If you have not been awarded a teaching assistantship but wish to be trained so that you can be a teaching assistant later, then
Day | Time | Place | Who should go | What |
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Thursday, August 15 | 8am-(?)7pm | Walter International Education Center | international graduate students | International graduate students must check in |
Friday, August 16 | 9am-1pm | Baker University Center Theater | international graduate students | International Graduate Student Orientation |
Monday, August 19 | 9:30am (-12) | Gordy Hall room 012 (or 015) | international teaching assistants | SPEAK test on oral English proficiency |
1pm-2:15pm | Morton Hall 322 | Mathematics graduate students [Eisworth, Bailey-Brown, Matson, Pero] | Welcome; introductions; office procedures; tour of Morton Hall. | |
2:30pm-4pm | Morton Hall 322 | Mathematics graduate students [advisors] | Your academic life; choosing your fall courses. | |
Tuesday, August 20 | 8:30am-3pm | Baker University Center Ballroom | teaching assistants | Teaching Assistant Orientation |
3pm-5pm | Baker University Center Ballroom | international teaching assistants | International Teaching Assistant Orientation | |
Wednesday, August 21 | 9am-9:30am | Morton Hall 325 | Mathematics teaching assistants | Bagels and questions; picture. |
9:30am-10:45 | Morton Hall 322 | Mathematics teaching assistants | The first day and week | |
11am-12 | Morton Hall 322 | Mathematics teaching assistants [experienced TAs: Oduro, Pilewski, Ronquillo, Simmons, ...] | Panel with experienced TAs. Consider questions like:
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12-1pm | Morton Hall 325 | Mathematics department members | Pizza lunch | |
1pm-2pm | Morton Hall 322 | Mathematics teaching assistants [Singh] | About MATH 1200 College Algebra, which many of you will teach. | |
2pm-3pm | Morton Hall 322 | Mathematics teaching assistants [Singh, returning 1200 TAs] | Online teaching tools (for MATH 1200): | |
3pm-4pm | Morton Hall 322 | Mathematics teaching assistants | Turn in your teaching preferences form before you leave. | |
Thursday, August 22 | 10am-5pm | Baker University Center Ballroom | graduate students | Graduate Student Orientation |
Friday, August 23 | 9am-9:30am | Morton Hall 322 | Mathematics teaching assistants | Questions and loose ends.
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9:30am-12 | Morton Hall 322 (and others) | Mathematics teaching assistants [faculty/ TA observers] | Mock teaching: "teach" a 20 minute lesson and receive feedback. | |
Wednesdays | 6:20-8:10pm | Morton Hall 326 | Mathematics teaching assistants | MATH 5120 College Mathematics Teaching for New Teaching Assistants |
Details of the Mathematics department parts of orientation:
ELIP classes count toward this minimum. If you are 1 or 2 credits short you can take Math 5960 Seminar and attend seminars and write reports on them.
Students in the M.S. program can receive financial support for up to 4 semesters, and students in the Ph.D. program for up to 12 semesters (10 semesters if they already have a graduate degree from elsewhere). (The 12/10 limitation is for all Ohio University degrees combined.)
Continued support is conditional on satisfactory performance of job duties and progress in the program. You must maintain cumulative GPA at least 3.0.
The General track, Doctoral Preparation track, Applied track, and Post-Secondary Teaching track share the same program code (MS3101) so you can switch freely between them. The Computational track has its own code (MS3111) so switching to or from it requires my approval.
8:35am | 9:40am | 10:45am | 11:50am | 12:55pm | 2:00pm | 3:05pm |
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5550, 6411 | 6310 | 5301, 6500 | 5400, 5500, 6301 | 5221 | 5600, 6231 | 6700 |
With some forethought and care, most problems are easily avoidable. It is much less work to avoid problems than deal with them once they arise.
Your course coordinator sets policies for the course. Some courses, such as MATH 1200 College Algebra, are highly coordinated and structured. Others merely have a common text and content to cover. The coordinator:
Now that you have avoided problems, you can set about thriving as a teacher. Yesterday you learned about teaching in general through the university orientation. You will learn more in MATH 5120 College Mathematics Teaching for New Teaching Assistants. A few final notes:
You will have 20 minutes to teach (part of) a section from the MATH 1200 textbook (which you will receive on Monday 19 August). You will then get feedback from the other teaching assistants and a faculty member or experienced teaching assistant.