ENGL 805: Practicum in Teaching

2nd Year GTAs

Policy Statement and Course Schedule -- Spring 2004

Provide a copy of your policy statement and course plan

Arrange for your class to be observed

• Be observed by Dave or Karin, if you have not already done so.
• Participate in a peer review and write an acknowledgment of the peer review process. (Former GTAs have found that these reports become valuable references in their professional portfolios.)

Have a file-review conference

• Compile one set of graded essays (including all student's revisions, preferably with your comments on both an early and a revised draft), if you have not already done so.

Assemble a teaching/professional portfolio (in progress):

• Compose a C.V. and statement of purpose
• Collect a variety of materials for your teaching portfolio (see hand-out and sample portfolios)

As part of a small group, demonstrate a teaching strategy or classroom activity to first-year teachers, if you have not already done so.

Provide sample essays (A-F) for grading sessions

Attend all meetings

• If illness or an unavoidable conflict prevents you from attending a meeting, please give one of us a written explanation of your absence. Chronic absence will be noted in your departmental teaching file.

Much of this semester's work is aimed at preparing your teaching/professional portfolio. During the spring semester, we will be scheduling individual final conferences with each one of you. During this "exit interview," we'll review your final teaching/professional portfolio together and talk about your plans for the future.

When we meet as a group, we'll be meeting in EH 21 or in EH 16; we will let you know in advance where to go. On those Mondays when no formal meeting is scheduled, your advisors will be available to confer about grading, lesson planning, and preparing your teaching portfolio.

Important Dates

• February 26th: Last day to drop without a W
• March 22nd - 26th: Spring Break
• March 29th: Last day to drop with a W
• April 15th: Last day for Exit Interviews / Portfolio Conferences
• May 12 and 13: Collect Final Portfolios in class
  
  

Schedule for ENGL 805 (2nd Year GTAs)