About CTD Teaching Assistant Development UCSD requires that all TAs receive training in teaching. CTD provides workshops, observations, classroom videotaping, and confidential feedback, evaluation, and consultation. In cooperation with the academic departments, a campuswide prequarter orientation workshop is provided, supplemented by ongoing assistance throughout the first quarter that a TA teaches.
All services are available to continuing and experienced TAs.
In addition, thematic workshops are offered each quarter on a variety of topics. Each new TA receives a copy of the CTD handbook . TADP Workshops CTD offers orientation, departmental and thematic workshops. All new teaching assistants are invited to participate in several sessions designed to introduce them to university teaching. In addition to the campuswide orientation, departments may request workshops each quarter for new TAs as well as mid-quarter workshops for new and continuing TAs.