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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">See important opportunity for First-Year UCR faculty from the Academy of Distinguished Teaching (ADT).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">Thank you,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">Louie<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#212121">Louie F. Rodriguez </span></b><span style="font-size:16.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#212121">Vice Provost and Dean </span><span style="font-size:16.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#212121">Division of Undergraduate Education </span><span style="font-size:16.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#212121">Professor of Education</span><span style="font-size:16.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#212121">University of California, Riverside</span><span style="font-size:16.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#212121">Executive Assistant: Mona Nelson </span><span style="font-size:16.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Tw Cen MT",sans-serif;color:#212121"><a href="mailto:mona.nelson@ucr.edu" title="mailto:mona.nelson@ucr.edu"><span style="color:#0078D7">mona.nelson@ucr.edu</span></a> (951) 827-7750 </span></i><span style="font-size:16.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">Dear Incoming Faculty,</span><span style="font-size:16.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">Welcome to the UCR community! We are excited that you will be joining us and look forward to your contributions to
research, teaching, and service on our campus. This Fall Quarter, the <b><a href="https://academyteachers.ucr.edu/">Academy of Distinguished Teaching</a>
</b>will be hosting the<b> First Year Faculty Teaching Workshops: Strategies for Student-Centered Learning</b>. These workshops will be held
<b>bi-weekly on Wednesday afternoons from 4-5:20 pm in the XCITE Commons, Rivera Library A0101A</b>, on the following dates with the following topics:</span><span style="font-size:16.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">Week 1 (10/2): Foundations of Student-Centered Learning: Syllabus, Course Management, and Simple Tips</span><span style="font-size:16.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">Week 3 (10/16): Designing Learning Outcomes for Student Engagement and Success</span><span style="font-size:16.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">Week 5 (10/30): Creating Assignments and Exams that Foster Learning and Growth</span><span style="font-size:16.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">Week 7 (11/13): Engage, Explore, and Empower: Active Learning Strategies for the Classroom</span><span style="font-size:16.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">Week 10 (12/4): Teaching in the Merit and Promotion Process</span><span style="font-size:16.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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Participants who attend in-person for at least four of the five workshops will receive a letter from the Vice Provost and Dean of Undergraduate Education Louie Rodriguez for your personnel files indicating your investment in this effort.</span><span style="font-size:16.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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If you are interested, please register at this link: <a href="https://forms.gle/FbBTwwNqFWZc3NPL7"><span style="color:#467886">https://forms.gle/FbBTwwNqFWZc3NPL7</span></a>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">If you have additional questions about the workshop series, please contact Matthew Casselman:
<a href="mailto:matthew.casselman@ucr.edu">matthew.casselman@ucr.edu</a> </span><span style="font-size:16.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">Sincerely,</span><span style="font-size:16.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">Annie S. Ditta, Chair of The Academy of Distinguished Teaching<br>
Kyle Ingram, Co-Chair of the Academy of Distinguished Teaching</span><span style="font-size:16.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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