Graduate Assistant

Graduate Assistants provide non-teaching assistance to faculty members with work assignments that may involve supervising students, research for a supervising faculty member, and the evaluation of student work and examinations.

Graduate Assistants are limited to a maximum of 20 hours per week of total employment while the student is enrolled in classes. Graduate Assistants employed for less than 20 hours per week may be appointed concurrently in another student classification up to a combined total of approximately 20 hours per week.

• Policy on Graduate Assistants APM 312
• U11 Collective Bargaining Agreement
• Classification Standards

Job Announcements for TA's will be posted to the Careers Page at https://careers.fresnostate.edu/en-us/listing/

• Procedures for Creating a Job Announcement (available in OFA ToolKit)
• Procedures for Hiring NEW GA's (instructions available in OFA ToolKit)

Duties Form - Required for ALL Unit 11 Employees

• Duties Form: Template in Adobe SIgn and instructions in OFA ToolKit.

If a student has not worked in as an employee with Fresno State, the appointment will be a NEW Hire. Submit all required and Faculty Affairs will reach out for a Payroll Intake Session.

New Hires are also considered changing positions and will require a New Hire Payroll Intake Session:

• (a) ISA --> TA;
• (b) ISA --> GA;
• (c) GA --> TA

• Salary Schedule 2355 (CalState website)
• Salary Schedule to Faculty Affairs
• Pay Calendars
• Pay Schedule: GA’s are salaried positions and receive five pay warrants for each semester appointment (Fall: Sept, Oct, Nov, Dec, Jan; Spring: Feb, Mar, Apr, May, Jun). Monthly GA’s (2325) are paid monthly based on length of employment.

Returning GA's: no break, or one semester break (Fall) (Spring)

Rehire GA's: If a GA has had a break for 2-semesters or more in all ASE positions, the GA will be a NEW hire.