ITA Registration Information

Registration

Only Advisors may register an ITA Candidate. If you did not receive a spreadsheet template by email, please send your request to the coordinator. Registration for the Workshop will continue until June 24, 2020. However, please register your students early in order for our staff to prepare the workshop materials. Send questions and all registrations to the ITA Workshop Coordinator.

Special Circumstances in Response to COVID-19

The information below reflects the general information for the ITA Workshop. In summer 2020, the ITA Workshop will be provided online and there will be no housing provided. The timeline for the workshop is earlier than usual and will be held July 1-31, 2020.

Conflicting Summer Session II Classes

Please do not allow candidates to attend Summer Session II classes concurrently with the ITA Summer Workshop. Complete attendance in the workshop is required.

Campus Housing

If you do not have firm information on the ITA Candidate, please send an estimate based on the number of international teaching assistant candidates you anticipate no later than [2021 date TBA]. Any student registering for the Workshop from [2021 date TBA] will NOT be guaranteed Campus Housing. Beginning [2021 date TBA], campus housing will be on availability basis only; therefore, late enrollees will need to find housing during the workshop. Candidates can move into the dorms on [2021 date TBA]. Check-in hours are to be determined. For arrivals earlier than [2021 date TBA], depending upon availability, candidates may rent a room at their own expense. Contact the Workshop Coordinator for housing availability. Students must vacate the dorm [2021 date TBA].

Linen service

Provided items:

• 2 flat sheets
• 2 towels
• 2 washcloths
• 2 hand towels
• 1 blanket
• 1 pillow
• 1 pillowcase
• 1 bar of bath soap
• 1 disposable cup

The bed will be made upon arrival but candidate is responsible for washing the sheets during the stay. Washers and Dryers are available free of charge for students use while staying in Carpenter Wells Residence Hall.

Meal Cards

Meal cards are available to all candidates who qualify at the time of check-in. Qualifying ITA candidates are those newly arriving students to TTU who are housed in campus housing for the duration of the workshop. Returning Candidates are not eligible for free campus housing and meal cards during the Workshop.

Meningitis Vaccination

For information regarding immunization requirements please click here.

Skype Interview

Available for Newly Admitted High Proficiency ITA Candidates not yet arrived on campus. More information here.

Late Workshop Enrollment

Latecomers will not be enrolled unless the ITA candidate is new to the U.S. and arrives late due to extenuating circumstances such as visa issues, family emergency, etc. Even in this case, [2021 date TBA] is the last date latecomers can join the workshop. If you have a candidate who is new to the U.S. and arrives late after [2021 date TBA] due to extenuating circumstances, please request a special interview which will be held in late August. Graduate advisors must request the interview, and direct requests from candidates will not be accepted. Latecomers already matriculated to Texas Tech or who are already in the U.S. and are transferring from another institution will not be admitted to the workshop for any reason after the first morning of the workshop.

Notification of prospective ITAs

Letters to new international TAs should:

• Require their arrival date on campus to be [2021 date TBA].
• Explicitly inform the students that successful completion of the workshop is required as a precondition to employment.

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