Creative Writing Graduate Teaching Associate
Basic information
Job description
Provide classroom instruction, give assignments to students, prepare materials, assess student performance, tutor students and determine grades, in Creative Writing 101 (Introduction to Creative Writing), Creative Writing 301 (Fundamentals of Creative Writing, Creative Writing 302 (Fundamentals of Creative Reading) or Creative Writing 510 (The Creative Process) or on occasion another undergraduate class according to GTA’s expertise.
Minimum Qualifications: Please note well that you must be an enrolled, continuing graduate student in academic year 2025-26 to be eligible for employment for these positions. CSU and SFSU policy is explicit in the requirement that all Graduate Teaching Associates must be enrolled, continuing graduate students; candidates cannot be awarded the MA or MFA and maintain their GTA position. CSU and SFSU policy also are clear in the levels of the courses that graduate students are designated to teach. See the University Bulletin description of 'Teaching Associate Positions' for further information http://bulletin.sfsu.edu/graduate-education/registration/.
Other Minimum qualifications are
- classified graduate standing in
• SFSU Creative Writing MFA degree program student, with 18 units completed by the end of Spring 2025 semester, to be considered to teach C W 101, C W 301 and/or C W 510;
OR
• SFSU English, Creative Writing MA program student to be considered to teach C W 101.
OR
• SFSU Creative Writing MA program student to be considered to teach C W 101.
Additional experience as an instructional aid is helpful, but not required.
Beyond these minimum qualifications, the candidate's potential as a teacher of Creative Writing is determined by the letter of interest, curriculum vitae, unofficial SFSU transcripts, the sample C W 301 syllabus or C W 101 syllabus, and an interview with the Creative Writing Department GTA Hiring Committee. You'll be emailed to schedule your Zoom Interview.