SA REQUIREMENTS AND EVALUATION
Students serving as SAs are evaluated throughout the semester by their assigned instructor, corresponding track heads, and the Production Division staff. The following criteria will be used for possible termination and re-appointment consideration:
Production Student Assistants represent the Division within SCA, and in turn, the School to the University at large. Therefore, the highest standards of personal and academic behavior are demanded of assistants in Production. SAs must maintain a GPA of 3.0 and continue to make satisfactory progress toward their degree.
An assistant, whose actions, either in the classroom or out, result in disciplinary action, will have their assistantship immediately terminated.
SAs must submit their hours on the WORKDAY online timekeeping system AT LEAST once every two weeks in accordance with USC payroll deadlines.
WORKDAY is USC’s payroll / online timekeeping system that is part of the USC employee gateway portal – https://employees.usc.edu/
SAs must take a mandatory 30-minute consecutive break every 5 hours while working. SAs cannot work more than 8 hours in a day, 20 hours in a week, and 7 days in a row (inclusive of all jobs at USC and SCA). Overtime is NOT permitted without prior approval (so please be mindful when working multiple jobs).
If at any time during the semester the SA/faculty pairing no longer feels like a good fit, the Production Division reserves the right to reassign and/or dismiss the SA. These decisions are never made lightly and are always done to prioritize the well-being and successful academic matriculation of all our Production Division students.
If an outright dismissal were to occur, please know that awards will be prorated to the date of termination of the SA position based on the 15-week semester.
Upon being selected to serve as an SA, it is the student’s responsibility to connect with Jane Kim (janekim@cinema.usc.edu) in the SCA business office ASAP to take care of all the necessary hiring paperwork in order to get set up officially on USC payroll.
UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES CAN STUDENTS WORK IF THEY ARE NOT
FULL-TIME STUDENTS OR HAVE NOT BEEN GRANTED ACCESS TO WORKDAY.