TEACHING
Teaching responsibilities at Georgia Institute of Technology
Fall 2007 Calculus II (full responsibility teaching with TA supervision, 3 credit hours)
Spring 2007 Calculus III (full responsibility teaching with TA supervision, 3 credit hours)
Fall 2006 Calculus for computer science (full responsibility teaching with TA supervision, 3 credit hours)
Teaching responsibilities at Vanderbilt University.
Spring 2006 Introduction to applied statistics (teaching assistant)
Fall 2005 First year calculus (full responsibility teaching, 3 credit hrs)
Spring 2005 First year accelerated calculus (problem solving classes, 2 hrs)
Fall 2004 First year calculus (full responsibility teaching, 3 credit hrs)
Spring 2004 Survey of calculus (problem solving classes, 2 credit hrs)
Fall 2003 First year calculus (full responsibility teaching, 3 credit hrs)
Spring 2003 Homework help sessions for all levels of calculus (2 hrs per week)
Fall 2002 On-line tutoring for all levels of calculus (2 hrs per week)
Teaching responsibilities as Assistant Professor at Dnepropetrovsk University
Spring 2002 First year calculus (2 sections, 4 credit hrs each), Second year calculus (4 credit hrs), Accelerated calculus for physics majors (6 credit hrs), Seminar on approximation theory (3 credit hrs)
Fall 2001 First year calculus (4 credit hrs), Second year calculus (4 credit hrs), Accelerated calculus for physics majors (6 credit hrs)
Spring 2001, Fall
2000 First year calculus (4 credit hrs), Second year calculus (4
credit hrs)
Spring 2000, Fall
1999 First year calculus (2 sections, 4 credit hrs each)
Spring 1999 Second year
calculus (2 sections, 4 credit hrs each
Spring 1998 Functional analysis for mechanics majors (2 credit hrs), Functional analysis for hydrodynamics majors (2 sections, 3 credit hrs each), 1999—2002 Supervisor of a group of students majoring in mathematics
Manuals for Students
1. M.B. Vakarchuk, S.V. Borodachov, Methods and Recommendations for Individual Work on Differential Equations, Dnepropetrovsk University, Ukraine, 2002.
2. S.B. Vakarchuk, M.B. Vakarchuk, S.V. Borodachov, Methods and Recommendations for Individual Work on the Topic “Series”, Dnepropetrovsk University, Ukraine, 2001.
3. S.B. Vakarchuk, M.B. Vakarchuk, N.I. Zabutna, S.V. Borodachov, Methods and Recommendations for Individual Work on the Topic “Higher Order Differential Equations”, Academy of Customs Service of Ukraine, Dnepropetrovsk, 2000.
Teaching workshops facilitated
S.V. Borodachov, Active learning in a quantitative class, Center for Teaching, Vanderbilt University (April 2006)
Presentation for undergraduate students
1. S.V. Borodachov, On difficult but beautiful Thompson’s problem, Undergraduate mathematics seminar, Vanderbilt University (March 2006).
2. S.V. Borodachov, Problems about antagonistic dictators, kissing numbers and others, Math Club, Vanderbilt University (September 2005).
Training as a future faculty member
Fall 2002 – Spring 2006: Future Faculty Preparation Program (Four tracks: Teaching and Learning, Professional Development, World of the University, and Technological Initiatives), Vanderbilt University
Fall 2002: Training at the Center for Teaching, Vanderbilt University
Spring 2003, Fall 2002: Weekly seminar for first year graduate teaching assistants, Department of Mathematics, Vanderbilt University
February 1997: Teaching Practice, Department of Mathematics, Dnepropetrovsk University
Teaching related courses taken
1. Teaching skills, Center for Teaching, Vanderbilt University, Fall 2002
2. Psychology and pedagogy of higher education, Department of Psychology and Pedagogy, Dnepropetrovsk University, Fall 1999
3. Pedagogy of high-school education, Department of Psychology and Pedagogy, Dnepropetrovsk University, Spring 1996
4. Psychology, Department of Psychology and Pedagogy, Dnepropetrovsk University, Fall 1994
Participation in working groups and cohorts on teaching
1. Working group on course design, Center for teaching, Vanderbilt University, February—March 2006
2. Working group on scholarship of teaching and learning, Center for teaching, Vanderbilt University, February—March 2006
3. Partner institution cohort, Visits to public and private universities in Nashville area, Spring 2005
4. Professional development cohort, Center for teaching, Vanderbilt University, Fall 2004
Teaching workshops attended
1. Teach, Test, and Hope for Best, Georgia Institute of Technology, September 2007
2. The Integration of Research, Teaching and Learning in Graduate Education, Vanderbilt University, February 2006
3. Lectures That Motivate Learning, Center for Teaching, Vanderbilt University, February 2006
4. Teaching Portfolios, Center for Teaching, Vanderbilt University, February 2006
5. Classroom response systems, Center for Teaching, Vanderbilt University, Panel discussion – February, 2006, Workshop – November 2005
6. Teaching statements, Center for Teaching, Vanderbilt University, September 2005
7. GRADSTEP 2005, Series of workshops (1. Making blackboard work for you, 2. Juggling with computers: mindfulness in the hi-tech classroom, 3. Scholarship in the digital age, 4. Extracurricular activities as learning), Center for Teaching, Vanderbilt University, January 2005
8. GRADSTEP 2003, Series of workshops (1. Using case studies to bring relevance to the classroom, 2. Lessons from the real world: a panel of Vanderbilt University grad alumni share their experiences and advice), Center for Teaching, Vanderbilt University, January 2003
SERVICE
2000, 2001 Testing committee on mathematics for university entrants, Department of Mathematics, Dnepropetrovsk University
2000, 2001 Hiring approval commission for an assistant/associate professor position at the Department of Mathematics, Dnepropetrovsk University
1998, 1999, 2000 Jury member at the municipal Mathematics Competition of high school students in Dnepropetrovsk, Ukraine