Experienced TA Mentoring Spring 08

Dr Sarah Duerden	Dr Karen Dwyer	Dr Jackie Wheeler
Office: LL 210A Office hrs: TBA and by appointment Email: Sarah.Duerden@asu.edu	Office:  LL 302E Office hrs: TBA and by appointment Email: Karen.Dwyer@asu.edu	Office: LL 214 A Office hrs: TBA and by appointment Email: Jackie.Wheeler@asu.edu

• Syllabi due for review: 12 pm on Monday August 6th 
  
• Second Year TAs  confirm your teaching schedule with your mentor
• Second Year TAs confirm date and time of  your observation with your mentor
• Experienced TAs contact your mentor if you want an evaluation observation for recommendation or if you want a mentoring observation to work on teaching

Useful Links

NEW Who is Your Primary Mentor? Click Here	NEW Syllabus Checklist for Fall 07 & Standard Writing Programs Policies	Required Writing Programs Policies (to be included word for word)
Excel Grade Template (shows whole grades and +/-final grades)	Instructions for TA Portfolios Spring 07	Links to Sample Teaching Philosophies & CVs

Links

Understanding Student Evaluations

Princeton McGraw Center on Interpreting Student Evaluations

Using Student Evaluations to Improve Teaching

Princeton McGraw Center suggestions for mid-term evaluations

Advice on Writing a Teaching Philosophy

Chronicle of Higher Education
University of California Santa Barbara
Carnegie Mellon Center for Teaching Excellence

Office of Faculty and TA Development, The Ohio State University. Writing a philosophy of teaching statement. http://ftad.osu.edu/portfolio/philosophy/Philosophy.html

This site takes a comprehensive look at a philosophy of teaching, including definitions, the purpose of developing a philosophy statement, common major components, different ways of developing a statement, and benefits of having put one together. It also gives a number of sample statements. The authors try to provide multiple perspectives on the topic, as well.

Chism, Nancy Van Note (1998). Developing a philosophy of teaching statement. http://www.cofc.edu/~cetl/Essays/DevelopingaPhilosophyofTeaching.html

This article on developing a teaching philosophy statement is often cited on other sites. A concise guide to the task of writing your statement.

Center for Effective Teaching and Learning, University of Texas at El Paso. Statements of teaching philosophy. http://academics.utep.edu/Default.aspx?tabid=32483

This site looks at writing a statement of teaching philosophy by addressing the following: their roles, their creation process, and their contents.

Haugen, Lee (1998). Writing a teaching philosophy statement. Center for Teaching Excellence, Iowa State University. http://www.celt.iastate.edu/teaching/philosophy.html

This site looks at writing a statement of teaching philosophy by addressing four main questions: To what end? By what means? To what degree? and Why? Haugen elaborates about each question in ways that provide a different perspective on how to think about your philosophy of teaching.

University of Minnesota Center for Teaching and Learning

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