Resolution on the Hiring of Graduate Students as Teaching Associate and Graduate Assistants
Hiring of graduate STUDENTS AS TEACHING ASSOCIATES
AND graduate assistants
#RS02-192
Whereas San Francisco State University is unequivocally committed to providing
its students with the highest possible quality of instruction; and
Whereas High-quality
instruction is associated, on the one hand, with breadth and depth of
discipline-knowledge and, on the other, with use of pedagogical strategies
designed to maximize student learning; and
Whereas Students
can benefit in numerous ways from the opportunity to teach as part of their own
preparation for advanced study and/or professional careers; and
Whereas On
February
19, 2002, the California State University issued revised language on
Classification and Qualification Standards for Teaching Associates and Graduate
Assistants, a copy of which is attached to this resolution; therefore let it be
Resolved That
the Academic Senate, SFSU, urge all academic programs to discuss and implement
immediately the criteria and standards for hiring graduate students as Teaching
Associates and Graduate Assistants, as specified in the revised CSU
Classification and Qualification Standards issued on February 19, 2002; and
further be it
Resolved That
the Faculty Affairs Committee, in consultation with the Graduate Council,
develop a comprehensive policy on graduate Teaching Associates and Graduate
Assistants at San Francisco State University; and further be it
Resolved That
the Academic Senate, SFSU, request the Dean of the Graduate Division to make
available to all deans, department chairs, and program directors a copy of the
revised CSU Classification and Qualification Standards issued on February
19, 2002.
*** APPROVED UNANIMOUSLY, MARCH 19, 2002***