76-902 Teaching Writing Practicum I

3 units, Carnegie Mellon University

This practicum, a requirement for new First-Year Writing teachers who are graduate student instructors, supports new first-year writing teachers. Within the context of these meetings, course leads cover various methods for conducting lesson plans, facilitating group work and responding to student writing. At points within the semester, with their course leads, new graduate student instructors calibrate expectations for effective student writing at Carnegie Mellon. Successful completion of the course requires effective teaching as a T.A. in mini 1 and effective teaching as instructor of record in mini 2.

Prerequisites: none listed

Offered: Fall 2026, Fall 2025

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