Ami will speak to us about some experiments with student-driven calculus that she's done at Pomona College. 

Tara Holm will be speaking with us!  She comes to us from Cornell University and will speak with us before presenting the annual Eaves Lecture.

Niles Johnson is an outside speaker, coming to us from The Ohio State University.  He wants to talk to us about Teaching Teachers!!

Fara Williams will speak to us about her role with the Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation.  We are excited to hear from her about how to get more Underrepresented students in STEM!

Title:

No Prof. left behind: A case for intradepartmental coaching

Abstract:

Academic employment normally involves a combination of three variables: service, research and teaching. The distribution of our full time or FTE across these three variables determines how we are being evaluated. It is often more clear how to improve our performance in the dimensions of service and research but it is somehow more mysterious to determine if we are doing a good job at teaching. In this discussion I pretend to address this question and propose a possible solution.

Title: Technology in the Mathematics Classroom

Link to Jeff's Google Doc of Presentation: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1NNa3ostilM_m2j5iuEPkVYwE12Qu05nHIng…

Jeff says "feel free to add to the Google Doc!"

Problem Session: Please bring your current teaching concerns!  We'll try to group solve some issues and help each other find resources.

With TA evaluations on the horizon, this will be our topic of discussion.  As a faculty member, what do you look for?  As a TA, what should you prepare for?  Feel free to bring your questions about the evaluation process!

"A brief introduction to some big ideas in mathematics education through the lens of classroom mathematical discussions."

by: David Dueber, Ph.D. student in STEM Education

Abstract:

A whirlwind tour of some of the major concepts from the last decade of mathematics education research using classroom mathematical discussions as a pedagogical setting. Major themes include Number Talks (Parrish, 2010), Professional Noticing (Jacobs, Lamb, and Philipp, 2010), Developmental Progressions (Clements and Sarama, 2004), Mathematical Knowledge for Teaching (Hill and Ball, 2009), and Orchestrating Discussions (Stein, et al., 2008)

"A Beginning of the Semester Checklist for Instructor Success" 

Topic: Teaching Large Lectures

We covered a list of helpful techniques for teaching your first large lecture course!