2024 TA Language Application Form UCLA Department of Spanish & Portuguese Deadline: March 22, 2024 By filling out this form, you are applying for a TA position with the Spanish & Portuguese Department during the 2024-25 Academic Year.Please check which quarters you would like to be considered for a TA position during the 2024-25 Academic Year(Required) Fall 2024 Winter 2025 Spring 2025 Name(Required) First Last UCLA Student ID #(Required)Email Field of Specialization: Committee Chair/Primary Faculty Advisor: Year you began your graduate program at UCLA Have you advanced to doctoral candidacy? Yes No If you have served as a UCLA TA before, how many total quarters have you served (include current quarter; do not include summer TA positions)? Will you apply/have you applied for or received any other funding (departmental, external, etc.) for the 2024-25 Academic Year? Yes No If yes, please provide details on the potential funding (including where/whom, amount, dates, what the funding is for, and when you expect to receive a decision)Are you an International Student or Permanent Resident? Yes No Exception: International Students, including permanent residents, who hold a bachelor's degree from an institution in the US, are exempt from the TOP Exam.If exempt, from which institution did you receive your bachelor's degree? Language Teaching PreferencesPlease fill out the chart below with your course and schedule preferences for each quarter.Note: We offer a very limited number of SPAN4/5, SPAN7A/7B*, and SPAN25/27* courses each year. If you select these as preferred courses, please select only one of these as a preferred course per quarter. *You must complete the corresponding workshop prior to teaching. The workshops are tentatively scheduled for the following dates: Spanish 4/5 Workshop: April 26, 2024 Spanish 25/27 workshop: September 25 (0 week) Spanish for Heritage Speakers Workshop: September 25 (0 week) We will do our best to accommodate your preferences, but all decisions are made based on the Department’s criteria for appointment and programmatic needs, such as course offerings and room availability.Fall 2024 Preferred Courses & Preferred Days/TimesPlease list your course preferences1. 2. 3. Please list your schedule preferences (i.e., MW/TR 8:00-9:15am; MW/TR 9:30am-10:45am; MW/TR 11am-12:15pm; MW/TR 12:30pm-1:45pm)1. 2. 3. Winter 2025 Preferred Courses & Preferred Days/TimesPlease list your course preferences.1. 2. 3. Please list your schedule preferences (i.e., MW/TR 8:00-9:15am; MW/TR 9:30am-10:45am; MW/TR 11am-12:15pm; MW/TR 12:30pm-1:45pm)1. 2. 3. Spring 2025 Preferred Courses & Preferred Days/TimesPlease list your course preferences.1. 2. 3. Please list your schedule preferences (i.e., MW/TR 8:00-9:15am; MW/TR 9:30am-10:45am; MW/TR 11am-12:15pm; MW/TR 12:30pm-1:45pm)1. 2. 3. List the language courses and corresponding quarter that you have taught in the Department within the last two years (Example SPAN 3, Fall 2019)Have you received any teaching awards/recognitions? Yes No If yes, please list them with date/quarter receivedPlease upload your CV as well as your 3 most recent TA evaluations Drop files here or Select files Max. file size: 100 MB. Workshops & Other Trainings Do you have experience with external pedagogical training (i.e., CUTF, EPIC, etc.) and/or other ongoing professionalization training (workshops, seminars, etc.)? Yes No Have you completed or will you complete the workshop on heritage language pedagogy offered by the Department(required for SPAN 7A/7B/27)?) Yes No Have you completed or will you complete the workshop on advanced composition offered by the department (required for SPAN 25/27)? Yes No TA Consultant (TAC) next academic year (2024-2025)Overview from the Center for the Advancement of Teaching (CAT): The Teaching Assistant Consultant (TAC) is an experienced TA who has been selected to facilitate or co-facilitate the development and training of new TAs in their department. The TAC’s job is to help new TAs learn the fundamentals of evidence-based and inclusive teaching practices, how to apply these fundamentals in their discipline in order to be effective instructors, and how to effectively manage the responsibilities and conflicts that arise as a TA. As part of their work, TACs are encouraged to be active educators, to spend time thinking about what can be done to improve teaching in their department as well as their own classroom and to find new ways to help new TAs be more productive and effective in their roles. The TAC will be selected by the undergraduate affairs committee who will take into consideration the candidates’ teaching record, including student teaching evaluations and participation in other teaching workshops on campus, as well as the candidate’s degree progress (how advanced a student is in her/his academic program). For more information about the TAC responsibilities, please visit the CAT website and/or contact Dr. Juliet Falce-Robinson via email jfalce@humnet.ucla.edu.Are you interested in becoming the TA Consultant (TAC) next academic year (2024-2025)? Yes No If yes, please upload in one PDF the following information: 1. A letter of interest, including a proposal for a project that can improve the Department’s Language programs. 2. Statement of Teaching Philosophy 3. List of courses taught 4. Curriculum Vitae Drop files here or Select files Max. file size: 100 MB. By submitting this form, you acknowledge you reviewed the Department's Criteria for Appointment and Reappointment on our website and agree to fulfill all these responsibilities if offered a TA position. https://spanport.ucla.edu/graduate/the-phd/teaching-assistantships/criteria-for-language-appointments/
