Drew University Composition Program Instructor's Handbook & Guide

Drew University Composition Program
Instructor's Handbook & Guide

This Handbook and Guide is organized around the twenty questions that I believe composition teachers need to ask in order to design and teach a course that best serves any specific group of students. In this case, the answers to those questions are specific to Drew. When you are hired to teach writing elsewhere, I recommend that you find the answers to these questions for that college and modify your course design and pedagogy appropriately.

	Introduction
1.	Assessing your feelings about the course, your teaching philosophy, etc.
2. .	The Drew Composition Program "Composition and the Liberal Arts," "Philosophy and Methodology of the Composition Program," The Writing Requirement, The Courses
3. .	The Drew students you will teach Student profile The Placement process, The kind of instruction your students will need (Engl. 1-A, Engl. 1, Engl. 2)
4. .	The programmatic goals for Drew writing courses English 1-A, English 1, English 2.
5. .	Syllabus design Questions to ask yourself as you design your syllabus and course What to include in your syllabus On-line links for students
6. . . .	Pedagogy and related issues Optimism and reflective teaching Writer's workshops Making use of technology Four teaching styles Authority in the classroom
7.	Assessing and grading papers Writing comments Responding to drafts Assigning grades
8.	Potential problems (and how to have a life while teaching)
9.	Drew information & policies
10.	Resources for Writing Teachers
11.	Further Reading
12.	The Twenty Questions a Writing Teacher Should Ask

Those who are not currently teaching at Drew, and therefore not invited to the Summer Workshop for Teachers of Writing, may find the graduate course "Composition Theories and Practice" (ENGL 850S) useful along with the texts listed as further reading.

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This page is part of a handbook written by Sandra Jamieson for Drew University Composition Instructors. Please don't reproduce any parts of it without telling me. You are welcome to link to anything in this handbook that you find useful, but again, please tell me you've done that. Thanks!