Graduate Teaching Fellowship (GTF) Appointments
The Department has a number of graduate teaching assistantships in
Linguistics, as well as a number of graduate teaching positions at
the American English Institute [AEI] (for students with native English
proficiency). Other types of support are occasionally available, e.g.
research assistantships in other departments for native speakers of
Romance or East Asian languages. Qualified applicants for graduate
admission are automatically considered by the Department for a GTF
position in the Department of Linguistics and need not apply for it
separately. Each spring, students who are already enrolled in the
program apply for GTF positions for the following academic year. The
application consists of a CV, a brief description of current research
activities and accomplishments, and a list of courses they would prefer
to teach/TA for. The Language Teaching Specialization
program does not offer GTF positions; however, these positions are available elsewhere on campus as noted above.
We strongly encourage students to seek outside support for research
and/or stipends, both to enable higher-quality research and to support
extended time in the Department. The Graduate School has a funding
library, informative web pages on financial support and GTFs open
to students from across campus, and occasionally sponsors workshops
relevant to funding issues.
GTF Appointments: General Information. GTF appointments
in the Department most commonly involve support of facultymembers
who are teaching large enrollment courses through the managing of
discussion sections, assisting with the preparation of study materials
and exams, scoring exams and essays, and such, though more advanced
graduate students may teach a section of a lower division introductory
course on their own. GTF appointments at the AEI generally involve
teaching small enrollment courses in ESL in one of the AEI programs.
In virtually every case, the appointment is offered as a fraction
of a full-time appointment (what we would call here 1.0 FTE, or
full-time equivalent). Most appointments are either at .40 FTE or
.49 FTE. Any appointment at .20 FTE or greater includes an appropriate
stipend and a tuition waiver (but not a fee waiver), along with
access to health care and other benefits.
The principles governing GTF appointments at the UO can be found
in the UO/GTFF Bargaining Agreement available on the web at this
location: http://hr.uoregon.edu/employee-relations/gtff2002-form.html.
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