Work in Progress: Teaching Demonstrations

This is a test to see if Diana is getting this e-mail to her = Preparation = 1.  Was the kick off meeting in April a valuable experience? Did it help you prepare for the Summer Institute? Did it cause you to feel excited about attending Summer Institute?

2. How could the requirements and criteria for the demo and e-portfolio be clarified?

= Demonstrations = 1. In what ways did working with the demo coach help you design, develop,and revise your demo? What questions and comments were most helpful? How could these sessions be improved?

2. How were the letters you received from the other participants helpful to you?

3. What support would you have liked to have received? In what way could we have been more help to you with your Demo?

4. In what ways will you revise and modify your Demo?

5. What do you believe were the goals/functions/purpose of the demo and do you think these were fulfulled?

= Writing =


 * 1) How did the experience of  writing letters to the fellows effect your writing or your demo?
 * 2) In what ways was it helpful to have a writer-in-residence?
 * 3) Describe your experience with your writing group.  What processes facilitated your writing?  What processes inhibited your writing?
 * 4) What did you learn about yourself as a writer and how?
 * 5) What prompts did you most enjoy in Sacred Writing?  Which prompts did you least enjoy?

= Reading =


 * 1) In what ways were the books we read helpful to you?

2. What books would you recomend be used next year in Summer Institute?

3. How did you feel about sharing your writing initially and then later? How could it improve your teaching?

= Facilitators =
 * 1) How would you describe the facilitators and their roles and responsibilities?
 * 2) What did the facilitators do that facilitated your growth and development?
 * 3) What did the facilitators do that inhibited your growth and development?

= General Questions =

1.  What will you take into your classroom from the institute about teaching and writing and why? 2.  How do you envision your teaching changing and why?

= Technology =