Resources for Teaching Fellows

Sample Course Materials

Many resources are available on the Writing Program Instructors Blackboard site. Teaching resources available online incude sample syllabi and assignment sequences, information about grading methods, sample lesson and activities, and other materials designed to help Teaching Fellows design their courses.

Staff Rooms

The Robert A. Bain staff room for all teaching fellows is located in 219 Greenlaw, with a smaller staffroom in Swain Hall. The Bain Staff room houses a computer, copiers, and office supplies. The Bain Staff room is open Monday-Friday from 8:00 a.m. until 5:00 p.m.. It is your responsibility to keep the staff rooms clean and to see that supplies remain stocked for the convenience of others. Please do not bring food or drinks into the rooms or use supplies and equipment for personal matters.

There is a telephone in the Bain Staff room for your convenience. For local, off-campus calls, dial 9 and then the number. For on-campus calls (914, 962 or 966 prefix) dial the last five digits only.

Equipment

Copiers. The Bain Staff room houses two copiers that can enlarge, reduce, make transparencies, and make double-sided copies. A copier also is available in Swain Hall for teaching fellows whose offices are located there. To ensure continued satisfactory service from the staff room copiers, please notify the English department receptionist when warning lights or messages appear.

Multimedia Equipment. All classrooms in Greenlaw are now equipped with substantial media resources, including DVD player, VCR, document projector, and capacity to hook up a laptop to the overhead projector. Many, but not all, classrooms in other buildings are similarly equipped. Because so many classrooms are now multimedia-enabled, there is no longer a central campus resource for checking out equipment like projectors or television. If you require equipment that is unavailable in your classroom, please see this page for resources.

Videotapes. The Writing Program owns videotapes ranging from sample student speeches to professional speeches, tapes on effective group work, and teaching model tapes; titles are listed below. You will find these videotapes, available for check-out from the Program Office, to be a valuable teaching resource. If you need to reserve viewing rooms such as the Honors Reading Room or Conference Room 211 in the Undergraduate Library, go to the Nonprint Circulation Desk in the Undergraduate Library and talk to one of the supervisors.

Videotapes we have available are: Revising Prose; Revising Business Prose; Student Writing Groups: Demonstrating the Process; Searching Writing: Making Knowledge Personal; Finding Yourself at UNC Chapel Hill; UNC Center: The Teaching Resource; Black in White America; What's in a Grade? The AP Readings; (actual student speeches to the BOT concerning tuition raises) and from The Speeches Collection: Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.; John F. Kennedy; Franklin D. Roosevelt; Richard M. Nixon; Winston Churchill; and Abraham Lincoln. Also available are audio cassette tapes entitled John F. Kennedy: A Self-Portrait, and Great Black Speeches, 1833-1893.

Blackboards. The blackboard is your best visual aid when questions arise that involve the whole class. You can organize discussions on it, emphasize major points, make notes of page numbers for assignments, and work with examples of writing problems. You probably will need the blackboard every day your class meets, so make a habit of taking chalk with you to class. As a courtesy to the teacher using your room the following class period, please erase the board before you leave.

Computers. Each TF office in Greenlaw is equipped with one desktop computer providing internet access. Other computers in Greenlaw are available in the Bain Staff room and the SITES lab (GL314). A limited number of laptop computers are available for use in classroom teaching. These computers are awarded by application and checked-out for an entire semester. If you wish to use a laptop with your students in class, please check with the Program Office for application information.

Studio for Instructional Technology and English Studies

The SITES lab is located in Greenlaw 314. It is a workroom for graduate students and faculty who want advice and help in using instructional technology in their teaching and research. SITES sponsors workshops, offers consultation by appointment, and maintains a linked computer classroom for use in composition and literature courses (GL316). Please come by the lab, call 962-8232, or email Director Dan Anderson for more information.

Center for Faculty Excellence

CFE provides a variety of services to support the professional development of faculty members and teaching fellows, including workshops, online resources, and the Teaching Resource Lab in 318 Wilson Library. The Center (966-1289) is located in 316 Wilson Library.