Introductions, Teaching Personae, University Policies.
Teaching Goals Inventory.
Distribution of CRLT's Guidebook, discussion of pages 2-8, 108-10.

First Day to Final Grade, Chapters 1 and 2.

What's Going on in the Classroom and in Your Office?
Teaching Goals, Classroom Dynamics, Classroom Management, Meeting with Students.

What are Students Doing ?
Active Learning, Critical Thinking, Individual and Collaborative Learning.

First Day to Final Grade, Chapters 4 and 6.
CRLT's Guidebook, pages 53, 62-72.
Assignment due: Two or three paragraphs on dynamics in your classroom.

Teaching Writing, Part I (of an Ongoing Conversation).

Articles in PDF (and paragraph explaining your interest) due: A-J on university teaching, K-Z on teaching in our discipline(s).
Assignment due: Lesson plan.

How are Students Doing?   Evaluation and Grading.

First Day to Final Grade, Chapter 8.
CRLT's Guidebook, pages 92-97.
1. Collect and bring to class three sets of grading criteria used in our department.
2. Readings on Grading posted online (four readings, see reading list for details).

Are Students Learning What You're Teaching?
Classroom Assessment Techniques, Learning Styles.

First Day to Final Grade, Chapter 9 and Appendix H.
CRLT's Guidebook, pages 104-06.

No Class: Fall Break.

Professional Development: Relating Teaching and Scholarship.

First Day to Final Grade, Chapter 10.

What Happens in 124 and 125?
Guests: Experienced 124 and 125 Teachers.

Articles due in PDF (and paragraph explaining your interest): K-Z on university teaching, A-J on teaching in our discipline(s).

Teaching Writing: A Few Linguistic Contributions.
Linguistic Diversity in the Classroom, Conversational Analysis.
Guest: Anne Curzan.

Where are We and What are We Doing Here?

Due: Bring Back Teaching Goals Inventories

What's Next?   Course and Syllabus Design and Assessment.
Teaching Writing--Another Part of an Ongoing Conversation.
Guidelines for observation write-up and final project.

First Day to Final Grade, Appendices A, E, and F.
CRLT's Guidebook, pages 14-34.
Web Reading for 124/125.
Email to me by 11/30 at Noon: Three Likes and Dislikes, and Why.

How Does it End?   Wrapping Up the Semester, Evaluation and Grading.
Workshop Course Descriptions. Consider a Sequence of Assignments.
Collaborate on a Writing Assignment.

Due: Three copies (typed) of a course description for 124 or 125.
Scenarios, Booth, MacDonald, Lindemann readings on Writing Assignments.
Sample assignments from the FSYS CompResources Website.

What's Next, Local: Course and Syllabus Design and Assessment.
What's Next, Long-Term: Professional Development and Your Teaching Career.
Sequences of Writing Activities and Writing Assignments.

Due: Write-up of Your Classroom Observation.
Scenarios readings on Course Design.