ESSENTIAL LINKS
Teaching Resources
CIDR
http://depts.washington.edu/cidrweb/
Confidential help with questions on teaching and learning for UW faculty and TAs.
CIDR Instructional Support and Programs for TAs
http://depts.washington.edu/cidrweb/TA.html
MyUW > Teaching pages
https://myuw.washington.edu/
Teaching portal with links to sites dealing with teaching logistics, evaluation and assessment, rules and obligations, and other tools, services and resources.
Center for Engineering Learning and Teaching (CELT)
http://www.engr.washington.edu/~celtweb/index.html
CELT's instructional services are designed to meet the specific teaching needs of engineering instructors.
Disability Services Office (DSO)
http://www.washington.edu/admin/eoo/dso/
Resources, services, and assistive equipment for TAs with disabilities.
Faculty Resource on Grading
http://depts.washington.edu/grading/
Covers a wide range of topics related to grading, including UW policies, procedures and forms, good practices, departmental averages, academic conduct issues, and student disability issues.
Graduate School Courses
http://www.grad.washington.edu/courses/Courses.htm
Interdisciplinary courses on teaching and learning in higher education.
Jackson School Calendar
http://jsis.artsci.washington.edu/jackson/calendar.html
Calendar of lectures and presentations that may interest your students and you may add to your course requirements.
Office of Educational Assessment
http://www.washington.edu/oea/oeahome.htm
Administers student ratings of instruction, computerized test scoring, analysis and is where instructors can view and order evaluations forms, have questions added to evaluations and view evaluation results.
Simpson Center
http://depts.washington.edu/uwch/programs/lec.htm
Calendar of lectures and presentations that may interest your students or add to your course.
Teaching @ the UW Gateway
http://www.washington.edu/teaching/
Gateway to teaching resources at the University of Washington to help faculty, staff, and teaching assistants identify UW centers, offices, and programs that provide services and resources related to teaching.
University Bookstore
http://www.bookstore.washington.edu/ubs/
Submit your coursebook requests online.
UW Libraries Services for Faculty and Staff
http://www.lib.washington.edu/services/faculty.html
Essential library links covering copyright issues, course reserves, designing library assignments for students and more.
Resources For Your Students
Disabled Student Services (DSS)
http://www.washington.edu/students/gencat/front/Disabled_Student.html
Resources, services, and assisting equipment for students with disabilities.
Educational Opportunity Program (EOP) - Office of Minority Affairs
http://depts.washington.edu/oma/eop.php
Student services program primarily for underrepresented ethnic minorities, economically and educationally disadvantaged (first-generation) students.
Office of Undergraduate Education
http://www.washington.edu/oue/
Provides variety of resources and information to instructors regarding, among others, classroom support, student extensions, integrating service learning and assistance with course evaluations.
Student-Athletes Academic Services
http://depts.washington.edu/saas/about/
Providing student athletes the support required to succeed academically and personally at the University of Washington.
University of Washington Student Conduct Code
http://www.washington.edu/students/handbook/conduct.html
Standards of conduct, general procedures for disciplinary sanctions, various kinds of hearing and appeal processes, and the ways in which records for these actions are maintained.
Writing Centers
http://faculty.washington.edu/jwholmes/uwwrite.html
Free peer tutoring service to help students with writing assignments. Flyers about the writing center available to instructors by request.
Technology and Classroom Support Tools and Services
Catalyst: Center for Teaching and Learning with Technology (CTLT)
http://catalyst.washington.edu/
Equipment, tools, resources and support for teaching with technology.
Center for Social Science Computation and Research (CSSCR)
http://julius.csscr.washington.edu/
Free instruction to the university community on academic software, computing labs with printing capability, and private graduate research room.
Classroom Support Services
http://www.washington.edu/classroom/
Media support and services, schematics of classrooms, audio and video resources for faculty, TAs, and students.
Computing and Communications
http://depts.washington.edu/cac/
Computer-based services and resources for the UW community. Help with managing separate class email and Web page accounts.
Course Packets with Copy Services
http://www.washington.edu/admin/pubserv/course.paks.html
Course Packs used by professors as an instructional tool in the classroom are produced on campus by Copy Services. These Course Packs are then sold to students at Copy Centers across campus.
D0-IT
http://www.washington.edu/doit/
Programs to promote the use of electronic and information technology to maximize the independence, productivity and participation of people with disabilities.
Educational Media Collection from Classroom Support Services
http://www.washington.edu/classroom/emc/
Discipline specific, screened, and evaluated media materials available for rental and intended for University-level instruction.
Health Sciences Academic Services & Facilities - Education Technology Services
http://depts.washington.edu/hsasf/ets/
Resource for instructional content development as well as Web design and other technical needs for instructors from Health Sciences.
UWill
http://www.lib.washington.edu/uwill/
UWill is a UW Libraries e-learning project that supports instructors who want to include information literacy objectives in their syllabus. The Web site contains tutorials on many aspects of information-based research that can be customized by instructors for use in their assignments and courses.
Grants And Innovative Teaching (Career Development)
Graduate School
http://www.grad.washington.edu/fellow/FellCalendar.htm
Calendar of fellowships administered by the graduate school.
Huckabay Fellowships
http://www.grad.washington.edu/pff/huckabay.htm
Grants for mentored, innovative teaching projects such as: development of active learning strategies; participation in a departmental curriculum development project; creation of electronic teaching resources; development of modules that present concepts in new ways; or development of a new course.
Center for Curriculum Transformation
http://depts.washington.edu/ctcenter/
Consolidate and build upon expertise and activities at the University of Washington in the area of curriculum transformation to include the study of race, gender, ethnicity, nation and nationhood, class, disability and sexuality into post-secondary liberal arts and professional education.
Carlson Leadership and Public Service Center
http://depts.washington.edu/leader/
Supports faculty's and TAs' incorporation of community-based learning or service learning into undergraduate course, and helps organize student internships, and public service opportunities.
Preparing Future Faculty
http://www.grad.washington.edu/pff/pff.htm
A PFF program provides doctoral students with opportunities to observe and experience faculty responsibilities at a variety of academic institutions with varying missions, diverse student bodies, and different expectations for faculty.
Personnel Resources: Health, Insurance, Childcare, Safety, Grievances
Childcare Assistance Program
http://www.washington.edu/students/ovpsa/cc/
Information on resources, financial aid, and support for students with children.
Escort Services (UWCARES)
http://www.washington.edu./students/handbook/safety.html
Provides free campus area escort at night.
Graduate and Professional Student Senate (GPSS)
http://depts.washington.edu/gpss/guide/tarainfo.html
Gateway for campus resources written for students by students.
Graduate Appointee Insurance Program
http://www.washington.edu/admin/hr/benefits/gaip/gaip.html
Plan coverage, eligibility, claims and contact information.
Graduate Student Employee Action Coalition/UAW (GSEAC/UAW)
http://www.mindspring.com/~gseac/
The Graduate Student Employee Action Coalition/UAW is the Union for Academic Student Employees at the University of Washington.
Hall Health Center
http://www.hallhealthcenter.com/
An outpatient clinic, Hall Health offers care to University of Washington students, faculty, staff and to the general public.
Ombudsman's Office
http://www.washington.edu/about/ombudsman/
Confidential assistance with issues of general and sexual harassment and conflict resolution.
Student Counseling Center
http://depts.washington.edu/scc/
Get help with study skills, career decisions, substance abuse, and personal problems such as relationship difficulties, anxiety, or depression.