Graduate Teaching Assistant Program

Graduate Teaching Assistantships provide graduate students with experiential learning opportunities working with faculty members and students in the On-Campus Undergraduate Program in Prescott, Arizona.  For students considering careers as an educator, testing the waters as a Graduate Teaching Assistant (GTA) can prove to be an invaluable learning experience to gain some practical on-the-job skills, develop leadership skills, and help to pay for their graduate education while serving as a resource for On-Campus Undergraduate faculty and students.

While the duties assigned will vary by program area delivery and need, GTAs will be responsible for the following:

• Teaching or assisting with one or two undergraduate courses each term (fall and spring).
• Facilitating classroom, laboratory, field, or discussion sessions.
• Reviewing and editing student papers and exams.
• Holding regular office hours and meeting with students in study and review sessions.
• Assisting faculty members with instructional preparation, delivery and assessment.
• Other duties pertaining to the instructional mission of Prescott College.

During their first term of study, GTAs are required to enroll in the 3-credit graduate cohort course on experiential learning pedagogy and teaching (as such, this course must be included in each GTA’s fall term study plan).  During the spring term they are required to participate in practicum supervision seminars on a weekly basis (while GTAs are not required to include practicum credits in their spring term study plans, this is an option).  These time commitments are manageable along with full time graduate study.  On average, a GTA is required to work somewhere in the neighborhood of twenty hours per week.