RPA-PostDoc Sign Up for the Fall 2026 ADT Teaching Foundations Fall Workshop Series

[Annie Stanfield Ditta]

Dear UCR Instructors (especially First Time Faculty!) & Folks Interested in
Teaching,

This Fall Quarter, the *UCR Academy of Distinguished Teaching*
<https://academyteachers.ucr.edu/> will be hosting its annual "start the
year strong" series:

*Teaching Foundations Workshops *
(Faculty, Grad Students, Postdocs, and Lecturers are all welcome!)

Participants who attend in-person for at least four of the five workshops
will receive a letter from the Vice Provost and Dean of Undergraduate
Education Louie Rodriguez for your personnel files indicating your
investment in your improving teaching efforts. And there will be cookies &
coffee each week to keep your energy up! :)

These workshops will be held weekly on Tuesday afternoons from 4-5:30pm in
the XCITE Commons, Rivera Library A0101A, on the following dates:

Week 3 (10/6)
Week 4 (10/13)
Week 5 (10/20)
Week 6 (10/27)
Week 7 (11/3)

We will be discussing the following topics (order TBD):

Designing Your Course – Choosing What Your Students Will Learn
Designing Your Course – Choosing How Your Students Will Work
Engage, Explore, and Empower – Examples of Active Learning Strategies for
the Classroom
Students, TAs, and You, Oh My! Strategies for Coordinating Your Course
Putting the Pieces Together – A Workshop to Build Your Syllabus

If you are interested, please register at this link:
https://forms.gle/U4qTGvx3QwUQCkyS8

If you have additional questions about the workshop series, please contact
Annie Ditta: annied at ucr.edu

Looking forward to seeing you there!

Sincerely,

Annie S. Ditta, Chair of The Academy of Distinguished Teaching
Kyle Ingram, Vice Chair of the Academy of Distinguished Teaching

Cathy Lussier, Matthew Casselman, Analisa Flores, & Goldberry Long, ADT
Workshop Facilitators



-- 
*Annie S. Ditta, Ph.D.*
Pronouns: she/her/hers (what's this?
<https://www.mypronouns.org/what-and-why>)
Associate Professor of Teaching
Distinguished Teaching Professor
Department of Psychology
University of California, Riverside
LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/anniesditta
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