From: Agriculture Graduate Academic AgricultureGraduateAcademic@umanitoba.ca Sent: Friday, September 3, 2021 3:58 PM To: Subject: PLEASE RSVP: FAFS Teaching Assistant and Grader Marker Virtual Orientation - Tuesday, September 14th, 10:00am-12:00pm

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Good afternoon,

On Tuesday, September 14th, we will be holding a virtual orientation from 10:00am-12:00pm, designed for all Teaching Assistants and Grader Markers, in the Faculty of Agricultural and Food Sciences. Returning Teaching Assistants and Grader Markers are welcome.

Please encourage your new Teaching Assistants and Grader Markers to attend this meeting as valuable information will be provided. University and Faculty supports that are available to them will be discussed. Please see the attached draft agenda for more details.

The following are some links where Teaching Assistants and Grader Markers can access resources and information that will be discussed.

* Sessional Instructors' Orientation Handbook https://umanitoba.ca/centre-advancement-teaching-learning/sites/centre-advan...

* Faculty of Agricultural and Food Sciences Handbook http://umanitoba.ca/faculties/afs/pdf/Faculty_AgFoodSci_Bylaws_Revised_2019_...

* Responsibilities of Academic Staff with Regards to Students (ROASS) https://umanitoba.ca/admin/governance/governing_documents/students/278.html

* ROASS compliant syllabus https://umanitoba.ca/centre-advancement-teaching-learning/support/roass-comp...

* Teaching Resources https://umanitoba.ca/centre-advancement-teaching-learning/support#teaching-r...

* Access and Privacy Resources https://umanitoba.ca/access_and_privacy/resources.html

Please have your Teaching Assistants and Grader Markers RSVP to Rachel.Sydor@umanitoba.camailto:Rachel.Sydor@umanitoba.ca by Friday, September 10th, 4:30pm.

Sincerely,

Jitendra Paliwal and Michele Rogalsky