ORIENTATION SCHEDULE FOR NEW INSTRUCTORS
DEPARTMENT OF ROMANCE LANGUAGES
2013
MONDAY, August 12
9:00-11:30: Foreign Exchange Instructors Only, Dey 212 Meet with Graduate Student
Services Manager, Tom Smither, to complete additional paperwork and visit the International
Center. You must bring all of your visa documents: Passport, Visa, I-94 card, DS-2019.
1:30-3:00: French exchange instructor, Dey 107A, meets with Dr. Nina Furry.
1:30–3:00: Foreign instructors teaching Spanish, Dey 210 Spanish exchange instructors and
graduate teaching fellows who are native speakers of Spanish with no prior teaching experience
at American universities meet with Dr. Josefa Lindquist.
8:00 PM: New Graduate Teaching Fellows Meet and Greet (Graduate Romance Association
[GRA]), Location TBA
TUESDAY, August 13
9:00- 10:00: Administrative Matters, Toy Lounge All new graduate teaching fellows in
Romance Languages, exchange instructors, and graduate students from other departments
teaching in Romance Languages meet with the Administrative Staff. At this time you will
present documents necessary to finish the I-9 process.
Note: you must bring employment eligibility documents, such as:
 passport
 drivers license
 social security card
 visa documents, if foreign
In addition, if you have a checking account with a U.S. bank, you should bring a voided check in
order to complete the Direct Deposit form. You will also receive keys, office assignments,
mailbox assignments, and learn about procedures in the Department of Romance Languages.
2:00: Mentor/Mentee Coffee Starting in Dey Hall, Main Floor Lobby – includes a “must
know” tour on our way to Franklin Street to meet other mentors. (This is a chance to meet
graduate students, ask questions, and start building mentoring relationships, sponsored by the
GRA.)
WEDNESDAY, August 14
10:00 –12:00: General Meeting for Program Advising, Dey 305 All new graduate students in
Romance Languages meet with the Director of Graduate Studies and the Graduate Advisors.
Exchange instructors are not required to attend this meeting nor the sessions on registration.
3:00-4:30: Tour of Davis Library, Reference Desk, ground floor, Davis Library Meet
Teresa Chapa, Librarian for Global Resources and Area Studies, and Libby Chenault, Librarian
for French and Italian, for the library orientation and tour.
THURSDAY, August 15
9:00–10:00: Introduction to the Language Program, Dey 206 Topics: philosophy of the
language program, Carolina students, questions from the Instructor’s Handbook (please prepare
three questions in advance). Dr. Glynis Cowell, Director, Spanish Language Program, Dr.
Hannelore Jarausch, Director, French Language Program.
**All new instructors (including exchange instructors, students from Comparative Literature,
and graduate students from other departments teaching in Romance Languages) must attend.
Also required for new fixed-term faculty.
10:00-10:15 Break
10:15-12:00: Language Specific Meetings: Getting Started in the Language Program Topics
include lesson planning, the first day of class, microteaching assignments. All new instructors;
optional for new fixed-term faculty (French in Dey 313, Spanish Dey 206)
12:00–1:30: GRA Pizza Lunch Toy Lounge
2:30–4:30: Introduction to the Language Resource Center and Technology Support, Dey
101 Dr. Hosun Kim meets with all new graduate teaching fellows and new fixed-term faculty.
FRIDAY, August 16
9:00–10:00: Shock Lesson, Dey 206 All new graduate instructors; optional for new fixed-term
faculty.
NOTE: All degree-seeking foreign students who do not have a degree from a country where
English is the sole language of instruction, must take the English Proficiency Test scheduled
from 9:00 AM to 1:00 PM in 211 Chapman Hall.
10:15 –12:00: Language Specific Meetings (French Dey 201, 203; Italian Dey 208; Spanish
Dey 206) Meet course coordinators and receive course materials. New fixed-term faculty may
attend or arrange to pick up materials from the course coordinators at a different time. New
Italian Teaching Fellows will receive teaching assignments and course materials from Dr. Amy
Chambless.
1:30-3:00: Course specific technology workshops, as needed Announced by the faculty
course coordinators, for new instructors. Check with your course coordinator for location and
specific time.
SUNDAY, August 18
4:00 PM:
GRA PICNIC, location TBA
MONDAY, August 19
9:00 and 10:30: Microteaching (Dey 205, 207, 303, 305)
9:00: French, Dr. Jarausch, Dey 205; Spanish, Dr. Cowell, Dey 207; Italian and Spanish,
Dr. Chambless, Dey 303; Spanish, Dr. Maisch, Dey 305.
10:30: Spanish, Dr. Lindquist, Dey 205; French and Spanish, Dr. Furry, Dey 207.
10:30-12:00: Dey 303, ITAL 101/ITAL 102 section meeting with Dr. Amy Chambless
1:00–1:30: ALL FRENCH AND SPANISH INSTRUCTORS Informational meetings (French
Dey 201; Spanish Toy Lounge) Required of all new instructors and new fixed-term faculty.
1:30-3:00: FRENCH AND SPANISH COURSE MEETINGS
French 101/102
French 105
French 203
French 204
Dey 201
Dey 202
Dey 210
Dey 313
Spanish 100/101/102 TBA
Spanish 105 Dey 303
Spanish 203 Toy Lounge
Spanish 204 Dey 101
Spanish 300 TBA
TUESDAY, August 20: CLASSES BEGIN