Graduate Assistantships
Writing Center Instructor
Writing Center Instructors provide undergraduate and graduate students from across the university with individualized writing support to help them achieve their writing goals.
We’re especially interested in hiring individuals who…
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Care deeply about students and are eager to support both undergraduate and graduate students with their writing by using accessible and socially just pedagogies
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Are genuinely interested in learning more about writing across the disciplines and writing across genres
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Are committed to the values we espouse as a Writing Center and see embedded throughout our practice of social justice, including anti-racism, accessibility, linguistic diversity, and linguistic justice
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Are committed to accessibility through the times, locations, and modalities we offer, including In-Person Instruction at the Main Center and at our evening Satellite Locations, Virtual Meetings (synchronous video sessions), and Written Feedback (asynchronous comments on downloadable drafts)
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Are available to teach according to the Writing Center’s needs, including one or more evening shifts per week (campus partners generously fund several Writing Center TAships to provide writing assistance to undergrads in the evenings
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Over time, would be interested in serving on the Writing Center’s outreach team, teaching some Writing Center workshops, and/or contributing to Writing Center staff meetings or ongoing education offerings
Qualifications:
Minimum Qualifications
- Currently enrolled UW-Madison graduate student
- Experience teaching writing and/or responding to student writing
- Strong commitment to students
- Strong commitment to accessible and socially just pedagogies
- Strong written and verbal communication skills
- Strong time management and organizational skills
- Available for all TA training and professional development requirements
- Available to teach in-person during the Writing Center’s open hours, typically Mondays through Thursdays from 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. and Fridays from 10 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.
- Available to teach in-person at one or more of the Writing Center’s campus satellite locations, typically Sunday through Thursday from 5:30-8:30 p.m.
- Available to teach with the Writing Center for two or more semesters
Preferred Qualifications
- Currently enrolled in a UW-Madison doctoral program and eligible for a 20%+ TAship
- Experience providing one-to-one instruction at a writing center or writing fellows program at the college level; teaching writing-intensive courses at the college level; and/or providing guidance and feedback on college-level writing, theses, dissertations, cover letters, resumes, and related genres
- Available to teach with the Writing Center for three or more semesters
- Experience with writing and/or tutoring or teaching writing in STEM disciplines
To Apply:
Please complete the Writing Center Application to be considered for the position. For questions about the position vacancy and role please email Nancy Linh Karls, Writing Center Director.
More Information:
- Additional information for prospective Spring 2025 Writing Center TAs
- The different forms of instruction that we offer.
- The Writing Center’s mission
Career Staff
Administrative Manager
To Apply:
Job Summary:
The Administrative Manager provides critical administrative leadership and support to advance program goals and objectives for the UW-Madison Writing Center, Writing Across the Curriculum (WAC), and the Writing Fellows program.
Responsibilities include:
–Developing, coordinating, and managing administrative policies and procedures in support of the mission of the Writing Center, Writing Across the Curriculum, and the Writing Fellows program.
–Assisting with recruitment, hiring, training, and support of the Writing Center’s undergraduate receptionists
–Assisting with the recruitment, hiring, training, and support of the Writing Center’s graduate teaching assistants
–Coordinating and managing the scheduling of Writing Center instructors across in-person and online modalities
–Coordinating and managing WCONLINE, the Writing Center’s online scheduling and tutoring platform
–Establishing and growing relationships with advisors, program coordinators, staff, and faculty across campus to ensure that Writing Center offerings are collaborative and aligned with students’ writing needs and goals
–Identifying, facilitating, and supporting opportunities for Writing Center and WAC partnership and collaboration with other campus and community programs
–Participating in campus-wide events, workshops, and trainings to network on behalf of the Writing Center and to bring knowledge from other parts of campus to the Writing Center’s programs
–Proposing, coordinating, and piloting writing events for undergraduate and graduate students
–Developing and coordinating all Writing Center, WAC, and Writing Fellows communications and marketing, including social media programming, newsletters, and other promotional materials
–Managing the Writing Center and WAC websites, including their overall structure and design as well as the creation of new pages and the revision of existing ones
–In partnership with English Department Leadership and L&S Administrative Regional Team (ART), administering budget for the Writing Center, Writing Fellows, and WAC programs, including the Madison Writing Assistance program (the community outreach arm of the Writing Center)
–Assisting with the design, editing, and publication of WAC newsletters and the WAC Pressbook
–In partnership with English Department Leadership and L&S Administrative Regional Team (ART), procuring supplies and maintaining equipment for the Writing Center, WAC, and the Writing Fellows program
Responsibilities:
Manages a program and/or programmatic activities. Initiates, develops, and implements operational services that support a defined project, program, work unit, or function to advance program goals and objectives. May supervise staff and/or approve unit expenditures.
