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GRADUATE STUDENT TEACHER TRAINING SEMINAR (GSTTS) FALL 2013
Each Fall semester the Department of Mathematics and Statistics will run
a Teacher Training Seminar in which
the participants explore and critically
discuss teaching practices such as policies, grading,
teacher attitude, motivating students, and presentation skills.
The seminar is based on the
Graduate Student Teacher Training Coursepack
prepared by Martha Byrne and Dusty Brooks in 2012-2013.
The seminar also provides a forum to bring up any issues
relevant to life as a graduate student.
Helpful information for UNM Math/Stats TAs:
TA Guidebook
The seminar will meet every other week for up to 1 hour 45 min.
For Fall 2013, the scheduled seminar course number, time and room are
Math 605, Section 5, 1 credit hour
Time: Tuesdays 3:30-5:20, Room: SMLC 120
Participants
The seminar will meet on the following dates and times
(the first meeting is during the In-Service week):
Introductions. Basics. (Inservice Week)
Wednesday, August 14th, 1-4pm
Agenda for instructors,
Summary,
Reflections
and more
Seminar 1: Grading.
Tuesday, August 27th, 3:30-5:15pm
Preview,
Agenda for instructors,
Summary,
Reflections
Supporting materials: Sample to grade
Seminar 2: Motivation.
Tuesday, September 10th, 3:30-5:15pm
Preview,
Summary,
Reflections.
Seminar 3: Mid-Semester Evaluations.
Tuesday, September 24th, 3:30-5:15pm
Preview,
Summary,
Agenda for instructors,
Reflections.
Sample evaluation forms:
Sample1,
2,
3,
4,
5,
Eval GSTTS
Supporting materials:
Qualitative data and conflict between criticism and philosophy.
What to do with Mid-semester evaluations
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Seminar 4: Using Technology/Being a grad student
Tuesday, October 8th, 3:30-5:15pm
Preview,
Agenda for instructors,
Summary.
Seminar 5: Groupwork
Tuesday, October 22nd, 3:30-5:15pm
Preview,
Agenda for instructors,
Summary.
Supporting materials:
Base groups.
Working in Pairs.
Statistics for a physics class.
Seminar 6: Collaborative Learning.
Tuesday, November 5th, 3:30-5:15pm
Preview,
Summary.
Seminar 7: Teaching Philosophies
Tuesday, November 19th, 3:30-5:15pm
Preview,
Agenda for instructors,
Summary.
Seminar 8: Looking back, looking foward
Tuesday, December 3rd, 3:30-5:15pm
Agenda for instructors,
Summary.
Participants include all Graduate Student Teaching Assistants
in their first or second year of teaching in our department.
The seminar is led by
Tim Greenman, MCTP Graduate Student Fellow
Elliot Smith, MCTP Graduate Student Fellow
Lane McConnell, MCTP Postdoctoral Fellow
Together, they will prepare any necessary material, as well as a
summary after each seminar, including suggestions for
improvement. The summaries will be posted on this website.
At the end of the 4 years of MCTP support we will have
well-developed seminar material that can easily be used
by us and others for future seminars of this sort.
We are excited to have such a great team leading this seminar
this semester! The seminar should be of much benefit to all involved,
including trainees, postdocs and mentors,
with much practical information for student participants.
This seminar builds on the work of Martha Byrne and Dusty Brooks
in Fall 2012, and the coursepack they developed.
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