Dear New Instructor,

For more than 50 years, the UCLA Extension Writers’ Program has helped aspiring writers find their voices, hone their craft, and reach their creative goals. Their success is due in large part to the outstanding instructors who have shaped our program into one of the most prestigious open-enrollment creative writing programs in the nation.

It’s my great pleasure to welcome you into that corps of instructors. I’m grateful to have your experience and expertise for our students, and I hope you find teaching with us both rewarding and renewing.

This handbook will be a great resource to you as you learn the ropes of teaching at UCLA Extension. I encourage you to bookmark it and refer to it often during your first quarters of teaching as we’ve written down how to respond to and resolve situations both common and rare.

However, the Writers’ Program staff can help you Monday through Friday from 9 am to 5 pm, and I hope you won’t hesitate to give us a call to talk through any issues or concerns you may have.

The partnerships built between the Writers’ Program and instructors like you make all the difference to our students and to the ongoing success of our courses. Please be mindful of important Extension deadlines so that we can continue working on your behalf, and notify us early and often of any issues you have in your courses. Let us know when you have professional and creative successes so that we can highlight your good news to our community of writers, and keep us up to date about your students’ successes too.

Lastly, I hope you’ll be inspired by the talented students you’ll meet as much as you’ll inspire them.

Sincerely,

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Charlie Jensen
Program Director
UCLA Extension Writers' Program