Math 300 GSI Workshop

Instructor: Jameel Al-Aidroos
Email:
Office: 741 Evans
Office Hours: By appointment, please email.

Emails

In case you missed or accidentally deleted one of my first few emails: here are the important ones...

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Don't forget to do the online Ethics and Professional Standards course.

Some helpful things:

A latex Quiz template and A latex Quix template
A rough guide to getting your course homepage up and running
Past Exams The Moffitt Library maintains an on-line reserve of past exams, which your students might find useful.
Here's the list of resources from the Online Professional Standards and Ethicsc Class, in case you didn't print it while you were doing the course.

Course Goals

assist you with the details and quirks of teaching in the math department
introduce some of the many resources available for teachers and students at Berkeley
discuss challenges of teaching mathematics, and strategies for overcoming these challenges
begin to develop teaching philosophies and portfolios

Important Dates

Wed., Aug. 23	9:10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.	First meeting of Math 300 (room T.B.A.)
Thur., Aug. 24	8:30 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.	Graduate Division Teaching Workshop I Mandatory for all new International GSI's Registration is at 8:30 a.m. in Dwinelle Hall Lobby
Fri., Aug. 25	8:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.	Graduate Division Teaching Workshop II for all new Domestic AND International GSI's Mandatory for all new Domestic and International GSI's Registration is at 8:30 a.m. in Wheeler Hall Lobby
Mon., Aug. 28		Fall instruction begins.
Wed., Aug. 30	5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m.	First regular meeting of Math 300. For this week only, we will meet in 891 Evans, so that we'll have access to the TV.
Wed., Sept. 6	5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m.	Regular meeting of Math 300 in 3109 Etcheverry.
Wed., Sept. 13	5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m.	Regular meeting of Math 300 in 3109 Etcheverry.

Thurs., Sept. 14	4:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m.	in 150 University Hall - UC Labor Relation Orientation for first time ASEs (Academic Student Employees - that includes GSIs)
Fri., Sept. 15	5:00 p.m.	Deadline to complete On line ethics course
Wed., Sept. 20	5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m.	Regular meeting of Math 300 in 3109 Etcheverry.
Wed., Sept. 27	5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m.	Regular meeting of Math 300 in 3109 Etcheverry.
Fri., Sept. 29	8:00 a.m. to 9:00 a.m.	in 150 University Hall - UC Labor Relation Orientation for first time ASEs (Academic Student Employees - that includes GSIs) Last chance to see this presentation, for those who missed the earlier ones.
Wed., Oct. 4	5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m.	Regular meeting of Math 300 in 3109 Etcheverry.
Wed., Oct. 11	5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m.	Regular meeting of Math 300 in 3109 Etcheverry.
Wed., Oct. 17	5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m.	Math 300 drop-in/consultation in 741 Evans.

Handouts and Links

Ari Nieh, who ran the Math/Stat Discipline Cluster Workshop at the Gaduate Division Teaching conference, has posted some notes. They include some very helpful tips for the first day.

Here are some scans of a few pages of tips for first time GSIs (I'll try to get these up in a cleaner format soon):

Summary of the lower division math courses

Flowchart of prerequisites for those courses.

A checklist for the first few days: Page 1 Page 2.

Some Dos and Don'ts for GSIs.

I just found this the other day - A Guide to being a TA from the MAA.

Some further references on Student Development, Math/Science -Specific Educational Considerations, and Problem-Solving in Mathematics Courses. (Thanks to Mark for these!)

Head TAs

The role of the Head TA is to deeal with all enrolment/waitlist concerns. You should make sure that your students know that they need to talk to the head TA, and fill out the "Section Preference Forms" (available from the head TA) if they are waitlisted, or if they need to change sections for any reason. Please find out from your head TA his or her contact info. The head TAs are as follows:

Math 1A and Math16B: Aaron Greicius. (math email is his last name)

Math 1B and Math16A: Emily Peters (math email is eep)

Math 53 and Math 54 : Stephanie Sommersille (math email is steph)