Storytelling and Identity Fall 2023 Community Agreements
We commit to ground our community in respect. We will do this by:
- Saying hi and checking in with each other before class, using each other’s names
- Listening to hear first, and waiting to think of a response
- Not interrupting when someone is speaking
- Showing that we are listening by keeping eyes open to give full attention, and not looking at the computer or phone while someone is talking.
- Avoiding side conversations when someone is talking
- Not leaving the classroom for a break unless absolutely necessary; being on time and not leaving early
We commit to learn together by:
- Checking the Weekly Schedule and preparing for the class to come by doing the assignment there (reading or writing or listening) and posting a prep note on the blog
- Reading other people’s prep notes before class
- Helping each other in and outside of class
- Bringing the text to class so we can be specific and analytical
- Taking good class notes and responding when assigned
- Valuing ideas, staying curious and open
- Looking for opportunities to respond and give appropriate feedback (acting as a peer, or as a reader of a draft, etc. but not as a judge)
Professor Dolson commits to:
- be available for office appointments
- facilitate class discussion
- post assignments to weekly schedule at least 48 hours in advance of class
- always make a rubric available for any graded item
- listen
- call students by their preferred name
- give feedback when asked