Graduate Teaching Assistant Resume Template
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Amy Fisher
Lead Teaching Assistant · General & Organic Chemistry
Los Angeles, CA · (213) 555-3823 · amy.fisher@email.com · linkedin.com/in/amyfisher
Single Subject Teaching Credential: Science (Chemistry)
California Commission on Teacher Credentialing
Laboratory Safety Fundamentals
UCLA Environment, Health & Safety
Profile
Chemistry Ph.D. candidate with 11 years of teaching, including 4 years as a high school teacher and 7 years leading lab and discussion sections. Grades for 180–240 students a term and trains 20 new TAs a year in lab safety and grading.
Teaching Experience
Lead Teaching Assistant
2022 – Present
University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA
- Coordinate 14 TAs across 36 general chemistry lab sections serving 850 students a term.
- Train 20 new TAs a year on lab safety, rubric grading and running pre-lab discussions.
- Lead 2 lab sections and 1 discussion section a term and hold 4 office hours a week.
- Rewrote 6 lab manual experiments and answer keys, cutting grade disputes by about half.
- Manage the Gradescope course setup, regrade queue and section grade reconciliation.
Graduate Teaching Assistant
2019 – 2022
University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA
- Taught organic chemistry discussion sections of 30 students on mechanisms and synthesis.
- Graded exams and problem sets for 180–240 students a term within 7-day turnaround.
- Supervised organic lab sections running extractions, recrystallization, TLC and IR analysis.
- Built weekly practice problem sets and review slides posted on CCLE and Bruin Learn.
Chemistry Teacher
2015 – 2019
Harbor View High School, Long Beach, CA
- Taught Chemistry and AP Chemistry to 150 students a year; AP pass rate rose from 48% to 71%.
- Ran the chemical storeroom, safety inspections and waste disposal for the science department.
Teaching Skills
Lab section teachingDiscussion section leadershipRubric-based gradingTA trainingLab safety & chemical hygieneProblem set designOffice hours & tutoring
Course Tools
Canvas (Bruin Learn)
Gradescope
ChemDraw
Microsoft Excel
Zoom
Education
Ph.D. in Chemistry (in progress)
2027
University of California, Los Angeles
B.S. in Chemistry
2014
California State University, Long Beach
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Skills to list
- Course Grading
- Discussion Section Leading
- Office Hours Support
- Lecture Preparation Support
- Learning Management Systems
- Student Assessment
- Lab Supervision
- Research Support
Software and tools
- Microsoft Office software
- Microsoft Excel
- Learning management system LMS
- Desire2Learn LMS software
- Blackboard Learn
- Image scanning software
- Course management system software
- DOC Cop
- iParadigms Turnitin
- Sakai CLE
Duties to describe on a graduate teaching assistant resume
- Taught undergraduate-level courses.
- Evaluated and graded examinations, assignments, or papers, and recorded grades.
- Led discussion sections, tutorials, or laboratory sections.
- Developed teaching materials, such as syllabi, visual aids, answer keys, supplementary notes, or course Web sites.
- Informed students of the procedures for completing and submitting class work, such as lab reports.
- Returned assignments to students in accordance with established deadlines.
Titles along the way
- Teaching Assistant
- Graduate Teaching Assistant
- Lead Teaching Assistant
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