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Graduate Assistants

Center for Child Advocacy Current Graduate Assistants:

 

Elise Hose
Email: Elise Hose
Telephone: 973-655-3158		 Hours:
Monday: 10:00 am – 4:00 pm
Tuesday: 12:00 pm – 4:00 pm
Wednesday: 10:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Thursday: 12:00 pm – 4:00 pm

Biographical Sketch: Elise received a B.A. in Fine Arts and a B.A. in Elementary Education from Westminster College in Salt Lake City, Utah in 2006.  While attending Westminster, Elise worked for part of a semester in an Elementary school on the Hopi and Navajo Reservations in Southern Utah.  During her student teaching she travelled to Hawaii to teach at the Kamehameha Schools and to work with the indigenous population.  She taught sixth grade at an inner city school in Salt Lake for one year before moving to New Jersey.  Last year she worked in a private school teaching preschool, and knew that she wanted to continue her education.  When searching for graduate programs in New Jersey, the Child Advocacy program seemed to be the perfect fit.  Elise is enrolled full time in the master’s program, and is a Graduate Assistant for the Child Advocacy program.  Elise is passionate about working with underprivileged children in the school systems, and creating a more equitable school setting for all children. 

Allyson Parks
Email: Allyson Parks
Telephone: 973-655-3158		 Hours:
Monday: 8:30 am – 1:30 pm
Tuesday: 8:30 am – 3:30 pm
Wednesday: 12:30 am – 4:30 pm
Friday: 8:30 am - 12:30 pm
Biographical Sketch: Allyson received a B.A in sociology from Elon University in 2009. During her undergraduate study, she was student director of Academic Service-Learning and a teaching assistant for two sociology courses. She interned with the Graham County Juvenile Court Counselors office where she was allowed to be involved in all aspects related to juvenile justice, to include: intake, counseling, specialized treatment, family/team orientated meetings, detention facilities, and alternative housing/detention facilities.  Prior to working with the court counselors office she intended on pursing a career working with juvenile delinquents and detention reform.  The internship only increased her passion to work with at-risk youth, and someday address the policies regarding juveniles and programs afforded to them.  She is currently working as graduate assistant for  the Center for Child Advocacy at Montclair State University, and taking classes full time.
Rachel Goldstein
Email: Goldstein
Telephone: 973-655-3158		 Hours:

Wednesday: 8:30 am – 5:30 pm
Thursday: 8:30 am – 5:30 pm
Biographical Sketch: Rachel received a B.A. in sociology with a concentration in criminology/criminal justice from California State University Northridge in 2007.  As an undergrad she interned at the Edmund D. Edelman’s Children’s Court in Los Angeles as a law clerk.  As a part of her internship she accompanied the attorneys to court, organized files, and helped to interview and prepare family members for court room proceedings.  After her internship ended she realized how much she enjoyed helping children and she began working as a preschool teacher.  In addition to her occupation as a teacher, she was also employed as a paralegal and attorney assistant doing debt collection work at the law firm Pressler and Pressler.  Although she found learning about the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act interesting, she knew that her real passion was working in the court system helping children.  She is currently working as a graduate assistant for the child advocacy program at Montclair State University.  In addition to her assistantship she is a full-time student in the master’s program and hopes that one day she will be able to aid children in the courtroom setting.

 

GENERAL INFORMATION: GRADUATE ASSISTANT SHIPS

Graduate Assistants:

  • are considered full-time students and must be enrolled for 9 credits per semester
  • must fully matriculate in a master's degree program at MSU
  • must maintain at least a 3.00 GPA during each semester of the assistantship
  • fulfill twenty (20) hours per week
  • receive a tuition and University-wide fee remission and a stipend
    • Fees that are specific to courses or individual students are not included in the remission (e.g. Art studio fees, supplies, parking and/or Health Insurance, books, graduation fee etc.).
  • may not be hired as adjuncts. Graduate assistants may not be hired as adjuncts or in any other employment status at the University while they are graduate assistants.
  • Term of the Assistantship: One full academic year, beginning September 1 and ending June 30.
Assistantships are NOT available to students:

1. seeking any type of certificate or certification only,
2. who are teaching or completing their in-service supervised training as an M.A.T. student,
3. maintaining a non-degree status, or
4. with a conditional matriculation

How Students Apply:
There is no separate application form for the graduate assistantship.

Graduate Assistantships will be considered as part of the admission process to a graduate degree program. Most of our graduate degree programs have rolling admission, so the earlier a student completes the application for admission, the greater chance the student has to be considered for open graduate assistantship positions.

Recommendation for Graduate Assistantship Appointment

Departments will send their recommendation for graduate assistantship appointments to The Graduate School. The official offer of an assistantship, and final appointment into a position, is conducted through The Graduate School. The official offer of appointment will be sent, via regular mail, to the student from The Graduate School. NO appointment is official or finalized unless it is approved by The Graduate School.

* Students should not begin work until they have signed and accepted the offer and terms of the assistantship with The Graduate School. Employment papers (I-9 Eligibility of Employment and W-4 tax forms) must be completed at The Graduate School before beginning the graduate assistantship position.

Returning Graduate Assistants

Graduate students may be reappointed to a second year into the same graduate assistantship position. Any individual assistantship may not exceed a total of four semesters (two academic years), regardless of the department in which the student serves.

General Guidelines for Graduate Assistantships

Ensuring that our graduate students are having challenging, productive and rewarding assistantship experiences is always important. Each graduate assistant should be involved with activities/projects that relate to faculty research, clinical/field work assignments and/or instructional responsibilities in the student's master's degree program. In addition, each graduate assistant should be assigned to a faculty mentor in their program of study to help ensure that the assistantship is directly related to the student’s program of study.