TY - JOUR
T1 - From Rough Waters to Calm Seas
T2 - The Challenges and Successes of Building a Graduate Teaching Assistant Professional Development Program
AU - Pilgrim, Mary E.
AU - Apkarian, Naneh
AU - Milbourne, Hayley
AU - O’Sullivan, Michael
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2020, © 2020 Taylor & Francis Group, LLC.
Copyright:
Copyright 2020 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.
PY - 2020
Y1 - 2020
N2 - San Diego State University recently embarked on a major initiative to revitalize the Precalculus, Calculus 1, Calculus 2 sequence. In addition to program features such as course coordination, a new active learning component led by graduate teaching assistants (GTAs) was added to each of the Precalculus, Calculus 1, and Calculus 2 courses, and a professional development (PD) program was instituted to support GTAs. There were many challenges related to workload, contracts, communication, and GTA buy-in. Here we present the evolution of the GTA-PD program through discussion of successes, challenges, and responses to those challenges. We conclude with some of the overall lessons learned thus far, and how we are continuing to evolve.
AB - San Diego State University recently embarked on a major initiative to revitalize the Precalculus, Calculus 1, Calculus 2 sequence. In addition to program features such as course coordination, a new active learning component led by graduate teaching assistants (GTAs) was added to each of the Precalculus, Calculus 1, and Calculus 2 courses, and a professional development (PD) program was instituted to support GTAs. There were many challenges related to workload, contracts, communication, and GTA buy-in. Here we present the evolution of the GTA-PD program through discussion of successes, challenges, and responses to those challenges. We conclude with some of the overall lessons learned thus far, and how we are continuing to evolve.
KW - active learning
KW - calculus
KW - change
KW - graduate teaching assistant
KW - professional development
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U2 - 10.1080/10511970.2020.1793851
DO - 10.1080/10511970.2020.1793851
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85087817496
SN - 1051-1970
SP - 1
EP - 24
JO - PRIMUS
JF - PRIMUS
ER -