DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH DEPARTAMENTO DE INGLES Faculty of Ans and Sciences Facultad de Antes y Ciencias University of Puerto Rico Universidad de Puerto Rico ‘Mayaguez Campus Recinto Universitario de Mayaguez PO Box 9265 ‘Apartado Postal 9265, ‘Mayagtlez, Puerto Rico 00681-9265 Mayaguez, Puerto Rico 00681-9265, (787) 265-3847 - Ext. 3064 (781) 265-3887 - Ext. 3064 November 24, 2015 Raul Figueroa UTD Observation Dear Raul, ‘This letter serves as a documentation of my observation of your INGL 3103 class on October 28, 2015. During my observation you demonstrated knowledge on the content for this course. Likewise, your teaching skills, as a third semester Graduate Teaching Assistant, are appropriate for our teaching environment. ‘The strengths of your class were: = Good time and class management skills. Students seemed to feel at ease and comfortable in your class. You successfully got their attention when necessary without any extraordinary efforts. = Walked around constantly as student worked to answer questions and clarify doubts. - Included a variety of activities during the 50-minute class. ‘Areas for improvement: While you demonstrated to be knowledgeable of class content and confident in your teaching, there were some areas in which I would like to make some recommendations. = Provide more opportunities for student engagement while lecturing. An example of this was how you asked about the hook to provide a better idea of what that means. Other instances like could be incorporated during lectures. — Be mindful of your voice level. Sometimes it was too low and this sporadically affected your diction as well. PATRONO COW IGLALDAD DE OPORTUNDADES EN EL EMPLEO - MIN “AN EQUAL GPPORTUNITY EMMLOYER = MAI thaneBased on my observation of your class I believe you are complying well with the course requirements, I am confident that you will consider my suggestions in order to continue ‘growing as an educator and improving on what already are good teaching skills. Sincerely. Sandra L. Soto Santiago, PhD University Teacher Development, Professor Coordinator for INGL 3101-3102 MAEE Program Coordinator Department of Englis University of Puerto Rico Mayaguez I read this evaluation and believe it is a fair assessment of my performance during the above- meptioned observation.