Key People to Know
Office of Teaching and Learning
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Teaching Assistant Training and Workshops
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
Office of Teaching and Learning
Your go-to campus resource for everything teaching-related, the Office of Teaching and Learning offers a wide variety of services to support you in the classroom, such as:
- New TA Orientation (required of all first-time TAs and Readers with secured appointments at UCSB)
- TA Workshops
- TA Video and Consultation Service
- Developing your Teaching Philosophy Statement
- Summer Teaching Institute for Associates (STIA)
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.
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.