I am advisor to the Math Club and AGS. You can email me at amchale@laspositascollege.edu and I'll respond when I can, usually within 48 hours. If you're already a member of one of those clubs, reach out to me through Canvas!
Chabot-Las Positas Community College District is in-person Fall 2025.
The Student Resource Guide is a very helpful place to start!
Mathematics is the study of patterns. There are patterns everywhere! We mathematicians love finding, classifying, and modeling them. I hope to teach you that patterns (and therefore, math) is everywhere, and that you too can engage in this exciting field!
I believe that each one of you has the ability to learn and understand mathematics. My passion is helping you learn.
If you encounter any problems during the course – whether it be with Canvas, with my instruction, this website, with homework, with class time, with other students, or with what is going on in your life – please communicate with me. Let me know how I can correct the concern, help you stay on track with your learning, or just be an ear to listen if you need it. I am here to help you!
Calculus 1
Workshops to help you succeed!
Concurrent Support Courses
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Learn about my teaching philosophy and expectations for the class.
Please message me through Canvas!
Email Address: amchale@laspositascollege.edu
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Office 21340 (bldg 2100, 3rd floor)
Tel 925-424-1351 (but send me a message instead - I don't check messages often!)
3000 Campus Hill Drive
Livermore, CA 94551
If you join AGS or Math Club, connect with me through Canvas.
Use Pronto through Canvas to "instant message" me or the class/group
Subscribe to my YouTube Channel for math-specific videos, or visit to see how I teach!
Within 2 days.
My daughter Grace and me on Pi Day 2019 (3.14...)
My student contact hours are in person.
Online office hours on Zoom are available by appointment only.
Mondays
9am-9:25am in room 1018B (MESA) - under the big stairwell in 1000
Tuesdays
9am-9:25am in room 1002
2:00-3:30 in room 21119 (MLC) - 1st floor 2100 bldg, known as the Math Learning Center/Integrated Learning Center
Wednesdays
9am-9:25am in room 1018B (MESA),
1:15-2:15pm in room 2401 (Cultural Community Center) - 2400 bldg, first room on right when you enter from the big stairs. I teach Statistics in the Puente Learning Community.
Thursdays
9am-9:25am in room 1002,
2:00-3:30 in room 1018B (MESA)
Other times by appointment
Real courage is holding on to a still voice in your head that says, ‘I must keep going.’ It’s that voice that says nothing is a failure if it is not final. That voice that says to you, ‘Get out of bed. Keep going. I will not quit.’ ~Cory Booker
Fractal Image by Enrique Meseguer from Pixabay
Rotating "Mathematics" images: Various Artists: https://unsplash.com/collections/10759148/mathematics
Grace and Me: Image by Ashley McHale
Background for "Contact information": Image by Woody wood from Pixabay
Bottom Quote Background: Man Climbing Rocks, Photo by Maja Kochanowska on Unsplash