- 20% Plans, implements, executes, and evaluates existing strategies and objectives for a program and makes recommendations to unit leadership for program or function enhancement
- 20% Identifies workflow needs, contributes to the development of strategic and operational solutions, allocates resources, and implements new or revised unit operational policies and procedures
- 20% May exercise supervisory authority, including hiring, transferring, suspending, promoting, managing conduct and performance, discharging, assigning, rewarding, disciplining, and/or approving hours worked of at least 2.0 FTE or equivalent employees
- 20% Schedules logistics and secures resources for program activities across multiple work units to ensure optimum efficiency and compliance with appropriate policies, procedures, and specifications
- 5% Leads the development and preparation of periodic reports and financial statements, and records progress, status, or other special reports for leadership or external agencies
- 10% May assist in the development and monitoring of the unit or program budget and approve unit expenditures
- 5% Contributes to the preparation of proposals for funding and/or funding continuation from outside sponsors
Institutional Statement on Diversity:
Diversity is a source of strength, creativity, and innovation for UW-Madison. We value the contributions of each person and respect the profound ways their identity, culture, background, experience, status, abilities, and opinion enrich the university community. We commit ourselves to the pursuit of excellence in teaching, research, outreach, and diversity as inextricably linked goals.
The University of Wisconsin-Madison fulfills its public mission by creating a welcoming and inclusive community for people from every background – people who as students, faculty, and staff serve Wisconsin and the world.
For more information on diversity and inclusion on campus, please visit: Diversity and Inclusion
Education:
Required
Bachelor’s Degree
Preferred
Master’s Degree
Qualifications:
This position requires high-level administrative experience in program areas where there is ongoing planning and planning implementation. The Administrative Manager must be able to work effectively with career staff, teaching assistants, receptionists, students, faculty, staff, and cross-campus partners; have knowledge of and experience with budgeting principles; and have knowledge of and experience with managing communications and marketing, including social media and websites.
Work Type:
Full Time: 100%
This position will require some work to be performed in-person, onsite, at a designated campus work location. Some work may be performed remotely, at an offsite, non-campus work location.
Appointment Type, Duration:
Ongoing/Renewable
Salary:
Minimum $56,112 ANNUAL (12 months)
Depending on Qualifications
The typical starting salary for this position is $56,112 to $77,000 depending on qualifications and experience. Employees in this position can expect to receive benefits such as generous vacation, holidays and paid time off; competitive insurances and saving accounts; and retirement benefits.
Additional Information:
The UW-Madison Writing Center, Writing Across the Curriculum, and the Writing Fellows program are nationally and internationally recognized as leaders in writing studies and as models of excellence in teaching and in supporting the teaching of writing. Collectively, these programs support student writers within and beyond the university across all levels, disciplines, and identities as well as all faculty and instructional staff teaching with writing.
How to Apply:
Please click on the “Apply Now” button to start the application process:
For questions on the position, contact: Nancy Linh Karls: nkarls@wisc.edu, or Emily Hall: ebhall@wisc.edu
To apply for this position, you will need to upload a cover letter, resume, and contact information for at least three professional references, including your current supervisor. References will not be contacted without advance notice.
Your cover letter should address your qualifications as they pertain to the qualifications listed above.
Contact:
Spring Sherrod
sherrod@wisc.edu
608-263-3303
Relay Access (WTRS): 7-1-1. See RELAY_SERVICE for further information.
Official Title:
Administrative Manager(AD005)
Department(s):
A48-COL OF LETTERS & SCIENCE/ENGLISH/ENGLISH
Employment Class:
Academic Staff-Renewable
Job Number:
295085-AS
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