Teaching & Research Assistantship - Teaching

TEACHING ASSISTANTSHIP (TA) for Undergraduate/Graduate/Law School courses

Description of the activity

Assistance to the professor/instructor

- preparation of supplementary teaching materials as support for lessons (e.g. slides);

- correction of individual and group assignments (outside classroom hours);

- support in uploading teaching materials online;

- participation in the exam commission for written and oral exams; the Course Director presides effectively over all exams activities;

- supervision to written exams, even if he/she does not participate in the exam commission.

Tutorial support to students

Out of class assistance in the activities described below

- office hours;

- assistance for individual and group assignments (e.g. case studies, projects, exercises 2);

- management of on-line communities.

In-class assistance e.g. for lessons that include the use of software or for the discussion of cases.

Criteria

- no activities in the 1st year of PhD career;

- maximum 160 hours per year, equal to 40 hours of “teaching”, starting in the 2nd year;

- maximum 320 hours per year, equal to 80 hours of “teaching”, starting in the 3rd year.

Application process

At the end of the Spring term, PhD Programs' Administrative Assistants contact PhD students in order to collect their applications to work as TAs in the following a.y.; applicants profiles are handed to Departments' Administrative Assistants who share them with the Faculty members who need support for courses activities; selected candidates are contacted by the Dept. directly.



"TEACHING"

• at Undergraduate/Graduate/Law School courses (training courses  and lectures)
  
  Criteria
  
  - no activities in the 1st year of PhD career;
  
  - maximum 40 hours of “teaching” per year, starting in the 2nd year;
  
  - maximum 80 hours of “teaching” per year, starting in the 3rd year;
  
  “including other Teaching Assistantship activities”
• at PhD courses (training courses only)
  
  Criteria
  
  Starting in their 3rd year, PhD students may be selected to teach PhD training 1st/2nd year courses ("esercitazioni").Teaching activity must not exceed 80 hours per year, including other Teaching Assistantship activities.

RESEARCH ASSISTANTSHIP (RA)

This activity should normally be carried out in the second part of the PhD educational path: starting in the 5^th semester for 4-year PhD programs/ starting in the 4^th semester for 3-year PhD programs; PhD students enrolled in the first part of the program can still apply, but they must be authorized by their Program Director, and then by the Dean of the PhD School. This authorization is also necessary if the student wishes to have two RA/TA contracts which overlap.