What is the “official” definition of a graduate teaching assistant?
Technically, a graduate teaching assistant is a person who holds a graduate teaching assistantship and is obligated to the extent of teaching two three-hour courses per semester or the equivalent in laboratory classes or other forms of departmental assistance, except research assistance. On average, graduate teaching assistants should expect to work, on average, 20 hours per week. Academic units typically oversee these assistantships, and inquiries regarding them should be made to departmental chairpersons.
