INSTITUTE LOGISTICS AND PREPARATIONS 08


PREPARATIONS —BEFORE FOR THE INSTITUTE
  1. Read sample summaries of departmental TA training programs. Read the brief lists describing the TA training program for each department in the Short Menu for Departmental TA Training. Please check the accuracy of the information given for your department. If your department has an online page of responsibilities, an online departmental TA handbook, or a TA training web site please check to see that it is listed on the Sample Summaries page. If not, please email the url to <shirley@id.ucsb.edu>.
  2. Check the strengths and weaknesses of your departmental TA training web page. Also note whether or not it links to the campus wide TA training web site www.oic.id.ucsb.edu/ta/index.html and to the Certificate in College and University Teaching www.graddiv.ucsb.edu/academic/ccut/. If these links are not present, please check w/your department's chair and web liaison to discuss where they could be added.
  3. Complete all 5 online TA Resource Modules on or before the morning of September 4th. Bring a print out of the Module Assessment Page that indicates module completion to the first Institute meeting, September 4th 1pm, UCen Harbor Room. Click here for instructions on accessing the Resource Modules.

    4. THE INSTITUTE and YOU

    INSTITUTE STIPEND    :  As a Lead TA, preparing for and attending the Institute entitles you to receive a $300 stipend. The money has been deposited into a TA Department Training Grant account for your department and each department handles the allocation of payment.

    ATTENDANCE    : If you have registered but are unable to attend all or part of the Institute, please contact me <shirley@id.ucsb.edu> so that we can make appropriate arrangements to either make up the work or reduce the stipend.

For questions, contact Dr. Shirley Ronkowski <shirley@id.ucsb.edu>

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