Undergraduate Teaching Assistant (CPI UGTA)
Institutional Policies & Procedures
- If you have not worked for ISU before, you will need to fill out employment paperwork through Human Resources.
- CPI agreement forms with departmental information, internship information, and all required signatures (excluding yours) are in the Biology main-office (LS 227).
- Fill in the student information section of the form and sign the form.
- Date all signatures on the form.
- Read the following content that is found at the Career Center:
- CPI Program Policies
- CPI Code of Ethics
- CPI Student Handbook
- Complete:
- Online Orientation (email the lab coordinator with documentation that you have completed the orientation)
- Weekly Internship Journal (email to your lab instructor and the lab coordinator each Monday for the previous week):
Submitting Time
- Please submit your time by 12 pm the Monday following the End Date of the current payroll schedule:
- Enter your time to STU UGTA CPI BIOLOGY ACDC02/ABIO0.
- Hours can vary each week. Some weeks you will work less and others will be more (especially when grading the JAA). The maximum hours you can submit for the 18 weeks you are on contract will be; 1) 162 for one lab section, or 2) 324 for two lab sections.
- Supervisors need to approve your time by 12pm the Tuesday following the End Date.
Undergraduate Teaching Assistant (CPI UGTA)
- CPI Undergraduate Teaching Assistants (CPI UGTA) teach a 3 hour lab, attend the instructor meeting each week, and grade assignments.
- Courses that a CPI UGTA can TA are: Biology I (BIOL 1101L), Introductory Microbiology (BIOL 2233L), Anatomy and Physiology I & II (BIOL 2227L or 2228L), and Advanced Anatomy and Physiology I & II (BIOL 3301L or BIOL 3302L).
- CPI UGTAs are paid $18 per hour and can work up to; 1) 9 hours per week for one lab section, or 2) 18 hours per week for two lab sections. Hours spent on the following are approved CPI UGTA activities for time submission:
- time spent in the teaching laboratory with the registered students assisting the instructor, instructing the students, and/or guiding the students
- lab instructor meetings
- office hours (when teaching your own section)
- exam proctoring
- grading and entering grades
- preparation of lab reagents and supplies
- preparation of course content such as introduction and quiz presentations
- maintenance of the laboratory
- Students entering the CPI UGTA program for the first time are encouraged to register for the Biology Teaching Assistant Seminar: BIOL 4499 (1 credit).