Graduate Assistant Job Class Titles
900010 - Teaching Assistantships
- Responsibility for a self-contained class
- Responsibility for assisting a faculty member with teaching-related tasks, such as grading papers, meeting with students, preparing class materials, assisting during class, etc.
- Responsibility for laboratory assignments or supervision of accompanying faculty-taught classes
900030 - Research Assistantships
Graduate research assistants are generally
- Assigned to individual faculty members to assist with their research.
- Nature of the assistance varies by discipline and can involve a variety of activities, such as library work, proposal writing, data gathering, and data analysis
- Frequently funded through externally obtained grants and contracts
900050 - Residential Living Assistantships
- Available within University Housing Services and, in addition to usual assistantship support, may also involve assistance with housing
- Supervise undergraduate resident assistants
900060 - Administrative/operational Assistantships
- Responsibilities are varied and can be located in many campus-wide administrative units
- Include such functions as administrative/professional duties, computer support, program planning, etc.
900070 - Graduate practicum (externally supported professional placements)
- Participate in the Illinois State University Graduate Practicum Placement Program under the sponsorship of an external sponsor and a faculty or full-time staff member
- Faculty/staff make initial arrangements for graduate student placements with an external sponsor
- Stipend paid by the external sponsor and a tuition waiver through the University (not the same as 498 Professional Practice which is taken for credit)
