<div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr">Sorry, correction to the dates is included below:<div><br></div><div><br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote gmail_quote_container"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Fri, Sep 11, 2026 at 2:14 PM Annie Stanfield Ditta <<a href="mailto:annied@ucr.edu">annied@ucr.edu</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div><div><div>Dear UCR Instructors (especially First Time Faculty!) & Folks Interested in Teaching,<br> <br>This Fall Quarter, the <a href="https://academyteachers.ucr.edu/" target="_blank"><b>UCR Academy of Distinguished Teaching</b></a> will be hosting its annual "start the year strong" series:</div><div><br></div><div><b><i>Teaching Foundations Workshops </i></b><br>(Faculty, Grad Students, Postdocs, and Lecturers are all welcome!)</div><div><br></div><div>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! :)<br> <br>These workshops will be held weekly on Tuesday afternoons from 4-5:30pm in the XCITE Commons, Rivera Library A0101A, on the following dates:<br> <br><b>Week 3 (10/13)<br>Week 4 (10/20)<br>Week 5 (10/27)<br>Week 6 (11/3)<br>Week 7 (11/10)</b></div><div><br></div><div>We will be discussing the following topics (order TBD):<br><br><span style="font-family:Aptos,sans-serif">Designing Your Course – Choosing What Your Students Will Learn</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Aptos,sans-serif;background-color:transparent">Designing Your Course – Choosing How Your Students Will Work</span><span style="font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"> <br></span><span style="font-family:Aptos,sans-serif">Engage, Explore, and Empower – Examples of Active Learning Strategies for the Classroom<br></span><span style="font-family:Aptos,sans-serif">Students, TAs, and You, Oh My! Strategies for Coordinating Your Course</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Aptos,sans-serif">Putting the Pieces Together – A Workshop to Build Your Syllabus</span><br><br>If you are interested, please register at this link: <a href="https://forms.gle/U4qTGvx3QwUQCkyS8" target="_blank">https://forms.gle/U4qTGvx3QwUQCkyS8</a><br> <br>If you have additional questions about the workshop series, please contact Annie Ditta: <a href="mailto:annied@ucr.edu" target="_blank">annied@ucr.edu</a></div><div><br></div><div>Looking forward to seeing you there!</div><div><br></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Sincerely,</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Annie S. Ditta, Chair of The Academy of Distinguished Teaching<br>Kyle Ingram, Vice Chair of the Academy of Distinguished Teaching</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Cathy Lussier, Matthew Casselman, Analisa Flores, & Goldberry Long, ADT Workshop Facilitators</span></p></div></div><font color="#888888"></font><div><font color="#888888"><br></font><br></div></div><div><br></div><span class="gmail_signature_prefix">-- </span><br><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><b><font color="#999999">Annie S. Ditta, Ph.D.</font></b></div><div><font color="#999999">Pronouns: she/her/hers</font><font color="#888888"> </font><font size="1" style="color:rgb(136,136,136)">(<a href="https://www.mypronouns.org/what-and-why" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank">what's this?</a>)</font></div><div dir="ltr"><font color="#999999">Associate Professor of Teaching</font></div><div dir="ltr"><font color="#999999">Distinguished Teaching Professor<br></font><div><font color="#999999">Department of Psychology</font></div><div><font color="#999999">University of California, Riverside</font></div><div><div style="font-size:12.8px"><font size="2"><font color="#999999">LinkedIn:</font><font color="#888888"> </font><a href="http://www.linkedin.com/in/anniesditta" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank">www.linkedin.com/in/anniesditta</a></font></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>
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