What are the responsibilities and job description for the Graduate Assistant - Music - Fall 2025 Job at University of Central Missouri in position at University of Central Missouri?
Salary : $500.00 Semi-Monthly
Location : UCMO - Warrensburg, MO
Job Type : Graduate Assistant
Job Number : G98064
Division : Music
Opening Date : 02 / 06 / 2025
Description
UCM Percussion is dedicated to excellence, from the many areas of percussion to music in general. At UCM, students develop their artistic voice and teaching approaches through the study of percussion within Western classical, Jazz and commercial, marching, small ensemble, large ensemble, and music technology practices. They also engage in the many offerings of composition and instrument building. Students learn about musical practices from around the world from our internationally renowned guest artists that frequently visit campus. For more information, please visit our website :
Examples of Duties
Responsibilities include working with the UCM Percussion studio, the UCM Marching Percussion Section, and performance in ensembles. Depending on the successful applicant's experiences, responsibilities could include administrative work, coaching, teaching, and / or composition / arranging. The graduate assistant will report to the UCM Associate Professor of Percussion as their direct supervisor.
Typical Qualifications
Education :
- The successful candidate should have completed a bachelor's degree in music.
- Currently admitted to a UCM graduate degree program
- 3.0 or higher graduate level GPA if previous graduate level courses have been taken
- 2.7 or higher undergraduate level GPA if no previous graduate level courses have been taken
Supplemental Information
GA Type : Teaching
GA Hour Expectations : 20 hours a week
Start Date of Position : 08 / 11 / 2025
End Date of Position : 12 / 12 / 2025
Total Stipend for Semester : $4,500
Scholarship : Students filling a Graduate Assistantship (GA) position are eligible to receive a graduate tuition waiver, a graduate non-resident tuition waiver (if applicable), and a graduate mandatory fees waiver. The scholarships are in the form of a waiver and the funds are not deposited into the student's personal account. Instead, the student's bill is reduced by the amount of the scholarship awarded. If the maximum amount of the scholarship is not used, the remainder is not paid to the student in any form and unused scholarship money cannot be carried over to another semester. The scholarship is applied to graduate level courses only; courses taken for undergraduate credit are not eligible to be covered by the GA scholarship. The non-resident fee scholarship only applies to classes taken on the UCM Warrensburg campus. The maximum scholarship amounts are based on the size of assistantship held. For a full (20-hour per week) assistantship, the scholarship covers tuition costs and mandatory fees up to 12 credit hours of graduate coursework per semester. Graduate assistantship positions less than full will be prorated accordingly.
Special Instructions :
Full-time benefits-eligible position : Benefits include competitive salary; health, dental, vision, life insurance, AD & D, long-term disability; 3 weeks paid vacation per year; 3 weeks of accrued sick leave per year; 13 paid holidays; retirement; and generous education assistance for an employee, spouse and dependent children taking classes at UCM.
Part-time benefits-eligible positions : Benefits include generous education assistance for the employee.
Temporary, adjunct, student employment, or graduate assistant positions : Benefits are not included.
Completed UCM online application for employment required. Incomplete applications will not be considered.
A review will begin immediately and continue until filled unless indicated otherwise.
NOTE : A background check is required for the selected candidate of all staff, faculty, adjunct, and temporary positions and any job offer is contingent on the results of this check. Student employees and graduate assistants do not require a background check to be conducted prior to employment.
The University of Central Missouri is an Equal Opportunity Employer and specifically invites applications from women, minorities, veteran status, and people with disabilities.
This position is not eligible for benefits.
Salary : $500
