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<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="contentpasted0">Dear New Teaching Assistants:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="contentpasted0">Please see the note below from TADP regarding mandatory orientation.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="contentpasted0"><span style="color:black">My name is Ashley Harlow and I am the new TA Development Program Manager.
<b>I wanted to email you all to politely request you remind your graduate students that
<span style="background:yellow;mso-highlight:yellow">registration for Fall's New Teaching Assistant (TA) Orientation is now open through our website: <a href="https://tadp.ucr.edu/ta-training/orientation" target="_blank"><span style="border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">https://tadp.ucr.edu/ta-training/orientation</span></a></span></b></span></span><span class="contentpasted0"><b><span style="color:#201F1E"> </span></b></span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="background:white"><span class="contentpasted0"><span style="color:black;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">The orientation is <b><span style="background:yellow;mso-highlight:yellow">mandatory</span></b> for all
<span style="background:yellow;mso-highlight:yellow">new teaching assistants</span>, 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><span style="color:#201F1E"> </span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="background:white"><span class="contentpasted0"><span style="color:black;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in"> </span></span><span style="color:#201F1E"> </span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="background:white"><span class="contentpasted0"><span style="color:black;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">All New TA Orientation components 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 (8/25) and the end of week 3. 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><span style="color:#201F1E"> </span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="background:white"><span class="contentpasted0"><span style="color:black;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">The New TA Orientation will include:</span></span><span style="color:#201F1E"> </span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span class="contentpasted0"><span style="border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">Mandatory session on basic pedagogy (organization, instruction, and knowledge)</span></span> <o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;background:white">
<span class="contentpasted0"><span style="border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">Mandatory session on teaching in a diverse classroom and building rapport with students</span></span> <o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;background:white">
<span class="contentpasted0"><span style="border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">Mandatory session on TA rights and responsibilities</span></span> <o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;background:white">
<span class="contentpasted0"><span style="border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">Mandatory session on FERPA rules and regulations for TAs</span></span> <o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;background:white">
<span class="contentpasted0"><span style="border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">Mandatory presentation by the UAW</span></span> <o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;background:white">
<span class="contentpasted0"><span style="border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">Campus resource materials</span></span> <o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;background:white">
<span class="contentpasted0"><span style="border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">Pedagogical resource materials</span></span> <o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;background:white">
<span class="contentpasted0"><span style="border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">Technological resource materials</span></span> <o:p></o:p></li></ul>
<p style="background:white"><span class="contentpasted0"><span style="color:black;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in"> </span></span><span style="color:#201F1E"> </span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="background:white"><span class="contentpasted0"><span style="color:black;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">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><span style="color:#201F1E"> </span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="background:white"><span class="contentpasted0"><span style="color:black;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in"> </span></span><span style="color:#201F1E"> </span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="background:white"><span class="contentpasted0"><b><span style="color:black;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">Registration and other information available here: </span></b></span><span style="color:black"><a href="https://tadp.ucr.edu/ta-training/orientation" target="_blank"><b><span style="border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">https://tadp.ucr.edu/ta-training/orientation</span></b></a><span class="contentpasted0"><b><span style="border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">. </span></b><span style="border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in"> </span></span></span><span style="color:#201F1E"> </span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="background:white"><span class="contentpasted0"><span style="color:#201F1E;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in"> </span></span><span style="color:#201F1E"> </span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="background:white"><span class="contentpasted0"><span style="color:black;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">If you have any questions, feel free to email me at </span></span><span style="color:black"><a href="mailto:tadp@ucr.edu" target="_blank"><span style="border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">tadp@ucr.edu</span></a><span class="contentpasted0"><span style="border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">.</span></span></span><span style="color:#201F1E"> </span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="background:white"><span style="color:#201F1E">Thank you,</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p style="background:white"><span style="color:#201F1E;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">Ashley Harlow, Ph.D.<br>
TA Development Program Manager, GradSuccess<br>
UCR Graduate Division<br>
</span><span style="color:black"><a href="mailto:ashleyha@ucr.edu"><span style="color:#0563C1;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">ashleyha@ucr.edu</span></a></span><span style="color:#242424"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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