GRADUATESTUDENTS:
Doyouplantoteachcompositionclassesinthefuture?DoyouteachwritinginyourcapacityasaTA?Doyouwanttoknow
moreabouttheteachingandlearningofwriting?
IfyouansweredYEStoanyoftheabovequestions,enrollin
WRIT203:Theory&PracticeofTeachingWriting
Winter2017,TuTh1:30–3:05;Merrill,003
Thisclasswillprepareyoutotacklethetaskofteachingwritingwithconfidence.WRIT203oritsequivalentisrequiredofGSIswhowishtoapplytoteachWriting2withtheWriting
Program(seebackofflyerformoreinformationaboutWRIT2).
Winter2017Instructors:Dr.TonyaRitola&Dr.HeatherShearer
Dr.HeatherShearerjoinedUCSCin2012,andshehasbeenteachingwritingattheuniversitylevelsince1999.Herresearchinterestsincludemulti-lingualstudents’useofsecondarysourcematerial;thedesignandtestingoftextualtoolsthataremeanttosupportcomplexuse;andactivity-theoreticalperspectivesontextuseinorganizations.
Dr.TonyaRitolaisafacultymemberintheWritingProgramatUCSC.She’sbeenteachingcollege-levelwritingsince2004.Herpublicationsandresearchfocusoninstitutionalrhetorics,writingprogramadministration,andwritingcentertheoryandpractice.Inaddition,sheistheassessmentleadfortheWritingProgram.
WhatisWriting2?Writing2,Rhetoric&Inquiry,isarequiredfirst-yearwritingcourseatUCSC.Itisdesignedtohelpstudentsbecomeconfidentandcapablewritersinwhatevermajororcareertheychoose.WhocanapplytoteachWriting2?AnygraduatestudentwhohasaMaster’sdegree(orequivalent),experienceteachingatthecollegelevel(asaTA,forexample),andformaltraininginRhetoricandComposition(Writing203oritsequivalent),andfamiliaritywithcurrentscholarshipinRhetoricandComposition.SuccessfulteachersofWriting2havecomefromgraduateprogramsinAnthropology,Biology,Education,History,HistoryofConsciousness,Linguistics,Literature,PoliticalTheory,Psychology,andSociology.Wewelcomegraduatestudentsfromalldisciplines!HowdoIpreparetoteachWriting2?TakeWriting203:Theory&PracticeofTeachingWriting,offeredwinterquarter.Inthis5-unitseminaryouwillengagewithresearchontheteachingandlearningofwriting,andyouwillhelptodevelopasyllabusforWriting2.IfyouhavetakenacourselikeWRIT203,youmayhavealreadymetthisrequirement.ContactWritingProgramChairHeatherShearer([email protected])toseeifWRIT203canbewaived.NB:CompletionofWRIT203oritsequivalentdoesnotguaranteethatyouwillbehiredtoteachWriting2.WhencanIteachWriting2andhowdoIapply?YoucanteachWriting2inanyquarteraftermeetingtherequirementsdescribedabove.ApplyduringearlyspringquarterforthefollowingyearaccordingtoproceduressetupbyyourgraduateprogramandthegraduatedivisionforpositionsasaTA,anAssociatein,andaTeachingFellow.WhataresomeofthebenefitsofteachingWriting2?• Youteachyourowncourseundertheguidanceofamentor.• Yougaininsightsandskillsthatwillhelpyoubecomeamoresuccessfulteacherinyour
discipline.• Thosewhoteachwritingoftenbecomebetterwritersthemselves.• Teachingyourowncoursemayenhanceyourchancesofsecuringanacademicposition.• TeachingFellowsandAssociatesarepaidabitmorethanTeachingAssistants.
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