About this role
Position Overview
Class Assistants (Graders) will support faculty instructors in Mechanical Engineering courses. Class Assistants may interact with students working through problem sets or other activities in the classroom. Time outside the regular class periods will be used to meet with the instructor, facilitate help sessions, and/or grade for the course they are assigned.
Job Description
55% Grading.
30% Helping faculty administer activities in courses.
10% Meeting and tutoring students in groups outside of class.
5% Meeting with the course instructors.
Required Qualifications
- Must be a current undergraduate or graduate Mechanical Engineering student at KU.
- Must have completed the course for which you are applying and received an A or B in the course OR earned a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering or an equivalent in a closely related field.
Preferred Qualifications
- Be in good academic standing.
Position Requirements
During the semester term of the appointment, the student hourly must be enrolled in no fewer than 6 credit hours. For summer periods the student hourly must:
- (1) have been enrolled in no less than 6 hours in the past spring semester or
- (2) be pre-enrolled in the upcoming fall semester in no less than 6 hours or
- (3) be enrolled in summer session or
- (4) be admitted to study in the upcoming fall semester.
Student Hourlies may be undergraduate or graduate students. (Exceptions granted for GRA/GTA/GA appointments DO NOT apply to Student Hourly appointments).
Employment Conditions
- (1) Student employees are not eligible for remote work arrangements unless an exception is approved by the unit leadership and HR.
- (2) This is an hourly/non-exempt position. A student employee cannot hold an hourly/non-exempt position and a salaried/exempt graduate or undergraduate position (GRA/GTA/GA/RUA/RGA) concurrently.
Additional Candidate Instruction
In addition to the online application, include a cover letter listing your preferred courses in which to work as a Class Assistant (Grader) and your Spring 2027 course schedule.
Contact Information to Applicants
Kaitlyn Burton:
Work Schedule
Varies up to 10 hours weekly. Not to exceed 20 hours weekly during the school year.
Disclaimer
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