Graduate Assistantship Program The Graduate College Outreach Program

Graduate Assistantship Program The Graduate College Outreach Program

Graduate Assistantship Program • • Fall 2015 Recap/Debrief GRA vs GTA vs GA Fall 2016 Changes What Are Your Needs?

Fall 2015 Recap/Debrief • Introduced Tiers – compensation according to the work expectations – Allowed us to spread funds and cover more students • Introduced Categories – GRA, GTA, GA – Prompted by ACA • Introduced GRA Job Board – Need a more secure process • Introduced Evaluations – faculty and student – Will be required of both at end of semester

GRA vs GTA vs GA • GTA – Graduate Teaching Assistant – Most be the “teacher of record” (have a bachelors and 18 grad hours in field to teach undergrad) • GRA – Graduate Research Assistant – Primary duties are research with a faculty member • GA – Graduate Assistant – Not a “teacher of record” and not primarily research, although could have some elements of each • Goal is to have a “meaningful” experience for every graduate student in the program.

Proposed Fall 2016 Changes • Competitive review of all proposals – no allocations to programs • Graduate Faculty desiring a GRA/GTA/GA submit a proposal to a graduate faculty review committee • Need to determine timeline for submission of proposals (Mar 1? ) and announcement of awards (Apr 1? ) • Need to determine criteria for review committee and committee structure (one per college? )

What Are Your Needs? • Discussion Points: – How have you been using GRA/GTA/GAs? – Do you think your graduate students have benefitted from holding an assistantship? – What needs are you trying to fill with Graduate students? – How can we make it more “meaningful”?

Contact • David Baugher, Assistant Dean of the Graduate College, x 3008, dbaugher@kennesaw. edu • http: //graduate. kennesaw. edu/students/ click on “Assistantships”.