Those not appointed will be informed about the likelihood of their being appointed. TOs will be asked to indicate their preferences for teaching days and times. The Writing Program will try to honor these preferences based on the order in which they are received and Writing Program needs. We will also seek to provide financial support to as many qualified graduate students as our budget will allow. Therefore, we aim to reappoint all TOs in good standing who have not exceeded their statute of limitations regarding financial support.
TOs maintain good standing by fulfilling their contractual obligations.
These include participating in course director meetings, attending training sessions, allowing course directors to observe their classes once each semester, meeting with course directors to discuss classroom observations and evaluations, and following Writing Program policies and teaching practices. Graduate students seeking reappointment must also be making satisfactory progress toward their degrees. In reappointing graduate students from English, we follow that department s guidelines for the number of semesters graduate students are eligible for funding. For students from other departments, we limit funding to 10 semesters. When we have particular needs or shortages, we may make exceptions to these guidelines.