PSU Mathematics Department GTA Training 2006

NOTE:  A Welcome Lunch for all new graduate students will be held in 114 McAllister (the 'Synergistic Room') on Thursday, August 31 at 12 noon.   All newly arriving graduate students should attend.

Welcome to the home page of the Penn State Mathematics Department's Graduate Teaching Assistant Training for the fall semester 2006.  Training will take place on Tuesdays at 1:00pm in room 106, McAllister Building, beginning Tuesday, September 12.  Click here to see the timetable for the training program.

Here are the slides from the training program and other useful background information.   Many of these are in Microsoft Power Point format.

• Why GTA Development?
• Introduction to Teaching at PSU
  
• Policies and Issues
  
• Class Administration
• Strategies for Teaching
• Evaluation and Assessment
• The First Day of Class
• GTA Technology Training Information
• Overview of the GTA training and oversight process
• Summary of Policies and Issues Links

 

The following may be some useful links for new Graduate Teaching Assistants:

• The Schreyer Institute (incorporates the Centre for Excellence in Learning and Teaching)
• Registrar's Course Page
• eLion Class Information
• Penn State Policies (University Faculty Senate)
• Sample Academic Integrity Statements
• Mathematics Instructor Manual
• Mathematics Department Mentoring Handbook
• Penn State Mathematics Department
• Mathematics Undergraduate Homepage
• GTA Computer Training

This page brought to you by the members of the 2006 PSU Mathematics Department GTA Training Team:

• John Ethier
• Hengguang Li
  
• John Roe
• James Sellers
• Lynn Vandemeulebroeke