Minimum Teaching Fellow, Graduate Fellow, Tutor, and Grader Requirements for MBA Students

You Must Have:	Enrolled and remain enrolled in the semester in which you intend to work* Completed at least 9 credits at Stern as a MBA student GPA of at least 3.0 Taken the course or its equivalent




	Summer Information During Summer Sessions only, all Stern MBA and MS students are eligible to be a Teaching/Graduate Fellows. This includes 1st year students, recently graduated MBA students (with exception to recently graduated international students), part-time students, and MS students. December and January graduates are not allowed to work during the summer. Compensation for Summer positions can be credited to your student account as tuition remission only if you are enrolled Summer Session. Otherwise, you will be paid by payroll check from the Stern Human Resources Department. Please note that payroll checks are subject to all state and federal taxes. During the summer, there is a strict limit of 2.0 positions for GFs. For TFs there is a strict 1.0 position limit per session (total of 3.0 position for Summer I,II,III combined). Students may not exceed the 20 hours per week maximum.

Any non-Stern or PhD student wishing to work must have prior approval from the department administrator.

*To work Winter Session you must be enrolled for the Spring term, no exceptions.
Summer Sessions I,II,III are the exception to this rule. Please see sidebar for summer info.

Compensation

Position	Hours/ Commitment	Payment
0.5 (half position) required enrollment (25-49) for TF position	5 Hours per week per term * Winter/ Summer I,II,III are 10 hours per week per term	half credit course (1.5 or 2) $900 full credit course (3 or 4) $1800 6 credit course $2700 Graduate Fellowship $1800
1.0 (full position) required enrollment (50-84) for TF position	10 Hours per week per term * Winter/ Summer I,II,III are 15 hours per week per term	half credit course(1.5 or 2) $1800 full credit course (3 or 4) $3600 6 credit course $4500 Graduate Fellowship $3600
1.5 (one and half position) required enrollment (85-119) for TF position	15 Hours per week per term * Winter/ Summer I,II,III are 20 hours per week per term	half credit course (1.5 or) $3600 full credit course (3 or 4) $5400 6 credit course $6300 Graduate Fellowship $5400

* Please see a department administrator for more details.

IF PAID THROUGH TUITION REMISSION
Tuition Remission is the default method of payment for all Stern MBA students. All non-Stern and PhD students are paid through payroll. NYU Financial Aid Office will reduce the loan balance or the bursar will issue a refund check. This form of payment will not be taxed and will be reflected in your bursar bill 10 days after this contract has been full executed. If tuition remission exceeds the amount of credit for that semester, the remaining balance will be processed as payroll check in HR and subject to income tax withholding.

IF PAID THROUGH PAYROLL
All payments other than tuition remission(payroll, STARS or additional payments) will have income tax withheld. First payment can be expected approximately 4-5 weeks after this contract is fully executed. Payments must be picked up in Tisch 626 unless you sign up for direct deposit. Payroll payments are made every two weeks through the end date of the course or semester. For questions, please contact Pauline Braz in HR at (212)998-0119.

Loan eligibility may be affected when you secure a Teaching or Graduate Fellowship position. Questions? Call Financial Aid at (212)998-0790.

Limit on Number of Positions and Hours

2.0 (two full positions) or 20 hours per week per semester is the maximum limit. MBA students may hold a combination of positions per semester, but cannot under any circumstances exceed the 2.0 limit.
During Winter session, there is a strict limit of 1.0 (full) position max. A winter position does not apply or effect the Spring position limit of 2.0.

Restrictions

If you are a part-time or full-time regular employee at NYU you cannot under any circumstances work as a teaching fellow, graduate fellow, grader, or tutor.
If you are not enrolled in the current semester you cannot under any circumstances work as a teaching fellow, graduate fellow, grader, or tutor. September graduates are not allowed to work during the fall semester. December graduates are not allowed to work in the winter/ spring semesters. (The only exception is that May graduates can work summer sessions.)

A student may not:
- make independent arrangements for compensation to tutor students in the class to which they are assigned as a TF.
- be a TF/GF and a Grader or a TF/GF and a Tutor or a Grader and a Tutor for the same class at the same time.
- be a TF for a course in which she or he is also enrolled as a student.
- get course credit for a class in which she or he is the TF.

International Students

International students cannot work more than 20 hours per week, no exceptions.
An H-1B visa holder cannot under any circumstances work as a teaching fellow, graduate fellow, grader, or tutor.
For more information regarding ineligibility for recently graduated international students please click here.
Please contact the Office of International Students and Scholars for more information.

PhD Students