Part-Time Learning Assistants - Nutr Sciences MPS Program
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Penn State’s Nutritional Sciences department seeks graduate learning assistants for online MPS in Nutritional Sciences courses during academic year FA2024/SP2025. Assistants support instructors with grading, answering emails, responding to student questions, and other class-related tasks. Applicants must be currently enrolled MPS in Nutritional Sciences students and must have taken and earned an A in the graduate course for which they seek to assist.
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APPLICATION INSTRUCTIONS:
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CURRENT PENN STATE EMPLOYEE (faculty, staff, technical service, or student), please login to Workday to complete the internal application process. Please do not apply here, apply internally through Workday.
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CURRENT PENN STATE STUDENT (not employed previously at the university) and seeking employment with Penn State, please login to Workday to complete the student application process. Please do not apply here, apply internally through Workday.
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If you are NOT a current employee or student, please click “Apply” and complete the application process for external applicants.
Approval of remote and hybrid work is not guaranteed regardless of work location. For additional information on remote work at Penn State, see Notice to Out of State Applicants.
JOB DESCRIPTION AND POSITION REQUIREMENTS: The Nutritional Sciences department is seeking graduate learning assistants to help with the online MPS (Master of Professional Studies) in Nutritional Sciences courses for academic year FA2024/SP2025. Graduate learning assistants will assist the instructor with grading, answering emails, assisting students with questions, and other tasks related to the class. To be considered for this position, students must have taken and earned an A in the graduate course(s) for which the graduate learning assistant is needed. Students must be a currently enrolled MPS in Nutritional Sciences student.
Approval of remote and hybrid work is not guaranteed regardless of work location. For additional information on remote work at Penn State, see Notice to Out of State Applicants. [https://hr.psu.edu/more/flexible-work-arrangements/out-of-state-notice]
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How this job compares
Set against the 431 open Teaching Assistant jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 10, 2026.
- Pay
- This postingNot listed
- US median$34–41K/yr23 salary ranges
- US median$18–20/hr225 hourly ranges
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 82 open Teaching Assistant jobs in Pennsylvania and 431 across the US. 3% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Hiring the most in Pennsylvania
- Penn State University (this employer)52 open
- Penn State University Talent Acquisition18 open
- ESS aka: Source for Teachers5 open
- Experience
- Teaching Assistant postings that state a minimum ask for 1 year of experience at the median; the middle half ask for 1 to 2 years (24 postings).
- Education
- 23 of the 431 open Teaching Assistant jobs (5%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.
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