How to hire a graduate teaching associate

How to hire a graduate teaching associate, step by step

Here's a step-by-step graduate teaching associate hiring guide:

• Step 1: Identify your hiring needs
• Step 2: Create an ideal candidate profile
• Step 3: Make a budget
• Step 4: Write a graduate teaching associate job description
• Step 5: Post your job
• Step 6: Interview candidates
• Step 7: Send a job offer and onboard your new graduate teaching associate
• Step 8: Go through the hiring process checklist

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1. Identify your hiring needs

   Before you post your graduate teaching associate job, you should take the time to determine what type of worker your business needs. While certain jobs definitely require a full-time employee, it's sometimes better to find a graduate teaching associate for hire on a part-time basis or as a contractor.

   Determine employee vs contractor status

   Is the person you're thinking of hiring a US citizen or green card holder?

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   You should also consider the ideal background you'd like them a graduate teaching associate to have before you start to hire. For example, what industry or field would you like them to have experience in, what level of seniority or education does the job require, and how much it'll cost to hire a graduate teaching associate that fits the bill.

   Here's a comparison of graduate teaching associate salaries for various roles:

   Type of Graduate Teaching Associate	Description	Hourly rate
   Graduate Teaching Associate		$12-37
   Adjunct Lecturer	An Adjunct Lecturer is responsible for teaching college classes. They prepare course guides, teach content that matches courses standards, and assist students with inquiries outside of class.	$20-71
   Student Instructor	Typically, a Student Instructor engages students in learning the assignments, materials, pacing, resources, and activities. Student Instructors learn and enforce questioning and discussion strategies in promoting knowledge acquisition and student participation... Show more	$15-35

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2. Create an ideal candidate profile

   Common skills:

   • ESL
   • Classroom Management
   • Lab Reports
   • Undergraduate Courses
   • Syllabus
   • Course Curriculum
   • Public Speaking
   • Introductory Biology
   • Laboratory Sections
   • Course Materials
   • CPR
   • Literature
   • Mathematics
   • R

   Check all skills

   Responsibilities:

   • Utilize digital technology for educational purposes by managing blackboard page.
   • Create syllabus, grading policies, and assessments to ensure student progress.
   • Grade student topic selections, outlines, PowerPoint slides, and post-speech evaluations.
   • Develop, prepare, and organize class syllabus, lectures, and online sections of courses base on curriculum.
   • Graduate coursework: apply analysis, discrete mathematics, topology, measure theory, and field theory, among others.
   • Prepare PowerPoint presentations for enhance learning.

3. Make a budget

   Including a salary range in your graduate teaching associate job description is a great way to entice the best and brightest candidates. A graduate teaching associate salary can vary based on several factors:

   • Location. For example, graduate teaching associates' average salary in alaska is 47% less than in maryland.
   • Seniority. Entry-level graduate teaching associates earn 68% less than senior-level graduate teaching associates.
   • Certifications. A graduate teaching associate with a few certifications under their belt will likely demand a higher salary.
   • Company. Working for a prestigious company or an exciting start-up can make a huge difference in a graduate teaching associate's salary.

   Average graduate teaching associate salary

   $44,418yearly

   $21.35 hourly rate

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   Entry-level graduate teaching associate salary

   $25,000 yearly salary

   Updated December 16, 2025

4. Writing a graduate teaching associate job description

   A job description for a graduate teaching associate role includes a summary of the job's main responsibilities, required skills, and preferred background experience. Including a salary range can also go a long way in attracting more candidates to apply, and showing the first name of the hiring manager can also make applicants more comfortable. As an example, here's a graduate teaching associate job description:

   Graduate teaching associate job description example

   Working at Atlassian
   
   Atlassian can hire people in any country where we have a legal entity. Assuming you have eligible working rights and a sufficient time zone overlap with your team, you can choose to work remotely or return to an office as they reopen (unless it's necessary for your role to be performed in the office). Interviews and onboarding are conducted virtually, a part of being a distributed-first company.
   
