====== AY 300 Fall 09: Ninth Day Plan ======

  * Check for questions

===== Usual Weekly Recap Stuff (20 mins) =====

  * Ask any or all of the following:
        * How did section go?
        * What did you do?
        * What didn't work?
        * What would you have changed?
        * Any cool/interesting/sad stories?
  * Get people who haven't talked about their section yet in 300 to speak briefly on the above questions.
  * Keep track of who speaks.

===== Guest Speakers on Teaching for Advanced Classes (40 mins) =====

  * Why are we talking about this?
      * Astro grads are required to teach 2 semesters (most don't like to teach the same class twice)
      * Decisions on next semester teaching are soon: Need to think about:
      * There's a list of questions you have to answer:
         -This semester, do you WANT to teach or NEED to teach?
         -If you NEED to teach, do you need a 25% or 50% position?
         -If you WANT to teach, would you like a 25% or 50% position?
         -How many semesters have you taught previously as a UC Berkeley astro grad student, and what classes have you taught?
         -If you NEED to teach, list ALL of the classes available starting with the one you would most like to teach.
         -If you WANT to teach, list ONLY the classes you would like to teach starting with the one you would most like to teach.
      * Dexter also says, "Be reasonable with your ranked list. For example, please don't say that you want to teach 50% and request astro 7 as your first choice."
      * You must also calculate a "seniority" score for each of the classes on your list:
         * score = (# of semesters UCB grad student teaching experience) - 2 * (# of semesters you have taught that particular course)
         * Ay 7A and Ay 7B are considered to be the same course so if you've taught Ay 7 already, you almost certainly won't be teaching it again.
         * Zero is the minimum score.
         * "All GSI experience at 12.5% or higher counts for 1 point only. Astro 300, 199, and summer teaching also count."

  * Jeff and Matt coming by to talk about teaching 7a/b and Stars

===== Assignments for next week (5 mins) =====

  * We have some stuff coming up next week
     - [[demo_project|Design-a-Demo]] initial presentations
        * 5 minutes proposing the demo you plan to design
     - [[peer_visitation_assignment|Peer Visitation]] recap
        * Turn in worksheet
        * What did you learn?
     - Mid-semester evaluation summary reports & recap
        * Compile the following:
           -consistent comments
           -averages/standard deviations/histograms for any quantitative questions
           -any hilarious, unfairly mean, or really thoughtful comments
           -a personal assessment of what you've learned and what you'll change (and when)
     - Teaching log check #2


  * Sorry all this piled up.. Hard to avoid given the class schedules



===== Section Planning (20 mins) =====

  * As usual, discuss section plans for next week.