TEACHING ASSISTANT ORIENTATION (Sponsored by Educational Services for Students)


Campus-wide Teaching Assistant Orientation (including International Teaching Assistants)

TA Training, Tuesday, August 18 Thwing Ballroom
Everyone planning on enrolling in either UNIV 400A--Professional Development for Graduate TAs (native speakers of English) or UNIV 400--Professional Development for Graduate TAs (non-native speakers) should attend. Please ask them to be on time because the registration process takes a little while.
August 18 Schedule
8:30 am - 9:00 am Continental Breakfast and Registration(we will register those who are not already registered)
 
9:00 am - 11:00 am UNIV 400 A and B course introduction. At 11:30 am, those students enrolled in UNIV 400A will depart and those students enrolled in UNIV 400B will stay.
 
11:30 am - 1:30 pm UNIV 400 B International Student Orientation and SPEAK Test Registration. Lunch will be provided for the International Student Orientation.
 
SPEAK TEST 18 Schedule
The SPEAK test for new international TAs will be offered during the times below.
Students will sign up during the August 18 orientation. For the SPEAK test, students will take a short, concise spoken English test and will learn the results at this meeting. If students are required to take UNIV 400 C International TA Communication Skills, they will be asked to sign up for the class at this meeting. Therefore, students should bring their schedules with them.

Thursday, August 20, 9 am to noon and 1 pm to 5 pm (Sears 470 – Educational Services for Students)
Friday, August 21, 9 am to noon and 1 pm to 5 pm (Sears 470 – Educational Services for Students)

The dates and times below are for those students who miss the August 18 orientation

Monday, August 24, 6 pm to 8 pm, (Sears 470 - Educational Services for Students)
Tuesday, August 25, 6 pm to 8 pm (Sears 470 – Educational Services for Students)

The UNIV 400 C fall 2008 classes will be taught during the following times:

MW 12:30 to 1:45
MW 2:00 to 3:15
MW 4:00 to 5:15
MW 5:30 to 6:45

TR 1:15 to 2:30
TR 2:45 to 4:00

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