Teaching Assistant Development Program

Supporting Graduate Students' Academic and Professional Success

New TA Orientation
New Teaching Assistant Orientation
Enroll for New TA Orientation September 16, 2024!
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TADP Office Hours
Come by for TADP Manager's Office Hours from 2-3 pm on Thursdays in University Office Building, Room 141!
Thursdays 2-3pm in University Office Building Rm 141
Staff and their office hours
This is a list of the OTA Award winners for 2022. For a text version, visit: https://tadp.ucr.edu/teaching-awards/outstanding-teaching-assistant-awards
Teaching Awards for Graduate Students
Learn more about Graduate Student Teaching Awards
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Pedagogical Resources for Teaching Assistants
Explore TA Resources
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University Teaching Certificate
Apply for the University Teaching Certificate Program
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Workshops and Training for Teaching Assistants
Sign up for a TADP Workshop

The Teaching Assistant Development Program (TADP) provides training, support, and pedagogical development for the nearly 1,000 graduate students employed as Teaching Assistants (TAs) at the University of California, Riverside. Through TADP, our TAs learn to build rapport with their students, improve their instructional and organizational skills, and become responsive to the needs of UCR’s diverse student population.

TADP organizes two annual orientations for new TAs, as well as offering workshops in pedagogy throughout the academic year. In addition, TADP provides TAs with one-to-one mentorship and recognizes outstanding TAs at our annual Excellence in Teaching banquet. The University Teaching Certificate (UTC) program is also offered through TADP. This competitive instructional training and certification program is designed to assist graduate students in developing teaching and lecturing strategies, designing a teaching philosophy, and becoming members of the professional teaching community.