Aaron's draft schedule
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It seems very heavy at the beginning, but (I think) it's necessary. Stuff near the end can be switched around as desired. I cut out December 5th, but holding class that week could be optional. Classes later on in the semester need not be two hours.

**UNIT ONE : THE BASICS**
^ Class Number ^ Date/Week of ^ Topics ^ HW   ^
|       1      |     Aug 23   | Bootcamp 1: Paper airplane activity/discussion ; What makes a good first section? General classroom setting, syllabus design, resources, philosophy from the instructors     | Draft your first 50 minute section (lesson plan and syllabus)                |
|       2      |     Aug 24   | (Sections start tomorrow) Bootcamp 2: Peer learning activities, lecturing and boardwork, use of technology, class closings and assessment, interacting with students     | Pick someone to share their section with the class for Monday (and do so every week from now on) ; Continue drafting first sections ; Finish all online things (ethics course)                |
|       3      |     Aug 29   | (Most have not taught yet) Ethics case studies, effective group work activities, ppl at the board (topic: math review, tell them in advance?),              | Write a lesson plan for next week, bring all lesson plans to next class ; Pick a group work/active learning technique to employ in your section during the week off;        |
|       -      |     Sept 5    | Labor Day, no class      | Therese and I record GSI's section ; write an example quiz question  |
|       4      |     Sept 12   | (Quizzes next week) Go over lesson plans, group work/active learning discussion, writing quiz questions, administering demos effectively,  board work continued (topic: math review or figures/equations) | pick another group work activity to implement this week in section   |
|       5      |     Sept 19   | (Quizzes this week)  Discuss group work, discuss visitations, developing rubics and grading quizzes (bring in example questions/responses), cheating, board work (topic: explaining quiz questions), writing worksheets, pick Design-A-Demo groups,  |  Continue working on DaD, Write two multiple choice questions focusing on common misconceptions and post to Facebook asking for responses and comments  |
|       6      |     Sept 26   | Discuss writing questions, go over examples in class, discuss DaD proposals, boardwork (topic: midterm review), check teaching logs               | write example midterm questions (one MC, one TF; perhaps we can make sure Karto/Alex lets them know their slide numbers early enough) | 
|       7      |     Oct 3   | (Midterm reviews this week),  DaD presentations , boardwork (topic: midterm reviews) ,              | Write a little about how you think you can improve your own teaching                 |
|       8      |     Oct 10   | (C10 GSIs have to grade)  1-hour Celia's meeting some other time during the week, midsemester evaluations   |  midsemester evaluations, Visit each other's sections this week              |

**UNIT TWO: DEVELOPING YOURSELF AS AN EFFECTIVE SECTION LEADER**
^ Class Number ^ Date/Week of ^ Topics ^ HW   ^
|       9      |     Oct 17   |  Special Topic 1: Motivation and dealing with student problems/inabilities, bias in the classroom, cultural differences, etc.               |  Bring in one misconception a student brings up during class or office hours               |
|       10      |    Oct 24   | (Quizzes this week) Special Topic 2: Identifying misconceptions, how wording can promote misconceptions, etc. ,               |                 |
|       11      |     Oct 31   | Therese and Aaron record sections again this week (or sometime in November), Special Topic 3: Teaching Thinking               |                 |
|       12      |     Nov 7   | (Review sessions this week) Discuss visitations, Special Topic 4: , check teaching logs              |                 |
|       13      |     Nov 14   | (C10 GSIs have to grade) Optional class at Celia's later in the week  , Could also tape this week?            |                 |

**UNIT THREE: BIGGER PICTURE IDEAS**
^ Class Number ^ Date/Week of ^ Topics ^ HW   ^
|       14      |     Nov 21   | Special Topic 5: Pedagogy research in the sciences , Other GSIs visit, Check teaching logs this week    , Could also tape this week?         | Think about teaching philosophy?       |
|       15      |     Nov 28   | Special Topic 6: , Teachers visit, Wrap Up                |   |