Academic Advising and Course Selection Guide for Fall 2014 Semester
Explore academic advising information, expectations, and course options for the Fall 2014 semester at UGA. Meet your advisor, Dr. Melisa (Misha) Cahnmann-Taylor, and discover course offerings in various education programs. Plan your study path and make the most of your academic year with helpful tips and resources.
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MISHAS ADVISING Fall 2014
GETTING STARTED Who am I? Who are you? Expectations from the program of study Expectations from your advisor How to have positive year(s) with us in TWLE/LLED/COE/UGA [and what do all those acronyms mean?]
YOUR ADVISOR Dr. Melisa (Misha) Cahnmann-Taylor cahnmann@uga.edu your advisor Yahoo Mishas_advising listserv Subscribe mishas_advising-subscribe@yahoogroups.com Course, funding, publishing, job opportunities, and other listings When do you meet with your advisor? Once every fall for face to face academic advisement Email for course approval in spring send a list of 5-6 courses you are considering with #s, professor names, and any time conflicts. You may also keep and send an updated planning sheet to keep track of what has been taken and what needs to be taken 15 minute face to face appointments scheduled as needed, Thursday mornings
GET TO KNOW YOUR ADVISOR IN A CLASS SHE TEACHES: LLED 7710 Writing Cultures: A Poetry Workshop for Creative Educators [F14] LLED 8045 Advanced Poetry for Creative Educators [Summer] LLED 6631 Bilingualism and Bilingual Education [SPR14] LLED 8650 Translingual Memoir LLED 8590 Arts-Based Inquiry in Diverse Learning Communities [SPR14] LLED 7504 Theatre for Reflective Practice in the Language, Literacy, and TESOL Classroom LLED 7504E Reflective Practice LLED 7506 Teaching Literature in Spanish for the K-12 Foreign Language Classroom [F2014] **Interested in a course taught and guided in Summer in Oaxaca, Mexico? Let me know! Workshops: Spanish for Non-Spanish Speakers: What Every Educator Should Know **Courses are more fully described at my website http://teachersactup.com/about/courses-i-teach/
CHOOSING COURSES Planning sheets for the following degrees: MAT World Language Education (SPED2000, Group I courses, 6 group II courses) MAT TESOL (SPED2000, Group I courses, 6 group II courses) MED TESOL & World Language Education (10 courses, 2 electives) EDS TESOL & World Language Education (10 courses, 2 electives) Ph.D. Language and Literacy Education MAT/MED (use for EDS) planning sheets should be available on our new website; hard copies shared at the advisement session August 2014
LLED 7030 ACADEMIC WRITING Cahnmann-Taylor & Tolosa-Casadont (instructors) International students required to attend in their first fall semester Academic writing and Academic culture presented Additional advisement
GETTING THE MOST OUT OF YOUR TIME AT UGA Research Assistance LLED Teaching Assistance Work Experience Pre-K 12 Teaching Experience Volunteer Work Making Community Connections Take advantage of the learning that can happen both inside and outside the formal classroom and all that life in a University town has to offer! This is your time to study, to learn, to be a student! Take full advantage!
PORTFOLIO DEFENSE (MAT, MED, EDS) Written Portfolio Open a google account Notify advisor in the first week of term in which you will defend (Fall/Spring only) Note contents on website including 5-7 project exemplars Oral Exam (end of term, date varies and will be sent to you) One portfolio project Approx. 15 minutes Faculty and Open audience
IMPORTANT PEOPLE TO KNOW IN LLED Liz Phillips liz11@uga.edu 2014-Present graduate student administrator Viktoria Hasko vhasko@uga.edu 2012-Present, graduate coordinator Ruth Harman rharman@uga.edu 2013-Present TWLE Program Chair Bob Fecho bfecho@uga.edu 2013-Present, Department Head Marianne Roberts marianne@uga.edu Office Manager Karen Braxley Kbraxley@uga.edu Coordinator for Writing Tutoring LLEGO listserv UGAforsale listserve
SEEKING HELP AT UGA Division of Academic Enhancement http://tutor.uga.edu/division-information/faculty-staff/ Counseling https://www.uhs.uga.edu/caps/ International student life at UGA http://isl.uga.edu/ The Graduate School http://www.grad.uga.edu/
PLANNING SHEETS, ADVISEMENT, & COURSE OF STUDY: WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW Required courses TWLE faculty & instructor courses Elective courses POD courses E courses Requesting syllabi Purchasing books
GETTING SOCIAL August 22, Friday social at Lake Herrick LLEGO & LLED Faculty Potluck Sharing and attending as many extra-curricular events as possible Red & Black Flagpole Websites UGA Museum of Art State Botanical Gardens Community Classes Bike Athens Celebrating your own and others diversities!
