WID Funding Initiatives

Instructional Assistants (IA)

• graduate students in a MA or Phd program.
• they normally support faculty in their major department, but they can also assist faculty in different disciplines. support for WID courses with 20 or more students.
• IAs receive a salary that is based upon the enrollment of the course and the degree program the student is in. An MA student with a course enrollment of 20 would receive a salary of $1000 for the semester and would be expected to work 5 hours per week.
• IAs are not permitted to work more than 20 hours per week.
  

IA Duties

• grading and evaluating for the writing intensive part of the course.
• design assignments.
• lead discussion sections.
• lead peer review meetings.
• hold office hours to consult with individual students.
• locate and prepare materials or activities that are relevant to the teaching topic.
  

Peer Writing Preceptors (PWP)

• undergraduate students who assist faculty in their major department.
• all PWPs receive $1000 over the course of the semester and the faculty member receives $500 in exchange for serving as a "mentor" or "coach" for the student.
• PWP's typically work 8 hours per week
  

PWP Duties

• provide responses and suggestions for improvements on student writing.
• review outlines and rough drafts for coherence, clarity of purpose, argument, etc.
• lead peer review meetings.
• PWPs do not grade papers.