Your first job for this week is to do an excellent presentation. Everyone must be present for every presentation. To miss a presentation is to risk the wrath of your faculty and the disappointment of your peers.

For your final presentation in fall quarter, you are being asked to develop a creative presentation on a particular program theme. You will present this work by yourself to your colleagues in the program during the 10th week of the quarter. The theme of the presentation will be something that you have learned or have been inspired by during the quarter. You will be allowed five minutes to present this project; the schedule for the presentations will be announced later. All presentations have to have a theme directly drawn from the program, and you should be able to describe, in a minute or two, precisely how your presentation reflects one of the program themes.

For your creative work, you may draw from music, short story, drawing, collage, film, painting, pottery, jewelry, quilting, tile, poetry, or other art media. No asking, “what if I don’t know how to do art?” Jean says, “Everybody does.” All work must be original. If you are doing music, it has to be live, created and performed by you alone (no cover versions of other composers’ songs, no co-written songs). You cannot use Powerpoint to assist you. You should be meeting with at least one other person to practice your presentation in advance (during ninth week, for example), to make sure that your project is relevant, and falls within the time limit given.

You will be expected to write a 1-2 paragraph summary of your presentation and have your seminar faculty member check it out in advance. This summary is due to your seminar faculty on Monday, November 12. In the first paragraph, discuss what you will do, who you will practice with (give the names of 1 or 2 others in the program), and when you will practice. Your practice date should be prior to December 1. In your second paragraph, list the specific links to the program material that you will mention in your presentation. This creative work should come from you alone. Your attendance is required for every presentation. Note that on the last Thursday you should plan on the possibility of staying a little extra to make sure everybody gets appropriate attention.

Your second job for this week is to straighten out (and neaten up) your portfolio. We will expect to see this portfolio before we meet for your evaluation next week.

Your third job is to write a clear, fair, accurate self evaluation. It must be typed but it does not have to be double-spaced (usually they are single-spaced). This should be your best writing. For tips on writing an outstanding self-evaluation, go to the Writing Center's Guide to Writing a Self Evaluation [1].

Your fourth job is to write a clear, fair, accurate evaluation of each of the three program faculty. These should be on separate sheets of paper and must be signed and dated. We keep these in our portfolios so that when we are evaluated ourselves, our peers and the deans can see how we are doing as professors. For tips on writing an evaluation of us, see the Writing Center's Guide to Evaluating Faculty [2].

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