Download the GSI Application for Fall 2008 (due April 17 at 4 p.m. to 228 Wurster Hall)

GSI Appointments

Graduate Student Instructors (GSIs) are chosen for their excellence in scholarship and for their promise as a teacher. They serve as a teaching apprentice under the supervision of a faculty member. Students may not serve as a GSI in courses in which they are enrolled, and only graduate students who are advanced to candidacy may serve as a GSI in courses with other graduate students. Students cannot serve at the same time as a GSI and a Reader for the same course.

GSI appointments for the fall semester usually start on August 1 and end on December 31; those for the spring start on January 1 and end on May 31.

GSI applicants who do not speak English as their native language must fulfill the English language proficiency requirement before an appointment can be made. Please schedule your SPEAK test through the Language Proficiency Program by email at This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it

A GSI Step 1 requires no previous college teaching experience

Reader Appointments

Readers primarily perform duties related to grading of papers and examinations. Specific job duties are determined by the course instructor.

Reader appointments usually start on the first day of instruction and end on the last day of instruction in any given semester. Readers are paid on an hourly basis. Appointments at minimum of 10 hours/week, or 25% time, include partial fee remission.

Reader applicants must meet the following eligibility requirements:

• Minimum 3.0 GPA.
• Minimum grade of "B" in the course for which they are reading or an equivalent course.
   

Maximum Appointment Percentage

Students on F-1 or J-1 visas may not have more than 49.5% in total combined appointments at UC. U.S. citizens and permanent residents may in some instances receive an exception from the Graduate Division, if combined appointments (GSI, Reader, GSR) exceed 50%.

Certain fellowship recipients may not work more than 25% time. Please check your eligibility!

For more information and resources, please visit the Graduate Student Instructor Teaching Resource Center and Graduate Division Academic Appointments.

Application Process

Please fill out and submit the GSI application to Pat Ramirez at 228 Wurster Hall. Applications for the fall semester are due on Thursday, April 17, 2008, at 4 p.m. Late applications will be considered only in the case that all positions are not filled. Notifications will go out around May 1.