The English Department sub-committee on Adjunct Mentoring (Eric Hibbison, Steve Brandon, Ashley Bourne) met and discussed a plan to develop a "buddy"system which would pair adjuncts adn full-time instructors with a focus on fostering collboration, exchanging information (pedagogical and protocol), and strengthening communication within our department. Here is a draft of the plan we came up with:
PROPOSAL: ENG Dept. Faculty Buddy System
TOPICS for course improvements
First-Year Topics
· Uses of (new) textbooks & ancillaries & websites
· Dept. procedures—copying, exam copies, paper, stuff, [parking], questions?
· Reviewing syllabuses & praising best feature
· Assignments, e.g. portfolio review at midsem.
· Visits
Second-Year Topics (Prof. Dev.)
· Outcomes/outlines: course purposes/content
· Course formats: on-campus, online, hybrid, learning communities, dual-enrollment
· Conferencing & teaching methods
LOGISTICS
Ø Partner new with experienced (new f-t with exper. adj., new adj. with exper. f-t)
Ø Partner by course taught
Ø Cross-pollination across buddy groups within courses and across formats
SCHEDULE: 2 meetings per semester, plus classroom visit
Ø 1st meeting: syllabus review, discuss assignments, design issues, schedule visits, textbooks, procedures
Ø Visit each other’s classrooms
Ø Last meeting: how it went (sem. in review); share best practices
Questions: How to communicate best practices, information gathered to department as a whole? How to assess the viability/ success/ critiques of this program?
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