Key People to Know

Office of Instructional Development
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Teaching Assistant Development Program

Most positions in academia, from tenure-track professors to adjunct lecturers, require a teaching component. Regular classroom teaching is not as common in other professions, save for K-12 education, but you may find yourself teaching a workshop session on your area of expertise to your colleagues or performing outreach activities to a public audience. Take advantage of the teaching opportunities available to you as a graduate student, whether it’s a TA appointment, a volunteer outreach opportunity, or a one-time workshop on a topic of your choice.

Campus Resources

Instructional Development

Your go-to campus resource for everything teaching-related, Instructional Development offers a wide variety of services to support you in the classroom, such as:

Certificate in College and University Teaching (CCUT)

Designed for doctoral students who wish to demonstrate superior competence and experience in preparation for teaching at the university or college level

Office of Equal Opportunity & Sexual Harassment / Title IX Compliance

Policies, procedures, and training opportunities related to equal opportunity, diversity, non-discrimination, and Title IX

Resource Center for Sexual and Gender Diversity

Resources, organizations, and training workshops

Grad Teach Forum for Campus Employment Opportunities

The GradTeach forum, located on Google Groups, connects graduate students seeking student academic employment with departments in need of additional support. You are encouraged to subscribe to this group with your UCSB email address in order to receive updates about open positions sent directly to your inbox. However, even without subscribing, you can view the listings.

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Graduate Teaching Forum

Reminder: join the Grad Teach Forum to learn about campus employment opportunities

Last fall, the Graduate Division launched the Graduate Teaching Forum, located on Google Groups. The purpose of this forum is to connect graduate students seeking student academic employment with departments in need of additional support. Departments will post open positions, including Teaching Assistant (TA) and Graduate Student Researcher (GSR) jobs open to those outside the department.

The goal of the forum is to help graduate students more easily locate campus employment opportunities. You are encouraged to subscribe to this group with your UCSB email address in order to receive updates about open positions sent directly to your inbox. However, even without subscribing, you can view the listings.

Questions? Email Rudy Reyes, Assistant Director of Academic Appointments for the Graduate Division, at rudy.reyes@graddiv.ucsb.edu.

External Resources

NCFDD

National Center for Faculty Development and Diversity

Through UCSB’s institutional membership, graduate students and postdocs get access to free professional development and pedagogical resources including
 webinarsreadings, and discussion forums

Chronicle Vitae

Online career hub and support network for faculty, administrators, and graduate students. Featuring a variety of teaching resources including David Gooblar’s Pedagogy Unbound blog, a Teaching Tips discussion group, and a syllabi database.

Resources for Teaching Diverse Groups