ART 507 Undergraduate Teaching Internship/Assistantship

ART 502 Undergraduate Teaching Assistantship Spring 2018, F 9:00am-1:00pm, Room: KSE B81 Professor: Yevgeniya Kaganovich Office: Art 358 Office Hours: by appointments e-mail: [email protected]

Course Description: Students gain experience teaching as an assistant to the course instructor in a closely- monitored mentoring situation. Prereqs: jr or sr st & cons instr

Course Objectives: The purpose of this course is to provide students with a teaching assistantship opportunity through a carefully mentored work and service experience. This course provides the student with an opportunity to assist an instructor in a 100/200 level course by assisting with the day to day classroom experience. This experience is designed to complement the course work taken so that the student’s art and design education experience is enhanced. Experiential learning is an educational plan that integrates classroom study with practical teaching experience. Students build upon the skills and knowledge gained through earlier coursework through practical application of this knowledge base in a supervised teaching experience.

Goals: The assistantship work assignments are specifically designed to enrich the learning experience throughout the student’s teaching experience: • student assistant will be able to articulate and apply principles learned in and outside of the classroom. • student assistant will gain self-understanding, self-confidence, and interpersonal skills. • student assistant will gain practical teaching experience within the field of art and design. • student assistant will develop the ability to analyze and propose solutions to teaching problems. • student assistant will develop a greater understanding about career options while more clearly defining personal career goals. • student assistant will more fully understand the activities and functions professionals teaching in the field of art and design. • student assistant will develop and refine oral and written communication skills.

Specific Duties: Specific assistantship duties will be outlined according to the course in which the teaching assistant will be working. These will vary according to the specific course in which the student assistant is working.

Grading: Your grade will be based upon:

1. Effort, progress and attitude Significant effort, progress and a positive attitude will make an improvement in your final grade. Lack of effort, progress and a poor attitude will result in a lowering of your final grade.

1 2. Attendance CLASS ATTENDANCE IS REQUIRED. To properly assist in a classroom teaching situation, attendance is mandatory. 3. Final Report (1-2 pages) A final report documenting the student’s experiences during their teaching internship period is due at the end of the semester. It should contain the following:

• Teaching Internship Description: A brief description of the course for which you are assisting. Outline the specific duties and responsibilities that you were responsible for. • Summary: Using the internship course goals, identify how this experience informed your current educational goals.

UWM Published grade System: A 4.00 Excellent A-3.67 B+ 3.33 B 3.00 Good B-2.67 C+ 2.33 C 2.00 Average C-1.67 D+ 1.33 D 1.00 Poor D-0.67 F 0.00 Fail

This course will utilize the plus/minus grading system.

Time Investment and UWM Credit Hour Policy http://www4.uwm.edu/secu/docs/faculty/2838_Credit_Hour_Policy.pdf

This is a 3 credit studio course that meets twice per week for 2.5 hours for the duration of the 15 week semester. Student should expect to dedicate about 10 hours per week outside of class to class preparation, studio work, readings, and assignments. The total amount of time that an average student should expect to spend on this class is as follows:

Expected in class workload: 75 hours

Expected out of class workload: 150 hours

TOTAL: 225 hours

This workload is an estimate. Students are assessed on their performance, not on the time put into the course.

D2L Site: for help: Bolton Hall 225 ([email protected] or 229-4040).

Email Policy You must check your UWM e-mail account as well as the course D2L site on regular basis. Over the course of the semester many crucial communications will be sent out via the course D2L site, which go directly to your UWM e-mail account. E-mails should be composed letters in which you address the person to whom you are writing, state your

2 questions and concerns and finish the letter with your full name. E-mail is not to be used a public forum. General questions of course content and policy should be directed directly to the instructor during Office Hours. E-mails that do not follow these basic guidelines will not be responded to. Please allow 2 business days for the instructor to respond to your e-mail.

