Your First-Year Composition Instructors Will . . .
- Have an optimistic view of students and be invested in your success
- Come to class with carefully prepared lesson plans that work toward unit and course learning objectives
- Encourage questions and provide answers, guidance, or next steps
- Be available during office hours to meet with you as well as respond to your emails according to the policy listed in the class syllabus
- Check their OU email regularly, post their office hours/location on their syllabus and on Canvas, and update grades regularly on Canvas
- Assign homework and classwork designed to prepare you to succeed on unit projects
- Give feedback on drafts at least one full week before final drafts are due (incomplete drafts will not receive feedback)
- Return graded unit projects within two-weeks of receiving them (grades for late or incomplete student submissions may be delayed)
