New Math TA Application 2024-2025

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This application is for the Calculus sequences (MATH 1300, 1070, 1080, 1400, 1410, 2400) and MATH 1700.

Applicants with exceptional mathematical background may occasionally be considered for more advanced courses, depending on departmental needs.

If you have previously TAed a course for the Penn Math Department, you do not need to submit this application; instead, send an email to Monica Pallanti <pallant@math.upenn.edu> expressing your interest for 2024-2025.

If you have any questions about this form, please email Andrew Cooper <ancoop@math.upenn.edu>.

This form is due Friday, April 5. You should hear back from us by the end of April.

Email *

Name *

REQUIREMENTS

There are no fixed prerequisites to be a TA beyond a love of teaching and demonstrated knowledge of the course material. You do not need to have taken the course you are TAing, although it helps. You do not need to be a math major, or even a Penn student. Our students come from all over the University, and our TAs do too.

DUTIES

As a TA, your duties will include:
* holding weekly recitations
* grading weekly quizzes and homework
* holding office hours

You will also be required to help proctor and grade assessments at some time during the day or evening on Fridays and should plan on being available for several days after the course's final exam. The expected time commitment is 12 hours per week.

You will need to be physically present on campus to work as a TA, specifically including the date of the final exam and the day after.

COURSE DESCRIPTIONS

All calculus courses will be on the flipped/active model: students will read and view new mathematics outside of class and come to both lecture and recitation with questions they want answered.

MATH 1070: Emphasis on conceptual understanding of derivatives and integrals. Asymptotic analysis. Quantitative literacy. Approximation.
MATH 1080: Continuation of MATH 1070 to the multivariable context.
MATH 1300: Introductory single-variable calculus: derivatives and integrals.
MATH 1400: Applications of derivatives and integrals.
MATH 1410: Continuation of MATH 1400 to the multivariable context. A bit of linear algebra.
MATH 2400: Further exploration of linear algebra and applications to systems of ordinary differential equations.

Topics in MATH 1700 may vary term by term.

PROCESS

Submit this form by April 5. We will conduct a first round of interviews in April and anticipate first-round selection decisions by early May.

You will need to attend a training session in late August, just before the semester starts, as well.

In addition, the applicants we hire whose native language is not English are required to pass the University's SPEAK test. Information on the test can be found at http://www.sas.upenn.edu/elp/ITA.

Can you attend the late August training session? *

Yes

If your native language is not English, you must pass the University's SPEAK test. *

I am a native English speaker.

I am not a native English speaker and I have previously passed the SPEAK test.

I am not a native English speaker and I have not yet passed the SPEAK test.

What course would you like to TA (first choice)? *

See https://www.math.upenn.edu/undergraduate/courses/descriptions for descriptions

What course would you like to TA (second choice)? *

What course would you like to TA (third choice)? *

Your class as of Fall 2024: *

Freshman

Sophomore

Junior

Senior (or submatriculant)

Master student

PhD Student

Other:

What major/degree are you currently pursuing? *

Which of the following calculus/linear algebra courses have you taken at Penn? *

If you have taken a calculus or linear algebra course someplace other than at Penn, use the "other" field to tell us what it was.

1300

1400

1070

1080

1410

1600

1700

2400

2410

2600

3120/3130/3140

Other:

Required

Which math courses did you take in 2023-2024? *

List by number, separated by commas. E.g. 2030, 3600. If none, write "none".

List all previous TA experience at UPenn by course and semester. *

If you have TAed a course more than once, list every semester you TAed it. If you have not TAed at UPenn before, enter "none."

List any other teaching/tutoring experience that you have.

Please briefly describe why you wish to TA and any other information you feel would be helpful. *

Discuss your experience with active and/or flipped learning. *

This can be in the context of any subject and includes your experience as a student.

List one or more references *

List the name and email address of a Penn math professor who can support your application. (If you have not taken a math class at Penn, indicate that below instead.)

A copy of your responses will be emailed to the address you provided.

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