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Appalachian State University Teaching Life and Career Planning HPC 5532-101 Fall, 2007

Edwin Duncan Room – Hubbard’s Cupboard

Instructor Dr. Renee’ Evans Contact Information HPC Department 828-262-6052 office 828-262-2055 main

Email [email protected]

Office Hours: Mondays 3:00-5:00pm Tuesdays 2:00-5:00pm By Appointment

You may also contact me via email. Please allow 24 hours for an email response.

Course Overview This course will provide graduate student instructors information and practical experiences that will challenge their professional development and competencies as educators at the postsecondary level. Instructors will teach undergraduate students in the Life and Career Planning (HPC 2200) and Advanced Career Strategies (HPC 2540) courses. Instructors will assist their students in making satisfactory educational career decisions. Instructors will also gain a sense of self-awareness about the evaluative process of teaching, which will include their individual teaching styles and the teaching styles of their colleagues.

Course Objectives 1. Provide the key components that are necessary in developing a course syllabus. 2. Identify various educational strategies and curriculum materials to assist students in making satisfactory educational and career decisions. 3. Learn about various teaching styles and ways in which to motivate student learning. 4. Provide individual and group supervision that will assist instructors in examining their own professional development during this teaching experience. 5. Identify key aspects of the evaluation process for teaching based on one’s own beliefs, attitudes, values, and experiences. Evans, Teaching Life & Career 5532-101 2

Class Format Seminar Style/Class Discussions/Case Presentations; Some Lecture; Flexibility of topic-area to fit student instructors’ needs.

Evaluation- normal grading scale

Develop Syllabus 30 points Participation 30 points L&C Professor Evaluation & Class Evaluation 30 points Peer Evaluation 30 points Professional Dev.&Analy. 30 points

Total Points Possible 150 points

All students must demonstrate satisfactory performance and professional development progress. This includes completion of all required assignments, honoring the requirements of the alternate class meetings, and follow-up regarding situations/issues relevant to situations regarding your students, relevant to your teaching progress, and/or relevant to your progress as a student.

Late work will not be accepted.

Required Text Sukiennik, D., W., & Raufman, L. (2007). The career fitness program: Exercising your options

(8th ed.). Prentice Hall.

ADDITIONAL READINGS MAY BE PROVIDED IN CLASS.

Important Dates Last Day to Add...... August 27,2007 Last Day to Drop……September 4, 2007 Convocation...... September 6, 2007 Last Day of Class...... December 4, 2007

Academic Integrity Code All students are expected to adhere to the academic integrity code that is outlined in the 2005- 2006 Appalachian State University Code of Student Conduct & Academic Integrity manual.

In the event that you have an academic integrity issue with one of your students, it is imperative the you discuss this issue with your Teaching Life & Career Planning Supervising Professor in order to determine the best way to handle the situation. This is done for liability purposes as well as to assist the Instructor in the even that she needs to support you in your decision. Evans, Teaching Life & Career 5532-101 3

Inclement Weather Students should refer to local news stations regarding class cancellations and/or university closings in the event of inclement weather. A phone tree will be distributed in the event class is postponed die to inclement weather. The instructor will call the first student on the list. The first student on the list will call the third student and on and on. Students are not expected to risk life and limb. So, please use your own discretion in the event if inclement weather.

Course Requirements

Develop Course Syllabus Course syllabi should be considered a semester planning guide that will aid students in knowing how to prepare for each class meeting. Course syllabi should be developed with flexibility in order to accommodate student and schedule needs. The following areas should be included in your syllabi: Course title/department section number, Time and day course meets; Instructor’s name/contact information/email/; Office hours; Course description; Course objectives/goals; Grading scale; Required text; Supplemental text if any; Academic Integrity Code; Inclement weather policy; Tentative course schedule; description of assignments; 1st Draft DUE electronically on May14, 2007. You should be aware that the first draft of your syllabus will be reviewed for the above requirements, and grammatical errors, and whether the course work and requirements are doable for students. A good rule of thumb: Without discounting rigor, do not require an assignment schedule that would not be doable for you as a student.

Attendance/Participation Due to the experiential nature of the course, it is imperative that students attend class sessions and are prepared for class discussions. Instructors are expected to review the required text from which they will be teaching and come in ready to discuss ways they plan to navigate students through the topic areas. Instructors are also expected to come prepared to seek feedback about effective ways to relay information regarding specific topic areas. Instructors are expected to read all about articles provided and come in prepared to discuss topic areas for the next class.

