ORIENTATION SCHEDULE - FALL 2012 (TBA)

ORIENTATION SCHEDULE –Fall 2011

August 15-19 

We will be meeting Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday from 4pm – 9pm in HM 112.  There is no orientation on Wednesday.  On Friday, there will be a full program meeting from 9:00-2:00 in HM 300.  Meals will be provided at all orientation sessions. 

You can access orientation materials from the Efiles:

·        http://coldfusion.louisville.edu/jlwolf02/efiles/e_search.cfm

·        Select 602 from the pull-down course menu and press “Search”

·        Download the following:

o   Materials for Unit 1 (Select either TR or MWF schedule) 

Please let Joanna know if you have trouble accessing any of these materials. 

Monday, 8/15

To prepare

·        Read all of the  material listed on the schedule for first two weeks of class, instructions for the first assignment, and the course syllabus (available on Efiles)

·        Read Green, “Building a Better Teacher” (on Efiles) 

Agenda:  4pm – 6pm

·        Brief Introductions

·        Explanation of Zone of Proximal Development, Scaffolding, and Collaborative Learning

·        Goals for 101

·        Discuss the Common Syllabus (ADCs)

·        Model how to teach “Argument an Introduction” (Mike Sobiech) 

6pm – 9pm

·        Dinner—over dinner you will be asked to introduce yourself to 3 people you don’t already know

·        Discuss Green’s “Building a Better Teacher”

·        Finish Sobiech’s modeling

·        Model how to teach “The Core of an Argument” (Caroline Wilkinson) 

Tuesday, 8/16

To prepare

·        Read all of the materials associated with unit 1 

Agenda: 4pm – 6pm

·        Finish Wilkinson’s modeling

·        Go over syllabus and possible adjustments you might make to the policies

·        Model how to teach “Using Evidence Effectively” (Barrie Meadows) 

6pm -9pm

·        Dinner—over dinner you will be asked to introduce yourself to 3 people you don’t already know

·        Finish Meadows’ modeling

·        Hands-on Blackboard session (Dual credit teachers may leave if they wish) 

Wednesday – no orientation.  Work on syllabus.

Thursday, 8/18

To prepare: 

·        Read Hillocks: Two excerpts from Teaching Writing as Reflective Practice

·        Read Charney, “Teaching Writing as Process”

·        Read Sommers, “Responding to Student Writing “

·        Read Delpit, “The Silenced Dialogue “

·        Skim the” Handbook and Policies” and other materials on the composition website: http://louisville.edu/english/composition/instructor-resources-1.html 

Agenda: 4pm – 6pm

·        Introduction to Reflective Practice

·        Discuss theories of process and the importance of teaching the writing process

·        Discuss responding to student writing

·        Model how to teach sample essays (Matt Wiles) 

6pm -9pm

·        Dinner

·        Finish Wiles’ modeling

·        If time, discuss Delpit’s “The Silenced Dialogue” and implications for working with students

·        Discuss program policies and university resources (Dual credit teachers may leave if they wish)

o   Photocopy limits

o   Carrels/Office hours

o   Classroom technology/Media resources

o   Athletes

o   Religious holidays

o   Disabilities

o   Student Counseling

o   Libraries/Robert Detmering

·        Discuss first-day preparation

o   What to wear

o   What students should call you

o   Ice-breaker activities

o   First-day writing prompts 

Friday, 8/19:  Full Staff Orientation

               We start at 9:15 in room 300

               Breakfast & lunch will be provided 

Agenda

·        Announcements & Policies

·        Winner of the Part-time faculty award: presented by Gray’s bookstore

·        Discussion of Senate Bill 1 and Common Core Standards:  What it means for you (Fenty & Wright)

·        Formative Assessment Strategies (Wright)

o   This presentation will give you some ideas for first-day activities & other strategies

·        Assignment work-shopping activity and the National Survey of Student Engagement (Dowell, Rose, & Wiles)

·        Discussion of last year’s assessment:  Report of scores and implications for our instruction (Wolfe, Wilkinson, & Karega-Mason)

·        Lunch

·        Teaching and Using PowerPoint (Wolfe, Meadows, & Sobiech)