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Examining Collaboration In Faculty And Student Partnerships Of A Community College Pilot Mentoring Program, Raquel Corona, Madiha Shameem
Examining Collaboration In Faculty And Student Partnerships Of A Community College Pilot Mentoring Program, Raquel Corona, Madiha Shameem
Pedagogicon Conference Proceedings
This essay presents a study of a pilot mentoring program at a community college in the New York City area that was structured in alignment with Students as Partners. The faculty and peer mentors in this pilot program were partnered to work together to mentor a group of incoming freshmen exiting remediation. The study focuses on the mentor partnerships specifically. Through the analysis of end-of-semester reflection mentors composed together, we reflect on how they collaborated to mentor their students and implement a program for mentees.
Graduate Students As Partners In Their Writing Instructor Training, Rachel Hampton, Cailin Wile, Erin Presley
Graduate Students As Partners In Their Writing Instructor Training, Rachel Hampton, Cailin Wile, Erin Presley
Pedagogicon Conference Proceedings
This article addresses writing instructor preparation with a focus on challenges new instructors may face in classroom settings. Drawing on their writing center training, the contributors discuss strategies for better serving English as a Second Language (ESL) and American Sign Language (ASL) students, and explore the transformative experience of working alongside a composition professor as a Course-Embedded Consultant (CEC). The contributors address practical issues and offer solutions, including ways to better engage different populations of students. Ultimately, the contributors illustrate how treating students as partners in their writing teacher training can make instructor preparation more effective, providing new insights on …