Tentative Course Schedule

Meet	Dates	Topics and Handouts	Readings (please read before meeting)
1 [required]	02/05, 02/07, 02/08	Welcome, Ethics of TAing	Advice from previous TAs on professionalism, amount of work, TAing your friends, ask questions
2 [required]	02/12, 02/14, 02/15	Teaching and learning Activity	Advice from previous TAs on preparation, failed explanations, listening, answering questions
3 [required]	02/19, 02/22	Grading Activity and Grading with tpegs No meeting on 02/21 due to instructor travel
no meeting	02/26, 02/28, 03/01	No meeting due to instructor travel
4 [required]	03/05, 03/07, 03/08	Feedback and peer mentoring Activity: Effective feedback and peer mentor roles	Interacting with students
no meeting	03/12, 03/14, 03/15	Spring break (No class)
5 [required]	03/19, 03/21, 03/22	Dealing with problem students Activity	Problem and struggling students
6 [required]	03/26, 03/28, 03/29	Diversity and inclusion Activity	Stereotype threat and implicit bias
[optional]	04/02 12:30pm-1:15pm Rice Hall 340	Academia or industry career Professor Keith A Williams, EN-Elec/Computer Engr Dept	NRL's summer intern programs
	04/04 11:15am-12:00pm Rice Hall 536	Professor's teaching philosophy Professor Nathan Brunelle, EN-Comp Science Dept
	04/04 12:30pm-1:15pm Rice Hall 340	Professor's teaching philosophy Professor Nathan Brunelle, EN-Comp Science Dept
	04/05 3:00pm-3:45pm Olsson 001	Academia or industry career Professor Keith A Williams, EN-Elec/Computer Engr Dept	NRL's summer intern programs
[optional]	04/09 12:30pm-1:15pm Rice Hall 340	Professor's teaching philosophy Professor Mark Floryan, EN-Comp Science Dept
	04/11 11:15am-12:00pm Rice Hall 536	Professor's teaching philosophy Professor Luther Tychonievich, EN-Comp Science Dept
	04/11 12:30pm-1:15pm Rice Hall 340	Academia or industry career Professor Raymond Pettit, EN-Comp Science Dept
	04/12 3:00pm-3:45pm Olsson 001	Professor's teaching philosophy Professor Luther Tychonievich, EN-Comp Science Dept
[optional]	04/16 12:30pm-1:15pm Rice Hall 340	Academia or industry career Professor Daniel Graham, EN-Comp Science Dept
	04/18 11:15am-12:00pm Rice Hall 536	Academia or industry career Professor John Hott, EN-Comp Science Dept
	04/18 12:30pm-1:15pm Rice Hall 340	Academia or industry career Professor Raymond Pettit, EN-Comp Science Dept
	04/19 3:00pm-3:45pm Olsson 001	Professor's teaching philosophy and psychology of learning Professor Nada Basit, EN-Comp Science Dept
No meeting	04/30	End of term paper due, submit to Collab (Reminder: due 04/30 11:59pm, no late submission, no extension)

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Thanks to Professor Luther Tychonievich, Professor Jeff Offutt, Professor Rich Nguyen, Professor Nada Basit, and Professor Mary Smith for the input and material provided for this course.

References:

• Luther A. Tychonievich (2017), Training Course for Teaching Assistants in Computing, https://www.cs.virginia.edu/luther/ta-training
• Jeff Offutt, Writings and Thoughts, https://cs.gmu.edu/~offutt/#Writings
• Megas and Gigas Educate (MaGE) program at Mount Holyoke College https://sites.google.com/a/mtholyoke.edu/mage-training/home
• Sally A. Lipsky, A Training Guide for College Tutors and Peer Educators, Pearson, 2011