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AY 375 - Fall 2016: First Day Lesson Plan
Goals for the First Day of Any Section
- Get out relevant logistical info that students want/need to know. This includes handing out a syllabus.
- Break the ice, warm up the students to section, and get students participating with each other and you.
- Set the tone and atmosphere that will persist throughout the semester.
- (This means using the same techniques you plan to employ later.)
- Implement effective teaching techniques from the start, including good boardwork and question taking.
Goals for Bootcamp
- Give GSIs an idea of how a first day should feel like
- Show GSIs first hand what peer-instruction techniques are like – “get a feel for it”
- Highlight the ways in which the classroom atmosphere can be set on the first day of section
- Isolate effective teaching practices
- Give examples of ice-breaking/first-day activities (should be fun, and somehow related to the rest of the semester, through content or otherwise)
- Point out the resources they can use to plan section
- Help them create a section syllabus and a first day lesson plan
- Think critically about what teaching means to them, what do they want out of this class and their teaching experience
