Site Visits

As part of the UConn Early College Experience, the faculty coordinator, Scott Campbell, and UConn English faculty members, Tom Doran and Danielle Gilman, conduct site visits, which can be either in-person (at the participating high school) or virtual (a mode we've used more heavily in recent years). Visits are offered for mutual enrichment purposes and not as a means to evaluate the certified instructor’s performance, although they are required for maintaining certification.

If you are a new ECE English instructor or someone who has not had a visit in several years (or ever), we will get in touch with you. If you have had a recent visit but still wish to request one, you can contact us at eceenglish@uconn.edu.

Virtual Visits

There are many advantages to virtual visits, not least of which is that they are far more convenient for both teachers and ECE coordinators. An even greater advantage is that they allow us to focus the visit on curriculum, student work examples, and questions the instructors wants to pursue. Most ECE teachers are excellent in-class instructors, and, usually, the more meaningful conversations have to do with ECE curriculum and the evolving practices of ENGL 1004 or 1007. To set up a virtual visit, please follow the steps below.

  1. Send a note with your availability to the ECE English GA with a fair amount of lead time (at least one week). Send two or three dates and times that can work for you. We'll get back to you to confirm.
  2. Upload instructional materials for semester/year  (you've likely done this already)
  3. Fill out the Pre-Visit & Student Work Example Upload Form (at least 24 hours before the scheduled visit)

In-Person Visits

The advantages of an actual visit to your school are obvious: we get to see and learn about your school, including its environment and students. Another advantage is that we can often talk to more than one instructor at our visit. If you want to set up a meeting with a team of teachers at your school, an in-person visit can work best for this (although virtual is possible).
But, of course, an in-person visit is a bit harder to schedule and pull off; please give us a fair amount of lead time (a few weeks, if possible). If you wish to sign up for an in-person visit, please use the On-Site Visit form below. We will contact you to discuss scheduling details and next steps.

Certified instructors are always welcome to visit a First-Year Writing course at a UConn campus. Just contact us to arrange a visit.

On-site (In-Person) Visit

Please fill out the form below and a member of the ECE English team will reach out to schedule your On-Site Visit.

On-Site Visit Request

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Please let us know what's on your mind. Have a question for us? Ask away.