Graduate Teaching Assistantships
At the University of Louisville, graduate teaching assistantships (GTAs) are awarded within academic departments. A director of graduate studies, department chair, course director or faculty mentor will typically supervise a graduate student in a GTA position.
If you are interested in a GTA position, please reach out to your director of graduate studies or faculty mentor to let them know and inquire about the process.
GTAs may have one or more of the following responsibilities or roles:
- Teach a class as an instructor of record; the GTA is responsible for their own syllabi, course requirements, assignments, exams, etc.
- Teach a class under the supervision of a faculty of record; the GTA is provided with a standardized syllabi and exams, though responsible for covering the necessary materials.
- Lead a recitation/seminar/discussion section within a large lecture course; While the lecture is usually given by a faculty member, the class is split into smaller sections and the GTA may clarify course content, go over homework problems or review for exams.
- Run a lab; the GTA is responsible for a laboratory section of the class, assisting students with experiments or other assignments.
- Serve as a tutor or one-on-one instructor; the GTA exists as supplemental or primary (depending on the discipline) to instruction that is more specific and/or hands-on.
- Serve as a grader; the GTA may be assigned to one or more professors or classes to grade papers, exams or assignments.
All NEW Graduate Teaching Assistants are required to:
- Complete the New GTA Orientation Module
- Attend the New GTA In-Person Orientation
- Complete the FERPA training
- Complete the Sexual and Discriminatory Harassment Training
- Complete the Title IX Training
Review all required training and support resources for GTAs.
New Graduate Teaching Assistants who have attended a GTA Orientation at UofL within the last three years do not need to complete these requirements again.
Pursuant to Kentucky law* non-native speakers of English who wish to serve as graduate teaching assistants, with the exception of those teaching a foreign language, must provide evidence of spoken English language proficiency.
International graduate students who receive graduate teaching assistantships from their departments will be contacted to provide evidence of spoken English language proficiency