MIT BE TA-Training-2010
Agenda
Day 1: Monday, August 30th
Monday, August 30th in Room 56-614
| Time | Event | Speaker(s) |
| <9:30 AM | Light breakfast | |
| 9:30-9:35 | Welcome and definition of goals | Doug Lauffenburger |
| 9:35-10:30 | Defining expectations | Kim Hamad-Schifferli and Forest White |
| 10:30-10:45 | Coffee | |
| 10:45-11:45 | Microteaching demonstration, introduction to microteaching topics, and team-building exercise |
Interactive |
| 11:45-1:00 | Meet/Q&A with TA mentors over lunch |
Day 2: Tuesday, August 31st
Tuesday, August 31st in Room 56-614
You will be put into groups of no more than 6 people for a practice teaching session ("microteaching"). Please sign up for a problem below by putting your name under the appropriate column. (Sample sign-ups are shown below as prb x, grp y.) Within a group, each person should do a different problem. The problem statements can be found in the "handout" section below. Please ask a fellow group member for assstance if you have trouble signing up. Microteaching is required for students teaching lecture subjects. If you are a lab subject TA and want a chance to practice, please see us - we may have a few additional slots available.
Before your session on Tuesday, please read the following two links on effective observation and feedback during microteaching:
| Problem # | Problem topic | Group 1 | Group 2 | Group 3 | Group 4 |
| 1 | Free energy and ATP hydrolysis | prb1, grp 1 | prb1, grp 4 | ||
| 2 | Proton availability in a cell | prb2, grp 1 | prb2, grp3 | ||
| 3 | Protein-ligand binding parameters | ||||
| 4 | Biologically relevant redox | ||||
| 5 | Conformational entropy | prb5, grp1 | |||
| 6 | Metabolic network adaptation |
Groups for Team-Building and Microteaching Sessions
Group 1:
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Day 2 Schedule
| Session Time | Faculty Leader | Group |
| 8:30-10:30 AM | JE | |
| 10:00-11:30 AM | KHS | |
| 11:30 AM -1:00 PM | FW | |
| 1-2:30 PM | KHS |
Handouts and Links to Resources
Handouts
Final versions will go here and hardcopies will be available at the session.
Introductory lecture (PDF)
Team-building exercise (PDF)
Microteaching introduction (PDF)
Microteaching problems (PDF)
Links
Teaching Resources
- School of Engineering TA Page
- TA Rights and Responsibilities (PDF download)
- Teaching and Learning Lab
- Room 5-122; 253.2850
- See especially Teaching Recitations and The Torch or the Firehose under Teaching Materials
- Term Regulations
Helping Students
Please do not hesitate to talk to the faculty member(s) teaching your subject if you encounter an extraordinary situation – you are not expected to shoulder the brunt of student difficulties. For your reference, some resources for students (that includes most of you, in fact!) are below.
- Student Support Services
- Room 5-104; 253.4861
- Students who are experiencing academic or personal difficulty can be referred to the S3 office.
- Resource List 1
- Resource List 2
- BE Tutoring Service
- Juniors and seniors in BE are available to tutor for many UG core classes.
- Tutoring hours are typically set for each subject toward the beginning of the semester.
- Tutoring occurs in the student lounge (56-046).
- Office of Minority Education
- Room 4-113; 253.5010
- OME offers a tutoring service open to all students by appointment.
- Disabilities Services Office
- Room 7-145; 253.1674
- Note that faculty should be the primary contact for working with the DSO; this link is provided in case you need additional support or information.
