Current Students

Information for Current Undergraduate Teaching Fellows

Orientation & Training

UTF orientation and all required training are located in the UTF Canvas course. The Canvas course contains important program information, including UTF responsibilities, resources available to support the experience (e.g., documents and handouts), and tools (e.g., internal email system) to facilitate communication and help UTFs track completion of online assignments like FERPA and Title IX training. UTFs are assigned to the Canvas course for the semester in which you are a UTF.

Responsibilities

Although specific responsibilities vary with each class, UTFs assist faculty mentors with day-to-day classroom management and teaching tasks and help their fellow students by providing assistance with their coursework. Grading responsibilities also vary. For example, beginning UTFs may correct objective assignments and exams using a template, while advanced UTFs may receive extra training and supervision that permit greater involvement in group facilitation and feedback. UTFs do not grade subjective questions or assignments and are never responsible for assigning final grades.

The average time commitment to work as a UTF is 5 hours per week. UTFs should meet with their faculty mentors as early as possible—ideally before the term starts—to clarify their role and responsibilities and schedule presentations. Answers to the following questions will help clarify roles and responsibilities:

  1. If required to attend class, when should you arrive and leave, where should you sit, and what should you wear?
  2. How will you and your faculty mentor address one another?
  3. How should you and enrolled students address one another in class?
  4. If given an opportunity to present to the class, when will you present, how long should your presentation take, and what subject will you present on?
  5. What, if any, grading responsibilities will you have?
  6. What is the minimum turnaround time for responding to students and units?
  7. If you are required to hold office hours, where and when?
  8. What are your goals for the semester?
  9. What is your plan in case of a Code Blue event?

Compensation

Minimum compensation for working as a UTF is $1,200 per semester, but some colleges/units pay more. UTFs may not work more than 100 hours during a semester. To comply with government regulations, UTFs track their work hours through Aggietime. Contact your unit liaison for more information related to compensation.

Under no circumstances can students be registered for the class in which they work as a UTF.

UTF Experience

At the end of the semester in which they work with a faculty mentor, UTFs must provide feedback about their experience. This feedback helps faculty mentors and administrators identify and implement needed class and program improvements.

UTFs and faculty mentors must complete the UTF Experience Evaluation by the date specified on that Canvas assignment each semester. This survey is in the last module of the UTF Canvas course.