Job position, job responsibilities, and work hour limitations for TA’s

1. TA’s: a) What they do: offer assistance with in-class applications, host office hours, grade course work, and proctor

exams when requested by the instructor. b) What they do not do: attend lectures, create their own answer keys, and/or assist professors with the grading of

midterm or final exams.c) Qualifications: A TA must have taken the course prior to becoming a TA for the course and must have received a

minimum A grade for the course. All TA’s should maintain a minimum CGPA of 3.0 in order to be eligible for this position.

2. Work hour limitations:a) TA’s will be allocated up to a maximum of 1 hour to grade for every 14 students. Graders/TA will be required to

provide weekly time reports. We may require the course instructor to approve their grader/TA timesheet before it is submitted to the TA/Grader Manager.

b) 1 hour per 14 students is approximately:i. 6 hours to grade for a class of 80

ii. 4.5 hours to grade for a class of 60 iii. 3 hours to grade for a class of 40

* An additional 45 minutes will be granted for increments of 10

PROCTOR GUIDELINESa) The proctor’s general duties include the following:

a. Classroom observation;b. Immediately reporting incidences of cheating to the instructor; andc. Implementing preventative measures to stop inappropriate behaviors (e.g., walking over to and standing

near disruptive students). b) Proctors are NOT allowed to confront students during exams for any reason (e.g., do not take tests away from

students). This is the sole responsibility of the instructor. c) Please also email Carina Gutierrez a quick summary of your observations from your proctoring session,

including:1. The name of the professor/teacher2. The course number3. The approximate number of students in the class4. The number of students that you caught cheating and reported to the instructor5. The number of students that the teacher caught cheating and how he took action6. Your assessment of how well the professor/teacher actively participated in helping you proctor the

exam and collect tests from cheating students (you are there to supplement the teacher because the class is too large for one person, not substitute for the teacher). For example, you may simply say “excellent,” “average,” or “poor”

Additional Information for F-1 Students

No student should be scheduled for more than 17 work hours in one work week without prior written approval from both the TA/grader manager and NPU HR. Additionally, F-1 students cannot work more than 20 hours in one work week under any circumstance. Doing so is a violation of immigration laws and rules, and the violating students SEVIS record would be terminated immediately.