UCLA Department of Spanish and Portuguese
2016-17 TA Application Form for Graduate Students
Deadline: Friday, May 13, 2016, 4:00pm
Submit this form online to Gloria Tovar, Graduate Advisor, UCLA Department of Spanish and Portuguese , a cover letter,
and a resume to [email protected]
Thanks for your interest in a teaching assistantship in the Department of Spanish and Portuguese. Our lower division
language program employs approximately 35 to 50 graduate student employees per quarter. It is an apprenticeship
program that trains graduate students to become skilled language instructors; for that reason, our own graduate
students will receive special consideration. We welcome applications from all UCLA graduate students who, because
of experience or future plans, may be interested in teaching the Spanish or Portuguese language.
Before submitting the form, please review:
The Criteria for Appointment and Reappointment in our website http://www.spanport.ucla.edu/
academics/graduate/funding-opportunities/teaching-assistantships/criteria-appointmentteaching-assistantships/
Academic Apprentice Personnel Manual https://grad.ucla.edu/gss/appm/aapmanual.pdf
Name:_____________________________
UCLA Student ID#: _________________________
E-mail:
Phone:_________________________________
_________________________
Home Department:______________________________________
Field(s) of specialization (MA/PhD program):__________________________________
Name of your home department’s SAO/Graduate Advisor__________________________________
Please check which quarters you are available to serve as TA:
Fall 2016 ___ Winter 2017 ___ Spring 2017 ___
Year you began your graduate program at UCLA:___________________
Have you advanced to doctoral candidacy?______ If “yes”, when: ___________
Hiring Information
The following information will speed the process if we offer you a position as a TA; if you cannot obtain this information
right now, it is permissible to omit it, provided you can produce it promptly at the time of hiring.
1. If you have served as a UCLA TA before, how many total quarters have you served (include current quarter. Do
not include summer TAships)_______________
** Note: Graduate Division Regulation: Students may not serve more than 12 quarters (4 years) and by exception
once advanced to doctoral candidacy, no more than 18 quarters (6 years).
a. Please list the courses you have taught at UCLA
2. What is your rank?
___ Teaching Assistant ___ Teaching Associate
___ Teaching Fellow
International Students and Permanent Residents:
The TOP (Test of Oral Proficiency) Examination must be taken and passed with a score of 7.1 or better by all
international students and permanent residents before they can serve as a teaching assistant. Students who do not
meet the minimum score may not serve as a TA. For more information on the TOP exam go to
http://www.oid.ucla.edu/training/top
Exception: International students, including permanent residents, who hold a bachelor’s degree from an institution in
the US, are exempt from the TOP Exam
Have you taken the TOP Exam? ________
If exempt, from which institution did you receive your bachelor’s degree? ______________________
Please briefly describe the qualifications and experiences that make you eligible to teach Spanish and/or Portuguese
(You can include a detailed explanation in the cover letter)
Please provide 2 Faculty References familiar with your teaching and their contact information.