Career & Tools

Do you have an interest in helping junior high students gain familiarity with science education? Family Ultimate Science Exploration (FUSE) is a program for underrepresented students and their families to gain familiarity with the practice of science. If you are interested in becoming a FUSE volunteer, please attend the training session on Thursday, October 4.

Students often find quantitative concepts difficult to understand and may respond by disengaging in the course. In this workshop on October 3, we will explore barriers to quantitative thinking and learn strategies that can be used to help students overcome those challenges.

Student participation is key to making discussion sections both effective and enjoyable. In this workshop on October 11, Instructional Development will talk about how you can prepare yourself—and your students—for lively in-class discussions.

This workshop on October 16 will provide information on the basics of mentoring, including identifying students in need, helping students’ organization, and improving student success in college. RSVP today as space is limited!

Get creative with video assignments for students, screencasting, online office hours, and short video tutorials for labs at this overview of the instructional media tools available to TAs and students at UCSB. Please RSVP today as space is limited!

The session on October 23 will provide tips on writing the CCUT teaching portfolio, including ways of presenting teaching materials, documenting student ratings, meeting the technology requirement, tone of the portfolio narration, and more. Please RSVP today as space is limited!

This workshop on October 25 will discuss strategies for making the grading process more efficient for you and more effective for your students’ learning, including tips for creating rubrics, providing written feedback, and anticipating potential grade disputes. Please RSVP today as space is limited!

Writing a Teaching Philosophy Statement can be a challenge, and is required for most teaching positions. As a participant in this workshop on November 6, you will work through a series of exercises to help you reflect on your teaching, and by workshop end you will have a draft outline of your teaching philosophy statement. Please RSVP today as space is limited!

If you are looking to pursue career opportunities outside of academia, your resume and cover letter are your tickets into that world. This workshop on October 11 will explore important techniques that will help you expertly craft and strategically target your resume and cover letter so you can get over the first application hurdle and on to an interview!

The Miramar Food Pantry provides free healthy food to all qualified UCSB students to ensure Gauchos are food secure! Read on for pantry hours and details on qualification requirements.

Come to the Black Graduate Student Mixer on Thursday, October 4th! Enjoy dinner as you mix and mingle with new and returning Black grads and staff.

McKinsey & Company is a global management consulting firm that serves a broad mix of private, public, and social sector institutions. They are holding several virtual recruitment information sessions targeted toward data scientists and engineers this Friday, September 28th - RSVP today!

The first Lunch & Learn of the school year will feature graduate students from Clinical Psychology and Environmental Science! Enjoy free lunch and a chance to socialize with grads from across campus. Space is limited, so sign up today!

In this workshop on October 4, international graduate student TAs will discuss their responsibilities and role in undergraduate courses at UCSB. You will compare schooling in ​your home country and UCSB as a backdrop for determining appropriate ways to facilitate section and grade student work; you will also practice teaching strategies. RSVP today to secure your spot!

The Office of Summer Sessions is recruiting graduate students to teach INT 93LS (Introduction to Research in STEM fields) courses in Summer 2019 as part of a 4‐week pre‐college program that provides qualified high school students (residential and commuter) an introduction to the research enterprise. Applications are due October 22, 2018.