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I agree to participate in the Teaching Teams Program as a
preceptor in
GC-170A (The Earth and Its Environment: Introduction to
Global Change (Instructor Katie Hirschboeck) and in return receive
Honors credit for the GC-170A course.
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I agree to come to class regularly and to be prepared to lead
and facilitate occasional in-class activities. I will make
myself available to assist students in the classroom. I will be
open to assisting students during occasional additional training
sessions or pre-test study sessions held outside of class time, if
my schedule allows.
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I
will attend weekly
GC-170A
Teaching Team meetings
(Mondays 4:00 - 5:15 pm)
and I will participate actively and enthusiastically on our class
teaching team.
I understand that the degree and quality of my participation in these
activities will be one measure of the fulfillment of my honors credit.
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I
agree to complete the textbook reading and online self-checks in
a timely manner and complete class assignments ahead of time (as needed),
so that I will be prepared to help classmates with the same work.
I understand that my timely completion of readings, self-checks, and
assignments -- and my mastery of the course material needed to help my
fellow students -- will be one measure of the fulfillment of my honors
credit.
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I agree to submit weekly email feedback
reports to Dr. Hirschboeck about how the class is going and how
students are dealing with the activities, assignments, readings,
quizzes, tests, and exams.
I understand that the timeliness, thoroughness, and quality of these
required reports will be one measure of the fulfillment of my honors
credit.
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I agree to enhance my Honors
experience in the course through an in-depth exploration
and sharing of a course topic
that interests me
or by organizing and/or leading a preceptor group activity
related to course topic. I
understand that the effort, creativity, quality, effectiveness, and
accuracy of my exploration, group activity, and sharing will be one
measure of the fulfillment of my honors credit.
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I will treat students in the class when giving help and advice
with courtesy and respect, but I understand that I do
not have to force help on students who do not want it.
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I understand that my role is not to give answers away
to students, but to help them discover their own answers
and solutions to problems.
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I understand that sometimes I will not know the answers to a question or
how to address a student's problem. For situations beyond my
level of expertise, I will personally see that the student gets
appropriate attention from the GTA or instructor.
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I understand that
the final measure of the fulfillment of my honors
credit in the course will be commensurate with the degree to which I
meet all of the above expectations; especially those items
highlighted above.
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I understand that the professor and GTAs are committed to making my
honors preceptorship and my special topic investigation an educational
and rewarding honors experience for me. I will reciprocate by
using every opportunity to make my experience as an honors preceptor a positive
learning experience.