Reader/Grader Support
Steps for Hiring Graders:
1. Send an email to the department manager and department assistant with the name(s) of your selected reader/grader AND how many hours you are allocating to that specific grader. Reader/graders are part of the Academic Student Employee Union (joining the TAs). This means that each reader/grader will have an appointment letter specifying the number of maximum hours for the quarter. These are not set in stone - and can be increased if necessary. Please inform the department manager, if you will be assigning extra hours to any hired grader.
2. We are required to provide the student a Description of Duties (DOD) form. If you will be asking your student hired as a reader/grader to perform any task that falls outside the following description 'Grading of student work, including homework, paper, lab reports, exams' please contact the department manager to discuss prior to assigning.
3. The department assistant will follow up with the student to fill out their application, sign their appointment letter, and pick up their DOD form in the department office. Afterwards, they can begin work.Other Details/considerations:
- You are considered the supervisor for all reader/graders you hire.
- You will approve the hours your reader/grader works via a paper timehseet or pdf sent electonically (not CruzPay due to the funding source unfortunately).
- Hiring Graduate Students is allowable, however, requires approval from his/her PI and the UCSC Graduate Division. Contact the department manager for more details.
- Reader/graders cannot work more than 40 hours in any one week or work more than 8 hours in any one day.
- Graders in summer are hired by Summer Session.
