MATH 500

Course Overview

MATH 500 is a training course for first time teaching assistants for Mathematics classes. Here you will find the course syllabus as well as any assignments that are due throughout the quarter. You may find the syllabus for the course here.

You may also find links to presentation slides of past meetings by clicking on the corresponding Theme cell for that meeting.

Fall 2019:   Thursdays, 1pm-1:50pm in APM B402A

Name	Title	Email	Office
Jeff Rabin	Instructor	jrabin@ucsd.edu	APM 6220
Eric Lybrand	Senior TA	elybrand@ucsd.edu	APM 2210
Jacqueline Warren	Senior TA	j4warren@ucsd.edu	APM 2202
Daniël Kroes	Junior TA	dkroes@ucsd.edu	APM 2220
Samir Canning	Junior TA	srcannin@ucsd.edu	APM 5760

Weekly Schedule

Date	Theme	Background	Homework
September 26	Getting Started, pt. 1	-List of Responsibilities -Week 0 and Week 1 Handout -Essential TA Info Handout -Before the Quarter Starts -Your First Section
October 3	Getting Started, pt. 2	-Writing a Teaching Statement -Example Teaching Statement	Enroll in Gradescope. Write a teaching statement. Due October 11th on Gradescope.
October 10	Academic Integrity
October 17	Midterms	-Gradescope Help -Academic Integrity Handout	Read the comments we give you from observing you on Gradescope as they are made available.
October 24	Grading, Academic Integrity cont.	-Experienced TAs -Observaiton Form (pdf) -Observation Form (LaTeX)	Observe an experienced TA and fill out observation form. Submit to Gradescope no later than Nov. 8th.
October 31	Guest Lecture + Language		Ask your discussion section to fill out a midterm evaluation Google form. Submit summary results as PDF on Gradescope by November 15th.
November 7	Student Panel
November 14	Ideas from Math Ed Research
November 21	Guest Lecture		Rewrite teaching statement. Due on Gradescope by December 6th.
November 28	NO CLASS! Happy Thanksgiving!
December 5	Final Exams