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For Teaching Assistant Coordinators/ Developers

TA Orientation

Orientations for new, incoming Teaching Assistants are held every August and January.

August 2012 Orientation:

International TA Orientation: Thursday, August 9, 2012 (all day)

International TA Language Screening: Friday, August 10, 2012 (at pre-appointed times throughout the day)

University-wide TA Orientation: Monday - Wednesday, August 13-15, 2012 (from 8:00 a.m. until mid afternoon)

New Graduate Student Resource Fair: Wednesday, August 15, 2012 from noon until 2pm..*

Preregistration for August 2012 Orientation

To access the Preliminary Registration Site, please click here.
(Please note: This registration site is for use by faculty and staff only.)

Who needs to attend: All new TAs and any TA employed in the Fall who has not attended previously should attend. Also, any graduate student engaged for the first time in instructional activities but who is not funded as a TA should attend (such as those in a PTI role).

Checklist of information needed to register your TAs:

• First and last name
• Student ID#
• Current email address
• Whether student is domestic or international
• If international, whether English is the native/primary language
• If requesting a language screening waiver for an international TA whose native/primary language is not English, we will ask for detailed information regarding his/her English language skills in order to review the waiver request.
• The expected TA Type (1, 2, 3, or 4; click here for policy and definitions:  http://www.research.uky.edu/gs/FacultyandStaff/TA_types.html)

The preliminary registration deadline is July 16. (This deadline is important to help us plan and finalize the orientation events.)
The TAs you register at the site above will be contacted during the summer with instructions for registering themselves through myUK for various components of the orientation.
Questions about registration? Contact Mr. Holger Lenz at holger.lenz@uky.edu or 859-257-4137. Questions about orientation policies and content? Contact Dr. Morris Grubbs at morris.grubbs@uky.edu or 859-257-9725.

PowerPoints from January 2012 TA Orientation:

Syllabus Guidelines (Academic Ombud)

Diversity in the Classroom

Student Alert System

Counseling Resources

Questions about registration? Contact Holger Lenz at holger.lenz@uky.edu or call 859-257-4137.

Questions about orientation policies and content? Contact Dr. Morris Grubbs at morris.grubbs@uky.edu or 859-257-9725

The New Graduate Student Resource Fair is held annually in August, usually at the end of the TA Orientation. Here is a link to the previous event:
Resource Fair Flyer

Resources for TA Coordinators/ Developers

CV Collection for Type-1 TAs

TA Types and Teaching Credentials

TA Supervision and Feedback

Graduate Student Workshop Series

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