

Position Descriptions

Graduate Teaching Associate
Instruction of core concepts, ongoing evaluation of, and feedback to students on their performance; regularly scheduled office hours; and general administrative tasks of instructors (syllabus and exam preparation, submitting final grades, etc.); and other related duties as assigned. GAs are responsible for working during semester breaks unless released by their supervisors. Required duties include attendance at a three-day training program to become prepared to teach the course.

Graduate Research Associate
Collection, management, and analysis of research project data; provide support for the writing of grants and research projects; perform general project management tasks; provide clerical duties such as scheduling interviews and drafting letters for research projects; and other related duties as assigned. GAs are responsible for working during semester breaks unless released by their supervisors.

In general, students are contacted if they have been selected (as part of admission or other review) to interview for an opportunity.

Eligibility

Minimum eligibility requirements set by the Graduate School are used to evaluate student applications for associateships. The Department of Educational Studies also requires students achieve the minimum GRE scores for college-funded positions. There are a few positions that are funded by other sources, and these minimums may not apply.

Minimum GRE Scores

• For students receiving GA funding beginning in fall 2014: 151 Verbal (49th percentile) and 147 Quantitative (29th percentile)
• For students receiving GA funding beginning in fall 2015: 151 Verbal (49th percentile) and 150 Quantitative (41st percentile)
• For students receiving GA funding beginning in fall 2016: 152 Verbal (53rd percentile) and 153 Quantitative (53rd percentile)

Positions funded by the College of Education and Human Ecology are generally limited to a maximum of three years per student. Students who need GA funding beyond a third year often are able to acquire funding through other resources (e.g., research grants, positions funded by other units, positions funded by the department, etc.).