Class Meeting Dates:

Course Evaluation (2) Instructors will need to arrange two evaluations to be conducted by a colleague and their Teaching Life and Career Planning Professor. Instructors will provide a summary of the topic area (in advance) that will be covered on the day of evaluation. Evaluations should be conducted separately (once during mid-semester and once during the end of the semester).

(1) Life and Career Professor Your L & C professor will conduct a mid-semester peer evaluation. Additional evaluations may be conducted if she is unable to obtain information needed for the first evaluation of if there are areas that need to be reevaluated. It is up to the student instructor to schedule a time with the L & C to observe him/her. COMPLETED by October 11, 2007. Evans, Teaching Life & Career 5532-101 4

(2) Peer Course Evaluation Students will conduct a peer evaluation for a fellow Life and Career Planning colleague at the end of the semester. Peer Evaluators should obtain a copy of a Peer Evaluation Form from their professor. It is essential that Peer Evaluators enter the evaluation process as a professional who is observing another professional colleague. Personal friendships and ties should be set aside in order to ensure that the most objective evaluation is provided. Instructors should consult with their professor if they find that this is a difficult process for them. COMPLETED by November 15, 2007

Class Evaluations Don’t forget to ask your class to complete a class evaluation for you at the end of the semester. This is usually done on the last day of class. You may obtain your Instructor code from Margaret. You will need to step about of the room when your students are doing the evaluations to ensure confidentiality of responses. You will need to identify a student from the class to take the completed forms to the HPC main office and turn into Margaret’s box.

Additional Requirements All grades should be turned into the Teaching L & C professor by: December 10, 2007. You will not receive a grade for this course until you have turned in your grades for your HPC – 2200 course. Course Topics: Syllabi Development/Class Assignments/ Grading Scales Life & Career Planning Resources Your Mailboxes Making Copies for Class Office Hours/Office Space First Class Meeting Today’s Undergraduates Student Evaluation/Testing Methods Learning Styles/Teaching Styles/Teaching Strategies Career Planning Assessments Challenges/Positive Outcomes Teaching Evaluations Teaching Ah ha Moments (throughout semester) Review of Text Chapters/Topic Areas Multicultural Considerations in Career Planning Use of Supplemental Material Additional areas based on Instructors’ needs Evans, Teaching Life & Career 5532-101 5

Teaching Life and Career Planning Alternate Class Meeting Days

When we have alternate class meetings, it does not mean that class is cancelled. This opportunity is designed to allow for you, as the Instructor, to continue to develop in areas of professional development and course preparation in an effort to become a more effective Instructor. If it appears that the Instructors are not benefiting positively from alternate class meeting days, the supervising Professor will have regular weekly class meetings.

Please read and initial at the end of each statement to indicate that you have read, understand, and will accept the following as part of your responsibility for completing this course and not understood as a consideration in order to complete this course. If you do not accept the responsibilities below as an integral part of the Teaching Life and Career Planning course, you will not be able to continue in the course. Alternative class meetings should consist of the following:

1. Time to prepare for your classes (i.e. library research, organizing your class schedule, etc). Remember to turn all copy requests in to the HPC main office. Please remember to allow an ample amount of time between your request and completion of copies. ______

2. Checking your emails on a regular basis, specifically during the assigned class time, in order to respond to your colleagues and/or professor regarding feedback about a particular topic and/or additional readings. All emails should be responded to within a 48-hour window. ______

3. Meeting with your students as needed and/or required on your syllabus. ______

4. Grading tests and other class assignments. ______

5. Time to meet with your professor in the event that you need to case student-situations, and/or reflect on your own professional development process. ______

6. Time to reflect on and examine previous classes taught in an effort to identify areas that went well, areas that need improvement, and areas that would not do again. ______

7. Also time to reflect on topic discussed in Teaching Life and Career Planning in an effort to practice continuous self-examination regarding the various issues and considerations around teaching at a higher ed. Level. This process is expected from each student in an effort to better understand one’s own professional development process as an Instructor. All students must demonstrate a satisfactory level of understanding and self-evaluation as it relates to their own professional development process as part of the requirements for this course. ______

8. All students must also demonstrate a satisfactory performance relevant to your performance as a student. This includes completion of all required assignments, honoring the alternate class meeting requirements, as well as follow-up regarding situations/issues that may be cased with your professor. These situations may be relevant to your teaching progress or your progress as a student. ______