If you are a new graduate student teaching assistant...
Join us for the 2022 IUPUI TA Orientation!
Learn about the expectations and responsibilities associated with your specific teaching role in an online and face-to-face class.
Develop strategies to confidently and effectively interact with faculty and undergraduate students.
Meet and build relationships with other new and experienced TAs at IUPUI.
The 2022 TA Orientation will consist of an in-person session and an online Canvas course. You must attend the in-person session and complete the online modules in order to successfully complete the TA orientation.
The in-person session, led by experienced TAs and faculty members, feature a combination of whole group sessions that focus on strategies for creating inclusive learning environments and breakout sessions which address topics and challenges specific to primary instructors, recitation leaders, lab instructors, and graders.
The in-person session will be held on Thursday, August 18th from 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
The online Canvas Course introduces graduate students to policies, procedures, and campus resources relevant to their teaching roles. The course also features additional modules on using the university library and being an international TA.
New and current IUPUI graduate students with first-time teaching responsibilities during fall, spring, or summer semesters of the current academic year are encouraged to attend the TA Orientation. Teaching responsibilities can include being primary instructors, recitation leaders, lab instructors, or graders. Note: Some departments require first-time TAs to attend the orientation.
Undergraduate and graduate classroom assistants who will be supporting instructors.
Registration requires using IU username and password through the CAS login system. Please have Two-Step Login (Duo) set-up for your IU account to successfully login to the CAS system and access the registration page.
If you are required to attend the TA Orientation, your registration and attendance record will be shared with your program cooordinators as necessary.
The TA Orientation is offered during the start of the current academic year. The session is held on the Thursday before the fall semester classes begin.Note: Academic year starts in the fall semester and ends with the summer semester.
The in-person session will be held on Thursday, August 18th from 8:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. in the Campus Center.
Graduate students expecting to be first-time TAs in the fall, spring, or summer semester of the current academic year are encouraged to attend the TA Orientation. If the TA Orientation is mandatory in your department, please check with your program coordinator to confirm if you need to attend it. If you are unsure about your role, please contact the organizers to determine which breakout session is best suited for you.
PowerPoint presentations and recordings of select sessions from the TA Orientation will be made available in the Canvas course after the event. This information will also be shared through a post-event email sent to all attendees. This post-event email can be submitted as proof of attendance to program coordinators in departments that require mandatory attendance of the orientation.
Graduate students who miss the TA Orientation will have to discuss next steps with their respective departments. Apart from providing online resources from the TA Orientation, the CTL does not conduct make-up orientations.
We do not offer a TA Orientation during the spring or summer semesters. Graduate students anticipating to be first-time TAs later in the year can attend the TA Orientation in fall.
For more information, contact:
Jessica Alexander, Ph.D. Instructional Consultant IUPUI Center for Teaching and Learning alexjess@iu.edu Office: 317-278-0585
Kimmaree Murday, Ph.D. Instructional Consultant IUPUI Center for Teaching and Learning kmurday@iu.edu Office: 317-278-3650
IUPUI Center for Teaching and Learning thectl@iupui.edu Office: 317-274-1300
We offer fall and spring workshops and webinars on various general and discipline-specific teaching topics.
CTL consultants are also available for one-on-one or group consultations to discuss specific teaching challenges and concerns in face-to-face and online classrooms.
