DO NOT give out your home phone number or cell phone number. Your contact information: full name, email address, office phone number (if available) and office hours.Indicate as well the times for individual labs or tutorials in a large multi-section course.

If you need to prepare the course or lab outline for your students, be sure to include the following:

How many student chairs and desks or working stations are there?īe sure you obtain (or create if this is not provided by the CI) a detailed syllabus for the course.

Is any of the equipment you might need locked away in cabinets-if so, from whom do you get a key?.

If you’re going to be showing video recordings, is there a way to darken the room (e.g., using blinds)?.

Is there a whiteboard or chalkboard? Are there markers/erasers?.

Is there a computer and/or data projector? Where can you obtain all the necessary equipment?.

Where are the light switches? The power outlets? The fan switches?.

Go to your assigned lab or classroom before you teach and examine the physical layout of the room or laboratory:

find out where students can obtain the required reading materials.

discuss with the CI what they want covered in the tutorials/laboratories.

obtain a copy form the CI or TA Coordinator in your department.Know what textbook (or reader) will be used: Your first class is of paramount importance in establishing the climate and expectations for learning in your class for the entire term.īefore the First Class: Understand the Course Landscape This impression often varies little throughout the rest of the term.

Studies have shown that students form an impression of a teacher and subject area within the first 15minutes of the very first class.

1st class work