Graduate Assistant Positions for Fall 2025

Graduate assistantship positions offer students opportunities to engage in scholarly activities with faculty membersand financial support (e.g., wages/stipend, tuition waiver, health insurance). The Department of Special Education (DSE) has a limited number of graduate assistantship positions to offer each semester. Eligible students are encouraged to apply.

Application Criteria. All student applicants must:

• Have attained a cumulative undergraduate or FAUGraduate GPA of 3.0 or better;
• Submit completed Graduate Assistant PositionApplication
• Submit a maximum 250-word narrative describing skillsets relevant to the desired position responsibilities asdescribed below; and,
• Submit a letter of recommendation from a current orprevious course instructor,preferablya Department ofSpecial Education (DSE) faculty/instructor. The letter must meet criteria specific to the desired position.

Students interested in obtaining a graduate assistantship position within the DSE should submit their application below.

The Department offers two types of Graduate Assistant Positions

Graduate Research Assistant (GRA)

Job responsibilities include research duties under the supervision of an appropriate faculty member or FAU administrator. Such research duties may include, but are not limited to, assisting in lab research, community‐based research activities, developing research and evaluation surveys, and data collection and analysis for 20 hours/week. Compensation includes a paid stipend each term, a 100% tuition waiver, and 75% health insurance.
For GRA applicants, the faculty recommendation letter should specifically address the candidate’s academic written and oral communication skills, timeliness and quality of assignment completion, and ability to conduct library and other information-gathering research (e.g., library search for literature, Google or other internet searches).

Graduate Teaching Assistant (GTA)

Job responsibilities include serving as the instructor of record for undergraduate courses in the specific discipline in which the student has the graduate-level expertise required for credentialing; assisting a faculty member in any aspect of course instruction, although not as the instructor of record; or, assisting a faculty member in the non-instructional aspects of course teaching (e.g., grading) for 20 hours/week. Compensation includes a paid stipend each term, a 100% tuition waiver, and 75% health insurance.
For GTA applicants, the faculty recommendation letter should specifically address the candidate’s special education work experience and/or content knowledge and leadership skills. academic written and oral communication skills, timeliness and quality of assignment completion, and ability to conduct library and other information-gathering research (e.g., library search for literature, Google or other internet searches).

Graduate Assistant Position Application

Graduate assistantship positions offer students opportunities to engage in scholarly activities with faculty members and financial support (e.g., wages/stipend, tuition waiver, health insurance). The Department of Special Education (DSE) has a limited number of graduate assistantship positions to offer each semester. Eligible students are encouraged to apply.