Assistantship Application Forms

Print a copy of the form you need, fill it out by typing in the requested information, and turn it in to the Director of Graduate Studies.

Description for IEP Student Activities Assistants (GLA)

Description for Testing Assistants (GLA)

Description for IEP/ESL Tutors in the Learning Commons (GLA)

Description for IEP/ESL Teaching Assistants (GTA)

Application Form (for all positions) 

 

English Language Proficiency Policy for GTAs
Department of Applied Linguistics/ESL

Nonnative speakers of English applying for a GTAB position in the department must normally have received an overall score of 111 on the TOEFL iBT and a score of at least 22 on each of the subscores (listening, speaking, reading, and writing). These MA and doctoral students interested in applying for an assistantship will take an Oral Proficiency Teaching Simulation (OPTS) exam offered by the department; they must pass this test to receive a GTAB assignment. If students do not pass the test, they must take and successfully pass the ITA class. Exemptions include:

	OPTS	ITA course
Native speakers of English from a country where English is the primary language, such as English-Speaking Canada, Great Britain, Ireland, South Africa, Australia, New Zealand and the U.S.	Exempt	Exempt
English-medium schooling from elementary school through college (All subjects taught through English except for the mother tongue.)	Exempt	Exempt
Four semesters of experience (GTAB equivalent) student contact at a U.S. university	Exempt	Exempt
A score of 27 or higher on both the writing and speaking sections of the TOEFL.	Exempt	Exempt