   Join Atlassian to start your career with us to have impact on how millions of users collaborate and use software. The most amazing thinkers-like NASA rocket scientists and Tesla engineers-are coming to us for solutions. You will report to a manager in the Core Machine Learning team within the broader Analytics group. The team is tasked to pursue business opportunities that can produce revenue or MAU improvements. The team works multi-functionally across the organization, using insights generated by marketing and product analytics that can be scaled or automated to create value. The team focuses on growth and on velocity between brainstorming and initial output.
   Not eligible for Visa sponsorship. Unfortunately, we do not offer U.S. work visa sponsorship to F-1/OPT, J-1/TN, or H-1B student graduates at this time.
   Your BackgroundMust be currently enrolled in a full-time degree program and graduating between December 2022 to June 2023Can commit to a full-time (40hrs / week) Experience building data science applications and machine learning pipelines You MUST choose which machine learning role you would like to be considered for from the options below.
   As a Machine Learning Engineer you...Work with our team of machine learning scientists to deliver value through machine learning applications Build machine learning workflow platforms and libraries Work with large datasets of behavioral and textual data Research and implement appropriate machine learning algorithms and tools Have proficiency in Python AND Java, Kotlin, or ScalaHave experience in one or more SQL languages such as PostgreSQL, Redshift, MySQL, etc.Have experience working with large datasets in the cloud
   As a Machine Learning Scientist you...Focus on ML applications and ideas for content recommendation, personalization, and insight generation Can build machine learning and predictive models Can translate business problems into technical solutions Have experience writing software with minimal bugs in PythonHave experience with SQL (Bonus!)
   
   Our perks & benefits
   
   To support you at work and play, our perks and benefits include ample time off, an annual education budget, paid volunteer days, and so much more.
   
   About Atlassian
   
   The world's best teams work better together with Atlassian. From medicine and space travel, to disaster response and pizza deliveries, Atlassian software products help teams all over the planet. At Atlassian, we're motivated by a common goal: to unleash the potential of every team.
   
   We believe that the unique contributions of all Atlassians create our success. To ensure that our products and culture continue to incorporate everyone's perspectives and experience, we never discriminate based on race, religion, national origin, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, age, or marital, veteran, or disability status. All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.
   
   Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.
   
   To learn more about our culture and hiring process, explore our Candidate Resource Hub.

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5. Post your job

   To find the right graduate teaching associate for your business, consider trying out a few different recruiting strategies:

   • Consider internal talent. One of the most important sources of talent for any company is its existing workforce.
   • Ask for referrals. Reach out to friends, family members, and current employees and ask if they know or have worked with graduate teaching associates they would recommend.
   • Recruit at local colleges. Attend job fairs at local colleges to recruit graduate teaching associates who meet your education requirements.
   • Social media platforms. LinkedIn, Facebook and Twitter now have more than 3.5 billion users, and you can use social media to reach potential job candidates.

   Post your job online:

   • Post your graduate teaching associate job on Zippia to find and recruit graduate teaching associate candidates who meet your exact specifications.
   • Use field-specific websites such as k12jobspot, learn4good, serious teachers, teachingjobs.com.
   • Post a job on free websites.

6. Interview candidates

   To successfully recruit graduate teaching associates, your first interview needs to engage with candidates to learn about their interest in the role and experience in the field. You can go into more detail about the company, the role, and the responsibilities during follow-up interviews.

   You should also ask about candidates' unique skills and talents to see if they match the ideal candidate profile you developed earlier. Candidates good enough for the next step can complete the technical interview.

   The right interview questions can help you assess a candidate's hard skills, behavioral intelligence, and soft skills.

7. Send a job offer and onboard your new graduate teaching associate

   Once you have selected a candidate for the graduate teaching associate position, it is time to create an offer letter. In addition to salary, the offer letter should include details about benefits and perks that are available to the employee. Ensuring your offer is competitive is vital, as qualified candidates may be considering other job opportunities. The candidate may wish to negotiate the terms of the offer, and it is important to be open to discussion and reach a mutually beneficial agreement. After the offer has been accepted, it is a good idea to formalize the agreement with a contract.

   It's equally important to follow up with applicants who don't get the job with an email letting them know that the position has been filled.

   To prepare for the new employee's start date, you can create an onboarding schedule and complete any necessary paperwork, such as employee action forms and onboarding documents like I-9 forms, benefits enrollment, and federal and state tax forms. Human Resources should also ensure that a new employee file is created.

8. Go through the hiring process checklist

   • Determine employee type (full-time, part-time, contractor, etc.)
   • Submit a job requisition form to the HR department
   • Define job responsibilities and requirements
   • Establish budget and timeline
   • Determine hiring decision makers for the role
   • Write job description
   • Post job on job boards, company website, etc.
   • Promote the job internally
   • Process applications through applicant tracking system
   • Review resumes and cover letters
   • Shortlist candidates for screening
   • Hold phone/virtual interview screening with first round of candidates
   • Conduct in-person interviews with top candidates from first round
   • Score candidates based on weighted criteria (e.g., experience, education, background, cultural fit, skill set, etc.)
   • Conduct background checks on top candidates
   • Check references of top candidates
   • Consult with HR and hiring decision makers on job offer specifics
   • Extend offer to top candidate(s)
   • Receive formal job offer acceptance and signed employment contract
   • Inform other candidates that the position has been filled
   • Set and communicate onboarding schedule to new hire(s)
   • Complete new hire paperwork (i9, benefits enrollment, tax forms, etc.)

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