GRADUATE ASSISTANTS
GENERAL INFORMATION
Orientation
GTA orientation is held the week before Fall Term begins. Attendance is mandatory.
Office
You will have office space in Room 244 MM. Filing cabinets and computers are available for your use.
Keys
You will receive a key request form at orientation for a key to the GTA office and a filing cabinet key. There is a refundable $25.00 deposit required when the request is processed.
To get your keys:
- Take the key request form to the Bursar's office and pay the deposit.
- Take the request form along with proof of deposit to the Physical Plant/Key Shop in 065 Allyn Hall.
The Key Shop will call the Department Office when your keys are ready. You will be emailed to let you know your keys are ready to pick up from 065 Allyn Hall. You will need a picture ID to pick up your keys.
Report stolen keys to Campus Security and notify the Department Office. Report any problems with your keys (sticking in the lock, not working, etc.) to the Department Office
Absences
Graduate Teaching Assistants are required to be in their assigned intermediate algebra class on time, and to be present in the GTA office for scheduled office hours. If circumstances cause you to be unable to teach your class or make your office hours, you must notify Cindy Fleck (ext. 4074) as soon as possible so that a substitute instructor may be arranged.
Colloquium Attendance
All GTAs are required to attend at least five (5) of the weekly departmental colloquia each term. Once the Colloquium Schedule is posted, you will need to download the Colloquium Attendance Sheet. You must take the sheet to each colloquium you attend and heve it signed by the host once the talk has ended.
The attendance sheet must be turned in to Jean Eyink the Department Office in Room 120 MM at the end of each term.
Desk Copies
If you do not have a copy of the current textbook for your grading assignments, contact Christine Krebs (ext. 2786) in the Department Office Room 120 MM to get a desk copy. The only exception to this policy is if you are teaching MTH 126/127. In that case, you will get your desk copy from Cindy Fleck (ext. 4074) in Room 111 MM. All desk copies should be returned to the office a the end of each term.
If your desk copy or solutions manual has been stolen, you must make a report to Campus Security and bring a copy of the report to Christine Krebs in the Department Office.
IMPORTANT: All desk copies of textbooks, lab manuals and solutions manuals are the property of the Department of Mathematics and Statistics and may not be given away or sold. If you are no longer using a text, bring it back to the Department Office.
Mailboxes
All GTA mailboxes are located in Room 135 MM. The mail room also contains a microwave oven, recycling boxes, and some office supplies. If you receive anything that is too large to fit in your mailbox you will be notified by email and it will be kept on top of the filing cabinet in Room 120 MM copy room.
Test Folders
All GTAs will have a folder in the 120 MM Copy Room for copies of tests and quizzes. IF you have requested that a test or quiz be copied, the completed print job will be left in this folder.
Office Hours
At the beginning of each term you will receive a form to fill out listing when you will be available for office hours. Complete the form and return it to Carol Harward in the Department Office as soon as possible but no later than the end of the first week of classes.
You must be available to students during the entirety of your posted office hours, unless you have made prior arrangements with the Department Office.
Printing and Copying
Networked laser printers are available in Room 222 and Room 135. If your computer is not set up to connect to any of these printers, contact the C.a.T.S help desk at extension 4827 for assistance.
A copier capable of making couble-sided and stapled black and white copies is located in foyer of the Mathematical and Microbiological Sciences Building. You will need your Wright State Copy card in order to use this copier.
If you have a large number of copies to make or can wait at least 24 hours before you need them, you may fill out a yellow copy request form in the Department Office and the office staff will make the copies for you. The yellow request slips are located at the end of the student worker desk in the outer office.
IMPORTANT: Do not turn in a copy request at 4:00 p.m. on Friday, expecting it to be done by 8:30 on Monday morning as the office is closed on weekends.
Fill out your name, the time and date of your request, the time and date you need your copies by, the number of originals, the number of copies per original, whether you need them stapled, collated or double-sided, and what color paper you want. Clip the request slip to your original and place them in the blue folder at the end of the desk. Completed copies will be placed in your mailbox or test folder depending on what was copied.
Syllabi and Course Information Sheets
You must provide the department office with a copy of your course information sheets (test dates, office hours, etc.) and any non-departmental syllabi by the end of the first week of classes. Place them in the Course Syllabi bin at the side of Christine's desk. If you aren't sure that you have a non-departmental syllabus, check with the course coordinator for your class.
Make Up Tests
Make-Up test times and locations will be published by the Department by the beginning of the third week of term. Make Up Tests are held in Room 260 MM.
Students taking MTH 126 Intermediate Algebra may make up a missed test under certain circumstances. See Cindy Fleck for the requirements.
If the student meets the requirements to make up a test, you must fill out an orange Make Up Test Request Form (located on the filing cabinet in the 120 MM Copy Room) and drop it in Cindy Fleck's test box no later than 24 hours before the test is to be given.
IMPORTANT: Do not turn in a Make Up Test Request at 4:00 p.m. on Friday for test to be taken at , 8:30 on Monday morning.
