Graduate Teaching Assistant - Psychology
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Washburn University
Topeka, KS, US
Summary
Graduate Teaching Assistants support faculty by tutoring students, conducting study sessions, and delivering guest lectures. They are also responsible for grading papers and providing academic feedback during office hours.
Job Description
Position Title: Graduate Teaching Assistant - Psychology
Department: Psychology
Advertised Pay: Varies
Campus Location: Washburn University
Position Summary:
Graduate Teaching Assistants will assist individual faculty members in and out of the classroom with a variety of duties including but not limited to tutoring, conducting study sessions and guest lecturing.
About Washburn University:
Washburn University is a teaching-focused, student-centered, public institution located in the metropolitan setting of Topeka that has earned national recognition for its high-impact programs for first-generation students. Washburn has a student body of just over 7,000 students, a significant and growing number of whom are first-generation and Pell-Grant eligible. The University has created educational pathways for all students to be successful and achieve their educational goals.
Washburn is dedicated to recruiting and retaining a dynamic faculty, staff, and student body and cultivating a robust learning and working environment and curriculum. We employ more than one thousand faculty and staff on our campuses throughout Topeka and strive to offer competitive wages, an excellent benefits program, and a supportive culture and a healthy work/life balance. Washburn seeks to create an environment that reflects our core values for creating positive IMPACT: inclusion, modernization, partnership, achievement, community and transformation. In 2024, Washburn was recognized as one of the best colleges in the nation to work for, according to Great Colleges to Work For® program.
Essential Functions:
Provide services as a tutor
Grade papers
Provide students with feedback on skills
Help students during office hours
Conduct study sessions
Guest lecture
Required Qualifications:
Must be a current MAPY enrolled graduate student in good standing
Must display excellent interpersonal skills and attention to detail
Must be able to display professionalism when working with faculty, staff and students
Knowledge or willingness to learn technology related to the classroom and research (e.f., D2L, MyWashburn, survey software, and data analysis software).
Special Instructions to Applicants:
Stipend Monthly Exempt
Background Check Required
The Washburn University School of Business faculty and staff are committed to our students' success. Our faculty is comprised of a wide variety of experienced business professionals and full-time professors — all with the highest degrees in their field. Our students enjoy small class sizes that allow them to have individual time with faculty and form relationships with fellow students.
Here students have access to the latest business database and software resources and have opportunities including managing an actual equities portfolio, completing internships and traveling and working overseas. Our graduating seniors consistently place in the top 20th percentile on the national ETS Major Field Test in business. The School of Business holds accreditation from AACSB International, an elite business school accreditation, with only the top 5% of business schools in the world having earned this mark of quality.
Founded
1985
Company size
11-50 employees
Industry
Higher Education
Org type
Educational
Headquarters
Topeka, KS
The Washburn University School of Business faculty and staff are committed to our students' success. Our faculty is comprised of a wide variety of experienced business professionals and full-time professors — all with the highest degrees in their field. Our students enjoy small class sizes that allow them to have individual time with faculty and form relationships with fellow students.
Here students have access to the latest business database and software resources and have opportunities including managing an actual equities portfolio, completing internships and traveling and working overseas. Our graduating seniors consistently place in the top 20th percentile on the national ETS Major Field Test in business. The School of Business holds accreditation from AACSB International, an elite business school accreditation, with only the top 5% of business schools in the world having earned this mark of quality.
Founded
1985
Company size
11-50 employees
Industry
Higher Education
Org type
Educational
Headquarters
Topeka, KS
