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Teaching Composition 

In Fall 2022, I applied for and then was selected to be one of three Graduate Assistants to the Writing and Rhetoric Department. Acting as adjunct faculty, I was the "professor" for developing the curriculum and teaching an online Composition 1 course. 

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In Spring 2023, in the same assistantship capacity, I developed and then taught a Composition 2 course for online students. 

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The lessons I developed drew upon knowledge gained from my own prior coursework in Compositional Theory, Rhetorical Theory, Document Design, Intro to Research Methods, and Preparing to Freelance.

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Below you will find my student teaching website, my teaching practicum portfolio pieces, written pieces about my teaching pedagogy, and also examples of course curriculums and scheduling. 

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The following examples ( as well as the below linked teaching portfolio) demonstrate the MA outcome of me being able to:

  •  Demonstrate an understanding of the history and major theories of their profession.

  • Analyze a variety of rhetorical situations and create documents that work in each particular situation.

  • Compose discursive and audience specific arguments using appropriate evidence and rhetorical appeals.

  • Explore and experiment with technologies and the distinctive rhetorical exigencies they create.

  • Demonstrate attention to correctness in editorial details and citations.

  • Act as professionals in and outside the classroom

  • Participate in an active and ethical way in the profession beyond the classroom.

Student Teaching Website

During the first half of my practicum, I was required to document my course lessons, practicum assignments, and teaching reflections in a separate teaching portfolio website. 

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You can visit that website in full at: https://whitemontalvo.wixsite.com/teachingpracticumpor

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Teaching Pedagogy Statements

My Personal Philosophy for Teaching Composition Within the Context of a University Political Science Curriculum

Pedagogical Discoveries of and Asynchronous-teaching Graduate Assistant

At the end of teaching my Fall '22 course, I wrote the following reflection. 

Read it here.

Course Curriculum Syllabi Examples

Dream Course Syllabus: "Leveraging Theory and Research for Crafting Campaign Communications"

Teaching Composition 1 Syllabus

Click here to read the syllabus I composed for my Fall '22 students. 

Teaching Composition 2 Syllabus

Click here to read the syllabus composed for my Spring '23 students.

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