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Each department or program on campus that employs
non-native English speaking
graduate students as teaching assistants has a faculty or staff
member who has been appointed our department liaison. The
liaison may be a graduate secretary, graduate advisor, or any other
faculty or staff member who works with the graduate students in their
area. What do department liaisons do? Simply put, liaisons are the link
between the OEPP and the graduate students needing our
services. Liaisons are responsible for:
- Scheduling students for the Oral English Proficiency Test
(OEPT);
- Making sure students have time
to rest and review the
Practice Test prior to taking the OEPT;
- Receiving students' OEPT scores and making sure this
information is kept with other student records;
- Working with the OEPP to identify students needing to be
enrolled in ENGL 620 "Classroom Communication for International
Teaching Assistants";
- Reminding students to enroll in ENGL 620
as necessary;
- Ensuring that all international graduate students who are
appointed to teaching assistant positions involving the direct
instruction of undergraduate students have been
certified for oral
English proficiency and are in compliance with the
university policy on the hiring
on ITAs;
- Completing the ITA Verification report for the OEPP each fall
and spring; and
- Assisting us in any other matters involving international
graduate students in their program.
Department liaisons are the link between the OEPP and the
graduate students needing our services. Liaisons
make it possible for our small staff to more efficiently
handle the high volume of students who are screened for oral English
proficiency and subsequently are enrolled in our courses.
We hope the information provided on these web pages will help our
liaisons better understand the OEPP's services to departments. |
