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Graduate Student Instructor
Professional Development Program Schedule, Fall 2001
| Monday, August 27 |
| 9:00-12:00 |
New Graduate Student Orientation (new graduate students only)
Continental Breakfast |
Commons Room |
| Assignment: Pick up your Course Information, Text,
and Materials sometime from 1:00-4:00pm from Barbara Hardaway in 2084
East Hall.
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| 4:00-5:00 |
Teaching a Michigan Introductory Course & Preview of the Week
Introduction of staff, video tape outlining
key components of a class |
Pat Shure,
Bob Megginson |
268 Dennison |
| 5:00... |
Chairman's Welcome Reception |
Atrium |
Assignment: Prepare a 7-minute explanation for the
Tuesday morning session using the observation sheet to guide you.
Consult the Group & Topic (GAT) list to find your
topic, time, and room. |
| Assignment: Start thinking about your first-day
handout sheet. You should have your draft approved by
Friday. |
Tuesday, August 28 |
| 9:00-10:30 |
Group I: Individual Practice Teaching (7 minutes each, videotaped)
Instructors are videotaped giving a short lesson
to other instructors; followed by a discussion. |
All staff |
Seminar rooms |
| 10:30-12:00 |
Group II: Individual Practice Teaching (7 minutes each, videotaped)
Instructors are videotaped giving a short lesson
to other instructors; followed by a discussion. |
All staff |
Seminar rooms |
| 1:00-2:30 |
Using Questions to Improve Thinking
Discussion of interactive lecturing, asking
and answering questions, and other methods for getting students to
think.
Viewing of video tapes of actual classroom
scenes where instructors are asking and answering questions. |
Bob Megginson,
Dan Burns |
268 Dennison |
| 2:30-3:00 |
Course Utilities and Tools
Setting up class e-mail files, grading
spreadsheets, websites, etc. |
Jason Howald,
Gavin LaRose |
268 Dennison |
| 3:00-3:30 |
Using the TI-83 Calculator in Your Teaching |
Bob Megginson,
Elliot Lawes |
268 Dennison |
| Assignment: Prepare a 5-minute review of your assigned
section of the text (see GAT). Be prepared to answer simulated student
questions on that section of the text or any of the associated homework
problems. Pretend you are discussing the previous night's homework. |
Wednesday, August 29 |
| 9:00-11:00 |
Individual Practice Answering Questions (15 minutes each)
Instructors give a 5-minute review of an
assigned section and spend 10 minutes answering questions on the
topic. |
All staff |
Dennison classrooms |
| 11:00-11:30 |
Planning and Managing an Interactive Classroom
Tips on running the class and managing the
time |
Pat Shure |
268 Dennison |
| 11:30-12:00 |
Introduction to GEO |
268 Dennison |
| 1:00-3:00 |
Cooperative Learning Techniques in the Classroom
Descriptions of a variety of techniques for
getting students to work together in class, and strategies for
organizing effective in-class groups |
Karen Rhea,
Chris O'Neal |
268 Dennison |
| 3:00-3:30 |
Using the First Day to Establish an Atmoshere for Active Learning
Demonstration of a sample "first-day"
followed by a discussion of what needs to be accomplished. |
Bob Megginson |
268 Dennison |
| Assignment: Select an introductory topic that
interests you and prepare a 15-minute cooperative learning activity on
this topic. The GAT sheet has a list of problems which can provide you
with some ideas. Use a technique that you might use in your own class to
get students actively involved and thinking. The other "students" in
your group will perform the exercise and then critique it. Thursday's
simulated classrooms will have only 4 "students" in each room. |
Thursday, August 30 |
| 9:00-11:00 |
Individual Practice in Conducting an Interactive Activity (15
minutes each)
Instructors conduct a 15-minute
activity for a small group of other instructors and receive
feedback. |
All staff |
Dennison rooms |
| 11:00-11:30 |
Setting Up and Running Outside-of-Class Homework Teams
How to form teams, team roles, etc. |
Karen Rhea,
Elliot Lawes |
268 Dennison |
| 1:00-2:00 |
Case Studies in Grades, Ethics, & Values
How to handle the instructor-student
relationship |
Jason Howald,
Elliot Lawes |
268 Dennison |
| 2:00-3:30 |
Grading Papers, The Uniform Grading System, First-Day Handouts |
Bob Megginson,
Pat Shure |
268 Dennison |
| Assignment: Prepare a mini-lecture/explanation on new
material. See GAT list. |
Friday, August 31 |
| 9:00-11:00 |
Individual Practice Giving Explanations (15 minutes each)
Insturctors present a 15-minute
mini-lecture/explanation on new material and receive
feedback |
All staff |
Dennison rooms |
| 11:00-12:00 |
Course Staff Meetings & Administrivia
Discussion of the syllabus, assignments, gateway
tests, Math Lab, and other nitty gritty (e.g. absences, late
drop/adds). |
Burns, Rhea, Shure, Linn |
Math Lab |
| 12:00-1:00 |
Chairman's Wrap-up and Final Lunch |
Alejandro Uribe |
Atrium |
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