1. UTILIZING A TEACHING SYMPOSIUM AS A FIRST STEP IN GTA TEACHER PREPARATION RaKissa Manzanares & Gary Olson University of Colorado Denver Joint Mathematics Meeting 2016

2. PROMOTING SUCCESS IN EARLY COLLEGE MATHEMATICS THROUGH GRADUATE TEACHER TRAINING (PSECM-GTT) Supported by NSF DUE #1539602 Project Goal: (#2) To train GTAs to become more responsive, thoughtful and skilled undergraduate educators with a broad view of current innovations and issues in undergraduate mathematics education through an interconnected ladder of training, mentoring and teaching experiences.

3. PROMOTING SUCCESS IN EARLY COLLEGE MATHEMATICS THROUGH GRADUATE TEACHER TRAINING (PSECM-GTT) Redesigned weekly GTA Teaching Seminar Prompted a redesign of a half day Teacher Orientation offered by the department.

4. TEACHER ORIENTATION PRIOR TO FALL 2015 - AKA HOST 3.5 hour meeting with all new GTAs and faculty teaching for the first time with our department. Topics Included: Administrative Requirements Syllabi requirements Drops, withdraws, and incomplete processes Academic Integrity Tips and Tricks for Teaching (power point) Course Coordinator meetings

5. TEACHER ORIENTATION FALL 2015 - AKA EXCELLENCE IN TEACHING SYMPOSIUM 7 hour meeting with all GTAs and faculty teaching for the first time in the department however all faculty were invited. Morning Agenda CU-Denver Resource Offices visit Title IX Training Canvas Bootcamp Administrative Requirements (working lunch) Syllabi requirements Drops, withdraws, and incomplete processes

6. TEACHER ORIENTATION 2015 AKA EXCELLENCE IN TEACHING SYMPOSIUM Afternoon Agenda Academic Ethics PechaKucha Pedagogy Breakout Session Classroom Culture Session Course Coordinator Meetings

7. EXCELLENCE IN TEACHING SYMPOSIUM: PEDAGOGY BREAKOUT SESSION Pedagogical Strategies Modeled Cooperative & Active Learning Tactile Activities Logic Puzzles

8. EXCELLENCE IN TEACHING SYMPOSIUM: PEDAGOGY BREAKOUT SESSION Pedagogical Strategies Modeled Continued Approaches to grouping students Playing Cards Dice Grouping to include various aptitudes and perspectives Change groups up periodically, assign group member roles Think, Pair, Share Informal Assessment Classroom Voting Ticket out the Door

9. EXCELLENCE IN TEACHING SYMPOSIUM: CLASSROOM CULTURE Creating a Classroom Culture that Works for YOU!! Setting the tone in week one. Get to class early in week one Learn students’ names. How do you set yourself apart from your students? How do you want to be in the classroom? Initiating student to student dialogue from day one Introduce yourself to the people at your table/around you. City Map Modeling classroom expectations

10. EXCELLENCE IN TEACHING SYMPOSIUM: CLASSROOM CULTURE Professionalism PechaKucha: The Do’s and Don’ts How to dress & how to be addressed Appropriate Relationships with students Real world content Awareness/Sensitivity to various perspectives and hot topics. Potential First Week Issues Locked out of Classroom Add slips Technology in Classrooms Disability forms

11. REFLECTIONS ON THE REDESIGN Canvas Bootcamp Basics Technical Flop Canvas Bootcamp Advanced For the Win Academic Ethics Overkill Pedagogy Session Stole the Show Classroom Culture Big Success Resource Office Visit Enlightening for All

12. QUESTIONS? RAKISSA MANZANARES RAKISSA.MANZANARES@UCDENVER.EDU GARY OLSON GARY.OLSON@UCDENVER.EDU RAKISSA.MANZANARES@UCDENVER.EDU GARY.OLSON@UCDENVER.EDU Supported by NSF-DUE #1539602: Promoting Success in Early College Mathematics through Graduate Teacher Training