Open Positions

• Position Availability: ASSOCIATE TEACHING PROFESSOR OR TEACHING PROFESSOR & DIRECTOR of UCLA WRITING PROGRAMS
• Online Application: Click here to complete the online application.

• Position Availability: Winter 2025 (applications are due by Friday, November 1, 2024)
• Potential Course Assignment*: English Composition 3
• Course Description: Freshman composition course that satisfies UCLA’s Writing I requirement
• TA Eligibility Pre-Requisite: English Composition 495C: Teaching Preparation Seminar: First-Year Composition
• Preferred Background/Experience: Strong writing skills, composition teaching experience
• Online Application: Click here to complete the online application for the Winter 2025 EC 3/Writing I TA position.
• Contact: For questions regarding the TA position and English Composition 495C, please contact Tara Prescott-Johnson, tprescot@ucla.edu.
  

• Position Availability: Summer
• Potential Course Assignment*: ESL 20-28
• Course Description: Elective courses for UCLA students or international summer visitors
• TA Eligibility Pre-Requisite: English Composition 495A: Teaching Preparation Seminar: Second Language Learners
• Preferred Background/Experience: Strong writing skills, knowledge of English language structure, experience teaching international and/or multilingual students
• Online Application: Click here to complete the online application for the Summer ESL Program TA position.
• Contact: Jeremy Kelley: jkelley@humnet.ucla.edu

• Position Availability: Summer
• Potential Course Assignment*: English Composition 3
• Course Description: Required composition courses for entering first-year or transfer students in AAP summer bridge program
• TA Eligibility Pre-Requisite: English Composition 495P: Teaching Preparation Seminar: Empowering Culturally Diverse Student Writers
• Preferred Background/Experience: Strong writing skills, experience working with and/or teaching under-represented first-generation students
• Online Application: Click here to complete the online application for the AAP F/TSP Instructor position.
• Contact: Darien Battle Johnson: DarienBattle@g.ucla.edu ; Alice Ho: AHo@college.ucla.edu

The Test of Oral Proficiency (TOP) is for international students who plan to work as teaching assistants at UCLA. The TOP is designed to test oral English ability in the context of normal TA duties. Students whose first language is not English must pass the TOP exam before working as a TA in any department at UCLA. The TOP is administered 4 times per academic year – September, November, February, and May. Test sessions are held in person in Powell Library or Rolfe Hall, so raters will need to be physically on campus a few days per quarter. This is not a typical part-time position. The fact that the exam is only offered over 3-4 days four times per year limits the number of hours we can offer raters each quarter. Compensation for rating is competitive: $35/hr. Training for new raters is also compensated at $20/hr.

• Background in linguistics or teaching English as a second/foreign language
• Previous experience rating oral exams
• A strong command of the English language; native or near-native proficiency preferred
• Sufficient knowledge of English grammar and phonology in order to identify and document pronunciation and grammatical errors

In order to be hired, you need to be available for:

• paid mandatory training in the Spring (dates to be determined based on general availability)
• one day of paid additional training/onboarding in early September
• a minimum of three exam dates usually between Sept. 11th – Sept. 20th.

More specific dates are provided in the application.

The application for the TOP Rater position can be found here.