CIS Common Teaching Assistant Application
If you are interested in being a TA in the Fall 2025 semester for any of the CIS/CIT/NETS courses listed below, please complete this application. We strongly encourage you to apply by Friday 18 April, though select courses may continue to evaluate applications on a rolling basis afterwards.

If you wish to apply for multiple TA positions, please fill out this form for each course you wish to apply for. Courses other than those listed below may also have TA openings; please reach out to the instructor for more details.

There are no fixed prerequisites to be a TA beyond a love of teaching. You do not need to have taken the course you are applying for, although it helps. You do not need to be a CIS or Engineering major. Our students come from all over the university, and our TAs do too!

NOTE: Students who are on a leave of absence from the university during Fall 2025 are not eligible to be hired as a TA for a Fall 2025 course.

*NOTE: an application to any of the larger ML courses (indicated with an asterisk in the course list below) may be redirected to another ML course to ensure a good balance of staff.

As a TA, your duties may include leading recitations, grading homework assignments, holding office hours, answering student questions on Piazza/Ed Discussions, and attending a weekly staff meeting. You will also be expected to help grade exams and should plan on being available for the course's final exam.

The typical time commitment is 10-15 hours per week.  CIS TAs are currently paid $18 an hour. We are often able to accommodate TAs who prefer to work more hours per week (e.g., for work-study).
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Penn ID *
Full name *
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What year will you be as of Fall 2025? *
Which course are you interested in being a TA for? *
If you want to apply to multiple courses, please fill out this form *separately* for each course.
For the course you are interested in TAing, when did you take it? *
If you did not take the course, write "none". You are eligible to TA a course even if you have not taken it.
If you took the course at Penn, what grade did you get?
Skip this if you did not take the course at Penn.
If you took the course at Penn, were you an active participant in the class? If so, please describe.
Skip this if you did not take the course at Penn.
If you have not taken the course you want to TA, have you taken a similar course at another university? If so, please describe.
Briefly describe your other commitments for next semester and how many hours per week you expect them to take. *
Include classes you plan on taking, clubs, research, and other extra-curricular activities
List all previous TAing experience at Penn by course and semester. *
If you have TA'ed a course more than once, list every semester you TA'ed it. If you have not TA'ed at Penn before, enter "none". Prior experience is not required!
Are you interested in being a head TA? *
While not all courses have head TA positions available, we will use this if the course ends up having them.
List any other teaching or tutoring experience that you have.
Please briefly describe why you wish to TA, and any other information you feel would be helpful.
Have you been investigated or sanctioned for a violation of academic integrity? *
If you answered "investigated" or "sanctioned" above, please describe the situation.
Academic integrity violations will be cross-checked with records from Penn's Center for Community Standards and Accountability (CSA). This information will only be shared with appropriate personnel when necessary.
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