Instructions for Applying for Teaching Assistant Positions in the School of Rehabilitation Therapy:

Carefully review the TA position descriptions (note that some require a background in OT or PT). Please also consult your superior before making your choices to ensure that your commitment will not conflict with pre-scheduled program commitments. Then, complete the application form, ranking your preferences and submit, along with a current CV, to Anne Linscott, Rehabilitation Science Graduate Assistant (gal@queensu.ca).

From the PSAC 901 Collective Agreement, please note the following categories. All applicants are encouraged to review the full Collective Agreement.

Appointment of Teaching Assistants

12.04 In the appointment to TAships within the Bargaining Unit, the Employer shall follow the four level preference system outlined below. No TAships shall be offered to candidates in Group B until the qualified candidates in Group A have been exhausted. No TAships shall be offered to candidates in Group C until the qualified candidates in Group B have been exhausted. TAships may only be offered to candidates in Group D when there remain no qualified candidates in any other Group. 

A. First Preference - Group A

Is for qualified graduate students registered as:

1. students in a department or program in which the TAship will be offered; or
2. students in an interdisciplinary program with TA budget resources,

and for whom the TAship has been granted as part of the funding commitment offered by the Employer. 

B. Second Preference - Group B

Is for qualified graduate students registered as:

1. students in a department or program in which the TAship will be offered; or
2. students in an interdisciplinary program with TA budget resources,
   
   and for whom
   
   
3. the TAship will not form part of the funding commitment offered by the Employer; or
4. there is currently no funding commitment provided by the Employer. 

C. Third Preference - Group C

Is for qualified graduate students that have previously held a TAship or TFship for the Employer. 

D. Fourth Preference - Group D

Is for qualified graduate students that have not met the criteria as set out in 12.04 A, B, or C.