Tracking Hours
What is the due day and time for timesheets?
Thursday, 11:59 PM
What is a Pedagogy?
Modules that help improve your academic discipline to be a better SI/LA
How should you introduce yourself to the students?
Name, Major, and how long you have been an SI/LA (be yourself)
The name of the dining hall on Marietta Campus
What is Stingers?
The awareness, understanding, and control of one's own cognitive processes, like learning, memory, and problem-solving is called
Metacognition
What is OwlTraining?
A Required Compliance Assignments.
What is one of the best ways for your students to communicate with you via an online app?
GroupMe
Before school starts, how should you communicate with the Professor?
Send an email about who are you and what they are learning on the first day.
What is the theme for this year's team name
Cartoons
Where was the Learning Assistant Program created
University of Colorado Boulder 2001
How should you describe the work that you completed in your SI/LA class?
Be as descriptive as possible
To help answer students' questions in class, what is the first place to check?
The Professor's syllabus
When a student has a question about the topic that they are learning about and you do not know the answer to it, what should you do?
Inform them that you do not know the answer and direct them to the professor.
Our Program Coordinator
Kyra Calhoun
Characteristics of the LA Program
- Peer to peer or "near peer" support
- More active learning in the classroom
- Collaborative, student-focused environment
- More immediate help for students
- Improved engagements and retention
- Help bridge the gap between professors and students?
How many times should you meet with your professor (before and/or after class)?
Once times a week as an LA and twice a week as an SI (30 minutes to an hour).
How many pedagogies should you do as a New SI/LA and a Veteran SI/LA?
New LA's: Four Pedagogies
Veteran LA's: Three Pedagogies
If the students do not like the professor's teaching style and talk badly about him/her, what should you do (this could be in the GroupMe)?
You should give them a warning. Refer them that they have the SMART center, MathLab, and office hours with other professors. If the students are still taking badly, let the professor know to see what can be done to improve students' success.
SILA Suite locations on both campuses
4500 ALC - Kennesaw
What is the LA Model
Preparation, Practice, Pedagogy
How is OneUSG different from Timesheet and how are they the same?
OneUSG: You will use a website to put the hours in yourself. Timesheet: You will put the hours yourself, but Mrs. Amy will look at the hours and approve it herself.
When should you start your pedagogy?
As soon as possible (make a schedule).
What should you do if the students do not like the SI/LA?
Remain calm and ask the students what the issue is. If the students are talking about something that you do not like and you give them a warning, report it to our bosses (Kyra Calhoun, Amy Redd, Mandy McGrew, and Cathy Bradford).
The first president of KSU
Dr. Horace W. Sturgis
Beliefs that make you stupid
1. Learning is fast
2. Knowledge is composed of isolated facts
3. Being good at a subject is an unborn talent
4. Multitasking is good