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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Dear GSOE Graduate Students:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Please find the email below regarding the mandatory New Teaching Assistant Orientation hosted by Teaching Assistant Development Program (TADP).
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><u><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">PhD students with a fellowship starting their second year Fall 2021</span></u></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">: unless you have worked
out a GSR (researcher) position with your faculty advisor, you will likely be a TA next year. Please RSVP for this orientation. Annual TA assignment letters will be emailed later in the summer.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><u><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">All other students</span></u></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">: only register for TA orientation if you have
<i>secured</i> a TA position for Fall 2021 and have not previously completed the training.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Let me know if you have any questions.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">-Heather<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">Registration for Fall 2021 and Winter 2022 Graduate Division New Teaching Assistant (TA) Orientation is now open through our website: </span></b><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><a href="https://tadp.ucr.edu/ta-training/orientation" id="LPlnk"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">https://tadp.ucr.edu/ta-training/orientation</span></a></span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="background:white"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">The orientation is <b>mandatory</b> for all new teaching assistants, even if they have worked as a TA at another institution. Once the UCR Graduate Division
New TA Orientation has been completed, the student will not need to take it again.</span><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#201F1E"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="background:white"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">All New TA Orientation components for Fall 2021 and Winter 2022 will be conducted online via Canvas/eLearn. The orientation will be asynchronous; however,
our expectation is that each TA will complete the required training between the beginning of the quarter (September 20th) and the conclusion of Week 3 (October 15th). In accordance with the terms of the collective bargaining agreement currently in place with
the union representing graduate student workers, the required elements of the training (as mandated by the Academic Senate) should take approximately four hours to complete. Resources for both classroom and online teaching technologies, relevant campus partners,
and best practices in pedagogy will be provided in additional, non-mandatory sessions.</span><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#201F1E"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="background:white"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">The Fall 2021 New TA Orientation will include:</span><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#201F1E"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Mandatory session on basic pedagogy (organization, instruction, and knowledge)<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;background:white">
<span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Mandatory session on teaching in a diverse classroom and building rapport with students<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;background:white">
<span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Mandatory session on TA rights and responsibilities<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;background:white">
<span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Mandatory session on FERPA rules and regulations for TAs<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;background:white">
<span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Mandatory presentation by the UAW<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;background:white">
<span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Campus resource materials<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;background:white">
<span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Pedagogical resource materials<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;background:white">
<span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Technological resource materials<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
<p style="background:white"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"> </span><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#201F1E"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="background:white"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">The Teaching Assistant Development Program (TADP) has limited staff and resources so, if graduate students fail to complete the required trainings by the
deadlines outlined, we cannot guarantee that everyone will be certified.</span><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#201F1E"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="background:white"><span class="markfku7pm5lu"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">Registration</span></b></span><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"> and other information
available here: </span></b><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><a href="https://tadp.ucr.edu/ta-training/orientation" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">https://tadp.ucr.edu/ta-training/orientation</span></a></span></b><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">. </span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"> </span><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#201F1E"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="background:white"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#201F1E"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p style="background:white"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">If you have any questions, feel free to email me at </span><span style="font-family:"Cambria",serif;color:black"><a href="mailto:tadp@ucr.edu" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">tadp@ucr.edu</span></a></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">.</span><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#201F1E"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="background:white"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">-Sarah</span><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#201F1E"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="xmsonormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#212121">Sarah Murray</span></b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#212121">,
</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#212121">M.A.</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#212121"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="xmsonormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#212121">Coordinator, Teaching Assistant Development Program (TADP)</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#212121"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="xmsonormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#212121">University of California, Riverside</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#212121"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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