Job position, job responsibilities, and work hour limitations for Graders

1. Graders:
a) What they do: follow an answer key to grade course assignments; proctor examinations
when requested by the instructor.
b) What they do not do: host office hours, attend lectures, create their own answer keys,
and/or assist professors with the grading of midterm or final exams.
c) Qualifications: A grader may not necessarily have any background in the course. The
grader will be able to correct homework assignment, but may not be able to answer
questions from students.
2. Work hour limitations:
a) Graders will be allocated 1 hour to grade for every 14 students. Graders/TA will be
required to provide weekly time reports. We may require the course instructor to approve
their grader/TA timesheet before it is submitted to the TA/Grader Manager.
b) 1 hour per 14 students is approximately:
i.
6 hours to grade for a class of 80
ii.
4.5 hours to grade for a class of 60
iii.
3 hours to grade for a class of 40
* An additional 45 minutes will be granted for increments of 10 students
PROCTOR GUIDELINES
a) The proctors general duties include the following:
a. Classroom observation;
b. Immediately reporting incidences of cheating to the instructor; and
c. Implementing preventative measures to stop inappropriate behaviors (e.g., walking
over to and standing near disruptive students).
b) Proctors are NOT allowed to confront students during exams for any reason (e.g., do not
take tests away from students). This is the sole responsibility of the instructor.
c) Please also email Carina Gutierrez a quick summary of your observations from your
proctoring session, including:
1. The name of the professor/teacher
2. The course number
3. The approximate number of students in the class
4. The number of students that you caught cheating and reported to the instructor
5. The number of students that the teacher caught cheating and how he took action
6. Your assessment of how well the professor/teacher actively participated in helping
you proctor the exam and collect tests from cheating students (you are there to
supplement the teacher because the class is too large for one person, not substitute
for the teacher). For example, you may simply say excellent, average, or
poor
Additional Information for F-1 Students
No student should be scheduled for more than 17 work hours in one work week without prior
written approval from both the TA/grader manager and NPU HR. Additionally, F-1 students cannot
work more than 20 hours in one work week under any circumstance. Doing so is a violation of
immigration laws and rules, and the violating students SEVIS record would be terminated
immediately.