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- Date: Wed, 30 Dec 1992 15:05:41 EST
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- From: Karla Saari Kitalong <KITALONG@MTUS5.CTS.MTU.EDU>
- Subject: Re: Standardizing
- In-Reply-To: Message of Wed, 30 Dec 1992 10:39:51 -0500 from <ENGMYLES@UBVMS>
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- Myles, One of our TAs here at Michigan Tech is getting some sort of special
- credit for "interning" with an experienced teacher of film. He helps grade
- tests, quizzes, papers, etc., prepares and teaches some lessons, and
- attends the class. He probably does some other stuff, too. I think he's
- getting a lot out of it. Our GTA training program here is designed
- primarily for teaching first-year comp, although we have a developing
- program for Technical Writing and foreign language instructors. But those
- of us teaching or aspiring to teach "odd" courses like film appreciation,
- photography, or computer applications, or intro to mass media, are
- unevenly mentored. Often, the reason we're teaching such courses is that
- the faculty member who usually teaches it is on sabattical or otherwise
- unavailable for a particular quarter, which often means he or she is
- likewise unavailable to mentor us. The internship program that Tim is
- participating in is (could be)a way to plan for an up-coming sabattical without
- overly taxing student-teacher, regular teacher, or department resources.
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- Karla Saari Kitalong
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- Academic Computing Specialist - Department of Humanities
- Michigan Technological University, Houghton, MI 49931
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- E-mail: kitalong@mtus5.bitnet * kitalong@mtu.edu
- Voice: work - (906) 487-3262 * home - (906) 482-3656
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