Fall 2019: Practical Skills for Teaching Computing

Are you a new IA looking for help getting started with teaching?Or are you an experienced IA who is curious about what goes on behind the scenes with organizing and teaching a computer science class? The new EECS 398 TA Practicum is a course offering designed just for you! This one-credit course will introduce students to, and allow students to develop practicalskills for, designing and teaching courses with significant computing aspects. Course content will both help prepare students for direct interaction with their peers as TAs andalso expose students to the research and scholarship of learning and teaching. Students will also have the opportunity to discuss challenges they face in the classroom with their peers. Ultimately, the goal of this course is to provide a place and time for TAsto explore their identity as teachers.