Math 300 GSI Workshop

Instructor: Meghan Anderson
Email: manders@math.berkeley.edu
Office: 1043 Evans
Office Hours: by appointment, please email.

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., Jan 16	2:10 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.	First meeting of Math 300, in 959 Evans
Fri., Jan 18	8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.	Graduate Division Teaching Workshop Mandatory for all new Domestic and International GSI's Registration is at 8:30 a.m. in the Dwinelle Hall Lobby.
Tues, Jan 22		Spring instruction begins.
Wed, Jan 23	5:10 p.m. to 7:00 p.m.	First regular meeting of Math 300, place TBA
Fri., Feb 1	5:00 p.m.	Deadline to complete On-line Professional Standards and Ethics Course

Handouts and Links

Here is a link to the Registrar's calendar of Add/Drop/Grade-change Deadlines
And here is a link for calendars and schedules at Berkeley.

Information on setting up a course website, as well as some templates, is available here on Jameel's old 300 site. Jameel's site also has some quiz templates, and the mgsa wiki has some instructions on how to use them.

The Student Learning Center can be a good resource for your students. There is lots available on their web pages:
For 1A, refer your students to: SLC 1A
For 1B, refer your students to: SLC 1B
The SLC offers "drop-in hours" for most of the core lower-division classes in the Math department. Those are very useful for students who need more face time with a GSI than they can get from your office hours alone. They will find a GSI specifically hired to help students with their class's material - this GSI's office hours are located on the web-page above.

Head TAs

The role of the Head TA is to deal 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 : Aubrey Clayton. (math email is aclayton)

Math 1B: Ivan Matic (math email is matic)