PART I: Background and Experience

1.  Have you taught college composition previously?       Yes____    No ____

2.  If your answer to 1 is "yes," how many college composition courses have you taught?

 1-3____    4-6_____      7-10_____     Over 10_____

 If you answer "yes," please describe the  types of composition courses have you taught.

4.  Have you had elementary, middle, or high school teaching experience?   Yes____    No ____

 If you answer "yes," please describe your experience briefly.

 If you answer "yes," please describe your training briefly.

 Yes____    No ____

If you answer "yes," please describe briefly the course (length of course, approximate number of papers, required reading, etc.)

If you answer "no," but such a course was generally required, did you test out, were you exempted, or did you fulfill the requirement in some other way (e.g., by taking a more advanced course)?
 

 _______ American, publicly supported, over 10, 000 students
 _______ American, publicly supported, under 10, 000 students
 _______ American, privately supported, over 10, 000 students
 _______ American, privately supported, under 10, 000 students
 _______ College or university not in the United States

PART II: Subjects of Interest to You

Please indicate your interest in discussing and learning about each of the following by numerically ranking the items in each group.  Use 1 to indicate the item most important to you in each group, 2 for the next most important, and so on.  You can, if you like, rank several items equally.

Group 1 (Please rank from 1 to 5, with 1 representing your highest interest)
_____ Making an initial evaluation of students' writing skills
_____ Designing a course, syllabus, and writing assignments
_____ Responding to student writing
_____ Integrating computers and composition instruction
_____ Understanding the theory that informs teaching practices

Group 2 (Please rank from 1 to 5, with 1 representing your highest interest)
_____ Helping students plan their writing
_____ Helping students write for different audiences
_____ Helping students organize their writing
_____ Helping students revise their writing
_____ Understanding the theory that informs writing practices

Group 3 (Please rank from 1 to 5, with 1 representing your highest interest)
_____ Helping students respond to each other's writing
_____ Helping students evaluate their own writing
_____ Helping students identify and correct errors in grammar and mechanics
_____ Understanding the theory that informs language use
_____ Possibilities for doing advanced research projects in composition or linguistics

Please feel free to make other comments or to raise questions or concerns.