Teaching Assistantships 2025-2026
The New School
Position Information Position Information Position Availability: This is a call for New School graduate students to apply for multiple Teaching Fellowship opportunities in the 2025-2026 academic year. Position Title: Teaching Assistantships 2025-2026 Requisition Number: 0406073607 Location New York City Position Type: Student Department: Provost/Provost's Office Responsibilities: The New School is strongly committed to diversity and inclusion in the workplace and particularly seeks applications from members of underrepresented groups, as well as candidates who share this commitment.
This position is covered by a collective bargaining agreement between SENS-UAW, Local 7902 and the University.
Responsibilities:
Teaching Assistants support faculty with a range of instructional responsibilities. These may include leading discussion sections, delivering a lecture, assisting with classroom management, assigning homework, assessing student work, administering exams, and maintaining attendance and other records. TAs work under the close supervision of the instructor of record, who designs the syllabus and determines course content.
Please see the Provost Office’s Graduate Student Teaching Program webpage for information about the programs and departments that are hiring TAs, and other useful information.
The Provost’s Office coordinates the selection process for most TA positions at The New School, working in close consultation with the departments sponsoring the relevant courses, and the faculty who teach them. All hiring decisions are made by these departments.
Please note: Teaching Assistant positions are governed by the Policy on Maximum Student Work Hours.
Duties as a Teaching Assistant:
All Teaching Assistants support the instructors of record for their classes by assisting with instructional responsibilities, but specific duties and required hours vary by position.
All Teaching Assistants are expected to:
Consult regularly with the instructor of record; Attend course meetings and planning sessions; Complete the Canvas tutorial before the beginning of semester teaching; Learn how to use Starfish and other University systems; Familiarize themselves with Student Services and other University offices so that students can be referred for support or assistance as needed; and Abide by all University academic and personnel policies and guidelines, including completion of the FERPA tutorial.
In addition, TAs may, in some cases: Lead discussion sections; Make themselves available to students who need individual academic assistance; Assist with classroom management; Assign homework; Assess student work; Provide grades and other feedback to students; Administer exams; and Maintain attendance and other records.
Finally, Teaching Assistants may:
Attend an optional orientation in August or January Participate in a tuition-free, zero-credit course, UPED 6201 Topics in Pedagogy, and other professional development opportunities
Work Mode: In person
Hourly Rate: $45.97
Applications are due by 11:59 p.m. on Friday, April 11th, 2025. Minimum Qualifications: Applicants must meet the following minimum eligibility qualifications in order to be considered for a TA position. These requirements vary depending on the school to which the applicant is applying.
Applicants’ home schools and departments determine initial eligibility (please note: eligibility does not guarantee final selection). The departments that sponsor the courses for which TAs will be selected then make all hiring decisions.Applicants for most TA positions: Must be matriculated (i.e., enrolled in courses or maintaining status) in the semester(s) in which they plan to be Teaching Assistants; Must be within the time limit for attaining their degree; Must not have more than 33 percent of attempted course credits marked as incomplete; Must have a cumulative GPA of 3.4 or above; and If in a Master’s degree program, must be on track to complete 50 percent of their Master’s degree program by the end of the spring 2025 semester. (MFA Photography, MArch Architecture, and MA International Affairs students are an exception, and are eligible to work as TAs in the second year of their studies.) Applicants for TA positions offered by departments at the The New School for Social Research: Must be matriculated (i.e., enrolled in courses or maintaining status) in the semester(s) in which they plan to be Teaching Assistants; Must be within the time limit for attaining their degree; and Must not have more than 33 percent of attempted course credits marked as incomplete. Preferred Qualifications: Job Family: Office of the Provost Posting Date: 03/28/2025 Closing Date: 04/11/2025 Open Until Filled Yes Supplemental Questions
This position is covered by a collective bargaining agreement between SENS-UAW, Local 7902 and the University.
Responsibilities:
Teaching Assistants support faculty with a range of instructional responsibilities. These may include leading discussion sections, delivering a lecture, assisting with classroom management, assigning homework, assessing student work, administering exams, and maintaining attendance and other records. TAs work under the close supervision of the instructor of record, who designs the syllabus and determines course content.
Please see the Provost Office’s Graduate Student Teaching Program webpage for information about the programs and departments that are hiring TAs, and other useful information.
The Provost’s Office coordinates the selection process for most TA positions at The New School, working in close consultation with the departments sponsoring the relevant courses, and the faculty who teach them. All hiring decisions are made by these departments.
Please note: Teaching Assistant positions are governed by the Policy on Maximum Student Work Hours.
Duties as a Teaching Assistant:
All Teaching Assistants support the instructors of record for their classes by assisting with instructional responsibilities, but specific duties and required hours vary by position.
All Teaching Assistants are expected to:
Consult regularly with the instructor of record; Attend course meetings and planning sessions; Complete the Canvas tutorial before the beginning of semester teaching; Learn how to use Starfish and other University systems; Familiarize themselves with Student Services and other University offices so that students can be referred for support or assistance as needed; and Abide by all University academic and personnel policies and guidelines, including completion of the FERPA tutorial.
In addition, TAs may, in some cases: Lead discussion sections; Make themselves available to students who need individual academic assistance; Assist with classroom management; Assign homework; Assess student work; Provide grades and other feedback to students; Administer exams; and Maintain attendance and other records.
Finally, Teaching Assistants may:
Attend an optional orientation in August or January Participate in a tuition-free, zero-credit course, UPED 6201 Topics in Pedagogy, and other professional development opportunities
Work Mode: In person
Hourly Rate: $45.97
Applications are due by 11:59 p.m. on Friday, April 11th, 2025. Minimum Qualifications: Applicants must meet the following minimum eligibility qualifications in order to be considered for a TA position. These requirements vary depending on the school to which the applicant is applying.
Applicants’ home schools and departments determine initial eligibility (please note: eligibility does not guarantee final selection). The departments that sponsor the courses for which TAs will be selected then make all hiring decisions.Applicants for most TA positions: Must be matriculated (i.e., enrolled in courses or maintaining status) in the semester(s) in which they plan to be Teaching Assistants; Must be within the time limit for attaining their degree; Must not have more than 33 percent of attempted course credits marked as incomplete; Must have a cumulative GPA of 3.4 or above; and If in a Master’s degree program, must be on track to complete 50 percent of their Master’s degree program by the end of the spring 2025 semester. (MFA Photography, MArch Architecture, and MA International Affairs students are an exception, and are eligible to work as TAs in the second year of their studies.) Applicants for TA positions offered by departments at the The New School for Social Research: Must be matriculated (i.e., enrolled in courses or maintaining status) in the semester(s) in which they plan to be Teaching Assistants; Must be within the time limit for attaining their degree; and Must not have more than 33 percent of attempted course credits marked as incomplete. Preferred Qualifications: Job Family: Office of the Provost Posting Date: 03/28/2025 Closing Date: 04/11/2025 Open Until Filled Yes Supplemental Questions
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