TEACHING ASSISTANT APPLICATION INFORMATION
TEACHING ASSISTANT APPLICATION INFORMATION
for teaching positions in the
Division of English as an International Language ESL Service Course Programs
and the Intensive English Institute
at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
This information and the attached form are for UIUC students and UIUC degree applicants who wish to be considered for ESL TAships in the ESL Service Courses in DEIL or at the IEI.
If you are applying to the MATESL Program as a new graduate student, you will be automatically considered for an ESL TAship, and so you do not need to complete the attached form.
If you are applying to any other UIUC program, please fill out the attached form and also inform your admitting department that you are doing so. [1]
All currently enrolled and continuing UIUC students must fill out the attached form, regardless of past ESL teaching in DEIL or the IEI, and regardless of any written and/or oral promises of continued employment. This allows us to learn of any changes in your teaching preferences.
Preference will be given to applicants who meet the following criteria:
• enrollment in the MATESL program or in another UIUC graduate program with a focus on second language acquisition/studies/teaching
• prior classroom language teaching experience teaching ESL in a university setting (to adults)
• strong academic record and demonstrable future career motivation to second language studies and/or teaching
• native English proficiency or nativelike proficiency as determined by the test score results below:
o TOEFL total/composite score of 627 or above (paper and pencil test), 273 or above (computer-based test) or 100 or above (iBT), and
o Test of Written English (TWE) score of 5.5 (55) or over, and
o SPEAK/TSE test score of 55
Please note that the application form below has two pages.
Turn in your completed form no later than 4 pm, FRI. Feb. 22, 2008
Room 4080 FLB
DEIL/IEI ESL TA Application Form, Fall 2008
Submit both this and the next page to Cathy in Room 4080 FLB
by 4 pm., Fri. Feb. 22. Please print clearly or type
Family Name: _________________________________________________
First/Given Names:______________________________________________
Step One: determine and indicate your applicant category,
please check one:
( Category A: Applicants who have never taught in DEIL or the IEI must attach a resume. Please ensure that your full name and the semester for which you are applying appears on the top of each page of this resume. Please ensure also that your resume clearly indicates the following information:
• Post-secondary educational background (first college degree and later degree(s), if any, and the granting universities/colleges)
• Other professional qualifications (e.g., teaching certificates, particular coursework relevant to ESL teaching, etc.)
• Classroom teaching experience (list all of your classroom teaching positions and include the following information about each one: location, time period, full or part-time, level of students, course taught, class size, age group, responsibilities e.g., lesson planning, textbook selection, curriculum development, test development, etc.)
• Other teaching-related experience: list any related language education experience in addition to classroom teaching (e.g., test development, teacher training, curriculum development, materials development or particular courses you have taken at UIUC or elsewhere that are relevant to this application)
• international students only: TOEFL, TWE/essay, and TSE/SPEAK test score results and dates (month and year) of the exams
( Category B: Applicants who have taught before (at least once) in DEIL or in the IEI must attach a list of previous DEIL/IEI or other relevant UIUC teaching assignments. Please ensure that your full name and the semester for which you are applying is on the top of each page of this list. Please list the course(s) you have taken relevant to ESL teaching. Please also list relevant course(s) you have taught and the semester(s) in which you taught the courses; you may also include any relevant information about the particular teaching experiences you have held, such as notes about materials development, participation in textbook selection, and any other professional highlights about this previous experience. Please list only course(s) taught at UIUC. If you are in Category B, please do not submit a full resume.
Failure to indicate and follow these instructions
will result in not being considered for a teaching assignment.
Step Two: All applicants, fill out the form below:
(Please state your full name again here) ____________________________________
Current department/degree objective (or dep/degree to which you have been accepted):
____________________________________________________________________
Current full address: street, apartment/unit number, city, zipcode:
___________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________
Current telephone numbers, indicate if home, cell/mobile, or other (e.g. workplace):
__________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________
All e-mail addresses at which you prefer to be reached, please print clearly:
_______________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________
Please explain any limits you might have on a TAship; e.g. limits due to an offer in another unit which might limit the percentage award (Summers excepted, international students are limited to 50% total; U.S. students are limited to 67% total) ____________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________
Teaching Preferences (for further information on the particular courses offered at the IEI or in the ESL Service Courses, please consult the websites linked on the first page of this document.)
|No preference ( |
| General areas |beginning |intermediate |advanced |
|Reading and writing | | | |
|Listening/Speaking/Conversation | | | |
|Grammar | | | |
|Pronunciation | | | |
|Business Communication | | | |
|TOEFL preparation | | | |
Comments (e.g. explain any other preferences, give feedback on this form, etc.): _____________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________
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[1] New off-campus applicants to UIUC degree programs other than the MATESL may submit by post to: Financial Aid Committee, DEIL/UIUC; 707 S. Mathews Ave, Room 4080 FLB; Urbana, IL 61801 USA (tel. for express mail envelopes: +217-384-1963). All on-campus applicants are expected to hand-deliver this application form.
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