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Math Department

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  1. Math Department Orientation
  2. Calendars, Agendas, & Minutes
    1. Fall 2008 Calendar of department business
  3. Curriculum
    1. Course Outlines
    2. Common Final Exam Questions 
    3. Textbooks
  4. Unstaffed classes
  5. Teaching Community
  6. Keep Our Students In Class!
  7. Links and References

 

 

Math Department Orientation

 

If you're new to the LMC math department, please look at the math department orientation. To find our campus or our building, see the campus map. To find a person, see the math department directory.

 

If you have more questions, please contact the math department chair.

 

Calendars, Agendas, & Minutes

 

 

Math department calendar Fall 2007

 

Fall 2008 Calendar of department business

 

Tentative Day

 Tentative Date Item (rolled over from previous Fall)  
 Mon  Aug 20  Evaluation sign-ups, Spring schedule, Math 29 proposal from Brentwood, Course Outlines Remind faculty of CFEQ's  
 Mon  Aug 27  Spring Math schedule of classes Draft #1 due  
 Thu  Sep 27  Spring Math schedule of classes Draft #2 due  
 Fri  Oct 4  Spring textbook orders due to department chair. Please see recommended textbook list.  
 Fri  Oct 4  Chair orders instructor's copies for unstaffed classes.  
 Tue  Oct 16  Hire adjucnts for unstaffed classes. Remember to note if new hire already works for district.  
 Tue  Oct 16  Spring Math schedule of classes Draft #3 due  
 Wed  Oct 17  Box 2A application for Fall new faculty hires due  
 Fri  Oct 19  Applications, screening questions, and criteria due for Spring new faculty hiring  
 Mon  Oct 22  Summer Math schedule of classes Draft #1 due  
 Mon-Wed  Oct 22-24  Paper screening for Spring new faculty hiring  
 Mon-Fri  Nov 5-9  Screening interviews for Spring new faculty hiring  
 Mon  Nov 26  Remind faculty of CFEQ's  
 Mon  Nov 26  Send orientation link to new faculty; DE lead schedules DE orientation  
 Tue  Nov 27  Summer Math schedule of classes Draft #2 due  
 Fri  Nov 30  Math transfer progress report, Fall 2007 due  
 Mon  Dec 3  Computer images for labs and classrooms  
 Fri  Dec 14

 Math Summer 2008 Math schedule of classes Draft #3 due

  
 Fri  Dec 14  Update records of FT teaching history for scheduling rotation  
 Mon-Thu  Dec 17-20  Turn in graded final exams to math department MA1-141  
 Wed  Dec 19

 Program Improvement and Development Process and Program Maintenance Process and Classified Staffing Proposal

Cf. our department's New Initiatives

  

 

Math department calendar Fall 2008

Math department calendar Spring 2007

 

 

Curriculum

 

You can find summary of the courses our department offers, along the the paths for students (certificate, associate's degree, and transfer) on the LMC math web site.

 

Course Outlines

 

Course outlines are available for download from this wiki, on LMC computers at P:\Course Outlines\Math\ and also from the Office of Instruction.

 

If you are teaching a developmental education (DE) course, please note the DE Program Student Learning Outcomes (PSLO's). They might not be exactly what you are used to teaching, but they are built upon throughout our DE courses. Please talk to the math DE lead for more information and for help teaching the PSLO's.

 

Please compare the couse objectives on the department's course outline to your textbook and determine what to skip in book and what to supplement. The department has written supplements for Math 12, 25, 30 that you may find helpful. The Math 25 and 30 supplements are available in the bookstore for students to buy. The Math 12 supplements and additional material for Math 12, 25, and 30 are available on Blackboard. Please contact the department chair if you need a login and password for Blackboard.

 

Our department recently deveoped PSLO's for our transfer-level courses. Beginning Fall 2008, we will have a new Math 34 course outline that incorporates the transfer-level PSLO's. The next transfer-level course outline that we plan to put the new PSLO's into are Math 35, Math 75, and Math 40.

 

Common Final Exam Questions 

 

In order to ensure that students exiting one course have the skills and abilities they will need in the next course, our department has written common final exam questions (CFEQ's) for some of our courses. The department's CFEQ's are to make up 50% of your final exam. (You write the other 50%). We will also collect your graded finals so that we can assess student work across sections and improve our courses and programs.

 

Textbooks

 

Textbook requisition forms are due in early February and in mid March to the department chair. you will recieve blank textbook requisition forms in your box in MA1-141. The recommended textbook list contains all the information you need to complete your textbook requisistion forms.

 

 

Unstaffed classes

 

State law limits adjunct faculty to a maximum load of 60% districtwide. Exceptions are sometimes possible; see the "Overloads" section of the scheduling page. If you want to go over 60%, please speak to the department chair. 

 

 

Teaching Community

Math 25 Lesson Study

 

Math 25 Fall 2008 Lesson Study

 

Celebration of our Shared Purpose, Fall 2008 Math

 

Keep Our Students In Class!

 

This serves as a repository for ideas related to Increasing retention. Please click on the Increasing retention link to post any and all ideas related keeping our students in class.

 

 

Links and References

 

 

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