What is copyright? Copyright is a form of protection provided by the laws of the United States (title 17, U.S. Code) to the authors of “original works of authorship,” including literary, dramatic, musical, artistic, and certain other intellectual works. This protection is available to both published and unpublished works. Section 106 of the 1976 Copyright Act generally gives the owner of copyright the exclusive right to do and to authorize others to use their materials. You must get permission to use copyrighted original works of authorship if you plan to make your project available to the public in any way. For more on gaining permission see: http://www4.uwm.edu/ltc/copyright/getting-permission.cfm

Student Health Resources from Norris Health Center: https://www4.uwm.edu/norris/about/nhc_about_brochures.cfm

The UWM Norris Health Center (NHC) is available to students and focuses on providing primary medical and nursing care, mental health services and preventive care. Unfortunately, illness, injuries or other problems may not always occur during the hours when the Norris Health Center is open, Monday - Thursday 8 AM to 4:45 PM; Friday 9:00 AM - 4:45 PM. Nor does NHS cover the cost of services provided outside their facilities. It is strongly recommended that all students have health insurance that includes emergency room and hospitalization coverage. The UWM Student Association Student http://studentorgs.uwm.edu/org/sa/offers a Student Health Insurance Plan https://www4.uwm.edu/norris/cost/nhc_cost.cfm, which covers most major medical illnesses or injuries. The University does not provide blanket medical coverage to students. Students are strongly encouraged to secure their own health insurance, either through their parents, the Student Health Insurance Plan or some other program.

Risk Management Information for Students http://www4.uwm.edu/usa/risk/general/students.cfm

Students with Disabilities http://uwm.edu/arc/ If you need special accommodations in order to meet any of the requirements of this course, please contact me as soon as possible. Please provide a copy of You Verified Individual Services and Accommodations (VISA) to indicate the accommodations you may need in this class. If a student you’d like to requests accommodations but do no have a VISA, please contact the Student Accessibility Center (SAC.) Reasons you may need to work with the SAC include but are not limited to: depression, anxiety, learning challenges, physical challenges, etc. If you will need accommodations in order to meet any of the requirements of this course, please contact me as well as the Student Accessibility Center a.s.a.p. They will create a plan and give you support, but these services will be most helpful if configured in the first couple of weeks of the semester.

3 Please note that it will be the student’s responsibility to provide the SAC and Instructors with proper documentation. Students are also responsible for the timely arrangement of SAC quiz/test administration, usually 1-2 weeks ahead of scheduled in-class exam time.

Religious Observances http://www4.uwm.edu/secu/docs/other/S1.5.htm Students will be allowed to complete examinations or other requirements that are missed because of a religious observance.

Students Called to Active Military Duty http://uwm.edu/active-duty-military/

Incompletes https://www4.uwm.edu/secu/docs/other/S_31_INCOMPLETE_GRADES.pdf A notation of "incomplete" may be given in lieu of a final grade to a student who has carried a subject successfully until the end of a semester but who, because of illness or other unusual and substantiated cause beyond the student's control, has been unable to take or complete the final examination or to complete some limited amount of term work. An incomplete is not given unless you prove to the instructor that you were prevented from completing course requirements for just cause as indicated above.

Discriminatory Conduct (such as sexual harassment) https://www4.uwm.edu/secu/docs/other/S_47_Discrimina_duct_Policy.pdf Discriminatory conduct will not be tolerated by the University. It poisons the work and learning environment of the University and threatens the careers, educational experience, and well-being of students, faculty, and staff.

Academic Misconduct http://uwm.edu/academicaffairs/facultystaff/policies/academic- misconduct/ The university has a responsibility to promote academic honesty and integrity and to develop procedures to deal effectively with instances of academic dishonesty. Students are responsible for the honest completion and representation of their work, for the appropriate citation of sources, and for respect of others' academic endeavors. Cheating on exams or plagiarism are violations of the academic honor code and carry severe sanctions, including failing a course or even suspension or dismissal from the University.

Complaint Procedures https://www4.uwm.edu/secu/docs/other/S_47_Discrimina_duct_Policy.pdf Students may direct complaints to the head of the academic unit or department in which the complaint occurs. If the complaint allegedly violates a specific university policy, it may be directed to the head of the department or academic unit in which the complaint occurred or to the appropriate university office responsible for enforcing the policy.

Grade Appeal Procedures http://www4.uwm.edu/secu/docs/other/S28.htm A student may appeal a grade on the grounds that it is based on a capricious or arbitrary decision of the course instructor. Such an appeal shall follow the established procedures adopted by the department, college, or school in which the course resides or in the case of graduate students, the Graduate School. These procedures are available in writing from the Chair of the Department of Art and Design.

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4 The Final Exam Requirement http://www4.uwm.edu/secu/docs/other/S22.htm

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