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Chemistry teaching Labs Instructional Assistant.

Qualifications Needed for Undergraduate:

  • Have received a B or better in the labs they are applying to teach
  • Obtain excellent Chemistry & Biochemistry faculty references
  • Be enrolled in at least 6 hours
  • Only work 25 hours per week while taking classes
  • Be enrolled in a degree seeking program

Qualifications Needed for Graduate:

  • Be admitted to a graduate program approved by the C&B graduate advisor or be referred by the MSEC program
  • Be enrolled in at least 9 hours
  • Be enrolled in a degree seeking program

NOTE: You must have had passed the lab you are applying for with a B or better and have gotten at least a B in the lecture portion as well.

Responsibilities:

  • Manage lab equipment assignments
  • Weekly meetings with lab coordinator to review upcoming week's lab
  • Prepare lab lecture
  • Communicate with students
  • Administer exams
  • Grading
  • Complete mandatory annual safety training
  • Enforce safety procedures

The hiring process goes like this....

1. Submit an online application

2. Applicants should request a reference from an Instructor. More details about this, as well as the link to the form, can be found below.

3. Applicant may be contacted by the department via email to schedule an appointment to speak with the lab coordinator with specific questions.

4. Applicants will be contacted if their schedules permit lab placement, which is based on lab schedules, applicant's ability to teach the lab, and course schedule availability. Lab assignments are subject to change up until a week prior to the lab start date.

5. If you are hired, and you have never worked on campus before, please have your I-9 documentation (birth certificate, passport, social security card etc.) in your possession when you fill out the paperwork for hire in the chemistry office.  If you do not have this documentation, you will not be able to complete the paperwork and will therefore be ineligible to work until it is provided.

Required Reference Form for New IA's

You do not need to complete this step if you have worked as an IA for the department of Chemistry & Biochemistry

All new IA applicants must:

  1. Contact the instructor that they want to get the reference from and ask them if they would be willing to complete a reference for them.
  2. If they agree, inform the instructor where to find the link to the form, which is located on our website: https://www.txst.edu/chemistry/employment-opportunities/lab-instructional-assistants-employment.html. 

Direct Supervisor: Lab Coordinator

Evaluation Process: Conducted by Lab Coordinator

Payrate Determination: Determined by department.