Communicating with Professors
After you have been assigned a workshop, contacting the professor a week before the workshop begins is the next step to open communication. Professors are trusting us to visit their classroom and guide their students. They might feel nervous about our visit if it is their first time or might be "regular customers" who have already established a trusting bond with us. Below is a sample e-mail letter to a professor. Below that is a closing sample letter that can be sent when the workshop is finished. Feel free to modify these letters as you wish.
Note that the letter begins with thanking the professor, then confirms the specific dates of the workshop and the assignment to be covered.
Below is a video we send faculty when inviting them to use our services. If you receive questions about our writing workshop services, feel free to send the link to the professor.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_profilepage&v=xbHiIwbvXYY
After you have been assigned a workshop, contacting the professor a week before the workshop begins is the next step to open communication. Professors are trusting us to visit their classroom and guide their students. They might feel nervous about our visit if it is their first time or might be "regular customers" who have already established a trusting bond with us. Below is a sample e-mail letter to a professor. Below that is a closing sample letter that can be sent when the workshop is finished. Feel free to modify these letters as you wish.
Note that the letter begins with thanking the professor, then confirms the specific dates of the workshop and the assignment to be covered.
| SAMPLE "Hello" LETTER Professor Taylor: Thank you for having me in your Writing 394 classroom January 4th-12th to work with your students on their Project 1 papers. The materials included in the workshop will be uploaded in your conference area a few days beforehand (can be more specific), so please feel free to take a look at them before they are visible to your students and send me and comments and suggestions. If you have any questions, please let me know. I look forward to working with you and your students. Best regards, Anna Dumonchelle EWC Advisor **************************************************************************************************** SAMPLE "Goodbye" LETTER Professor Taylor: Participation in the writing workshop was excellent. Your students worked hard and it was a pleasure assisting them. Sometimes writing can be less intimidating if the writing is addressed in small steps and the student is able to get some feedback and guidance along the way. Thanks again for having the Effective Writing Center in your class. I hope you will consider inviting us back in future semesters. In the meantime, your students can submit work to our 24/7 database service. They can turn in their full drafts and receive feedback by signing into their MyUMUC page, then clicking on "Submit to Writing Center" on the left side nav bar under "Academic Information." You can also request another writing workshop in your classroom by contacting Michelle Bowman at michelle.bowman@umuc.edu. Best regards, Anna Dumonchelle EWC Advisor |
Below is a video we send faculty when inviting them to use our services. If you receive questions about our writing workshop services, feel free to send the link to the professor.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_profilepage&v=xbHiIwbvXYY
No comments:
Post a Comment