Orientation
Program for New Teaching Fellows
The All-TF
one-day orientation on Thursday,
August 28 is mandatory
for new Teaching Fellows who are native
English speakers and for all International
Teaching Fellows.
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for various campus locations.
The College of Arts and Sciences
and the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences
holds two orientations for new teaching
fellows. The first orientation is a nine-day
program for International Teaching Fellows
whose native language is not English. The
second orientation is a one-day program
for all new Teaching Fellows, both the International
Teaching Fellows and those Teaching Fellows
who are native English speakers.
The nine-day program for International
Teaching Fellows includes a general orientation
for international students, an introduction
to Boston University, discussion of what
to expect and how to teach in an undergraduate
American classroom, and assessment and improvement
of each teaching fellow's abilities in spoken
English. Most of the new teaching fellows
whose native language is not English will
continue their English-language and teaching
training during the academic year in tutorial
and seminar classes. The orientation and
academic-year training is implemented by
instructors from the Center for English
Language and Orientation Programs (CELOP).
If you are a new student and
a non-native English speaker but are completely
fluent in English and have spent months
or years in an English-speaking country,
and if you have extensive experience with
the U. S. educational systems, please contact
Associate
Dean Scott Whitaker. It may
be appropriate for you to attend only the
one-day orientation program (see
below).
For native English speakers,
there will be a one-day orientation on
Thursday, August 28. Continuing International
GRS students who will be first-time teaching
fellows should attend this one day orientation.
See the description
below.
Note that the orientation
programs also apply to current Boston
University graduate students who will
be teaching fellows for the first time
during academic year 2008-2009. The course
in which you will teach will be determined
by your department. Often the teaching
assignments are not known until the end
of August. Classes start on Tuesday, September
2, 2008.
International
Teaching Fellow Orientation
August 20 - August 28
An orientation program for
all new international teaching fellows
in the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences
will be held from Wednesday, August 20,
through Thursday, August 28, 2008.
Teaching fellows will have received
a letter awarding them financial aid
in the form of a teaching fellowship.
This orientation program is
mandatory
and is designed to help you adjust to life
at Boston University as well as to your
role as an instructor before classes begin
on September 2, 2008. In addition to English
language assessment and instruction, we
are pleased to be able to provide some
social activities. You will have an opportunity
to meet with both new and continuing students,
as well as some of the faculty and Deans
of the College. We will also provide time
for those students who have not already
found permanent housing to search for
an apartment or room.
All new international teaching
fellows must report to the Geddes Language Center, 685 Commonwealth Avenue, 5th floor, on Wednesday August 20, 2008 at 8:00 a.m. to register for the orientation.
You will be housed at the HI Boston Hostel from August 19 until
September 1. This housing will be
paid for by the Graduate School of Arts
and Sciences. The Graduate School will
also provide your meals through vouchers
during this period.
You must attend all orientation
sessions in order to be provided with housing
and meal expenses.
Click here for the
schedule
for the International TF Orientation
A follow-up letter will be
sent to you over the summer with more
details. If this letter does not reach
you by early August (which can happen
because of address changes), please contact
Patricia Schiavoni in the Graduate School
of Arts and Sciences (pas@bu.edu;
telephone 1-617/353-2696). If you have
any questions about the content of the
orientation program, please contact Associate
Dean Scott Whitaker (scott@bu.edu;
telephone 1-617/353-2690).
Arrival
information:
Students should arrive
at the HI - Boston Hostel on Tuesday,
August 19. If you are arriving at Logan Airport we
recommend taking a taxi to the Hostel. The taxi fare should be about
$30.00.
Hostel location and contact information:
12 Hemenway Street (search for 'hostel' on the map link above)
Boston MA 02115
Tel. 1-617-536-9455
Fax. 1-617-424-6558
Email: bostonhostel@bostonhostel.org
You are expected to arrive
on August 19; however, if for some unavoidable
reason you must arrive after that date, please
contact your department as soon as
possible. They will provide you with
arrival information.
Teaching
Fellow Orientation
August 28, 2008
For ALL new and first-time
teaching fellows whose native language is
English, as well as ALL international continuing
GRS students who will be teaching fellows
for the first time
An orientation program for
new teaching fellows in the Graduate School
of Arts and Sciences will be held on Thursday,
August 28, 2008 . The schedule is
listed below.
This orientation program is mandatory
and is designed to help you adjust to your
role as a teaching fellow at Boston University.
You will learn about techniques
used by award-winning professors and teaching
fellows and will benefit from a practice
teaching session led by a professor. In
addition, you will have an opportunity
to participate in some social activities
with other students, faculty, and Deans.
Your department may hold a
separate orientation as well on one or more
other days, in which case you will be notified
to this effect. If you are not a U.S. citizen,
then you should check in with the International
Students and Scholars Office during the
orientation week. Further instructions will
be provided upon your arrival.
Arrival
information and Location:
You should arrive on campus by 9:00 AM
on Thursday, August 28. The Arts and
Sciences Teaching Fellow orientation will
start at 9:30 A.M on Thursday, August
28 in room
STO B50, located at the eastern end of
the building that houses the Graduate
School, the College of Arts and Sciences
building. Enter the doorway marked 675
Commonwealth Avenue.
If you get lost or are uncertain where
to go, report to Suite 115 at 705 Commonwealth
Avenue (College of Arts and Sciences building),
where a sign will be posted.
If you have questions about
logistics, please contact Geri Montgomery
(gmonty@bu.edu;1-
617/353-2690). If you have questions about
the orientation program, please contact
Associate Dean Whitaker (scott@bu.edu;
1-617/353-2690). We look forward to meeting
you in August and to working with you on
your teaching skills.
CAS/GRS
Teaching Fellow Orientation Schedule
August 28, 2008
|
| Room
STO B50 |
| 9:00-9:30 |
Registration |
|
|
|
| 9:30-9:45 |
Welcome |
Dean Virginia
Sapiro
|
|
| 9:45-10:15 |
Introduction to
GRS |
Associate Dean
J. Scott Whitaker; GRS Staff |
|
| 10:15-11:00 |
The Art of Teaching -- Do's and Don't's |
Professor Patricia Johnson |
|
| 11:00-11:20 |
Break |
Coffee & pastries |
|
| 11:20-11:30 |
meet the Graduate Student Organization |
|
| 11:30-11:50 |
How to succeed
as a teaching fellow |
Associate Dean
Whitaker |
|
| 11:50-12:20 |
Expectations
of students and teaching fellows |
Associate Dean Wayne Snyder |
|
| 12:20-12:30 |
Assignment
of rooms for afternoon sessions |
|
| 12:30-12:50 |
Pick
up box lunch; go to workshop room |
|
|
| Split
into various rooms (to be announced): [footnote 1] |
| 12:50-1:30 |
Workshop
on teaching |
Experienced
teaching fellows |
|
| 1:40-2:20 |
Workshops
on teaching specific types of classes
|
Experienced
teaching fellows |
|
|
| 2:30-4:30 |
Practice teaching: Come prepared to give a 3 to 5 minute introductory lesson in your discipline! |
|
| 5:00-7:00 |
Barbecue
dinner |
|
|
