Requirements

College/School Eligibility:

  • Agriculture and Life Sciences
  • Brooks School of Public Policy
  • Architecture, Art and Planning
  • Arts and Sciences
  • Bowers CIS
  • Engineering
  • Human Ecology
  • Industrial and Labor Relations
  • SC Johnson Business - Dyson
  • SC Johnson Business - Hotel

Class Year Eligibility:

  • N/A

Open to:

  • Cornell Undergraduate Students

Eligibility:

  • Minimum cumulative GPA of 3.0
  • Junior or senior standing
  • Grade of B+ or higher in the course for which you are applying to be a teaching apprentice

Policies:

  • Students may take 0.5 to 3 credits per section of Brooks PUBPOL 4030 teaching apprenticeship.
  • Students may participate in multiple Brooks PUBPOL Special Studies (4000, 4010, or 4020) or Teaching Apprenticeships (4030) in a given semester, not to exceed 6 credits total per semester.
  • Students may not earn credit more than once for serving as a teaching apprentice in the same course.
  • Students may not take and serve as a teaching apprentice for the same course during the same semester.
  • Teaching apprentices must meet weekly with the supervising instructor, either one-on-one or in a group setting.

Permitted Responsibilities (under instructor supervision):

  • Leading discussion sections or demonstrations
    • Instructors must provide extensive training.
    • Instructors must observe at least two sessions during the semester to evaluate the apprentice's performance.
  • Grading
    • Teaching apprentices may assist with exam scoring only under close supervision and in collaboration with others involved in grading.
    • They may provide preliminary reviews of papers and research projects but may not assign final grades.
  • Office hours
    • Teaching apprentices may hold office hours to support students, as coordinated with the supervising instructor.