Lyra Hilliard
Writer. Teacher. Instigator.
Testimonials
"Being selected to serve as an English Undergraduate Teaching Assistant is truly the opportunity of a lifetime. Within my second year of college, I’m given the chance to teach a real class with real students and real lessons."
"This experience improved my leadership skills and confidence. It was helpful to take ENGL388V simultaneously because I could always bring in ideas from our class to my ENGL394 class. It was also beneficial to bounce ideas off my classmates and hear different perspectives...This was especially helpful for me because I have been taking many of the same types of classes with [my fellow BSOC majors]. It was great to hear the perspectives from [students in] many different majors."
"I think mentoring outside of my field made me an even stronger mentor. Like most of my students, English is not my major, so I was able to relate to them and tell them how I succeeded in ENGL101S despite the fact that English is not my primary study."
"I pushed myself out of my comfort zone in the classroom multiple times by adding my student perspective to the class and by asking [the professor] to clarify his instructions, especially if the class seemed confused. Once I established my goal to improve my confidence in public speaking, I started participating more in my other classes as well."
"I did not know how much I would get out of this experience seeing as I was mentoring outside of my particular discipline but, I am pleasantly surprised ... I could not have asked for a better experience as a UTA ... I have grown into a better student and mentor because of this."
UTA Final Portfolios
The UTAs below have generously permitted me to link their final 388V portfolios here. These portfolios, which are formatted as websites, provide a comprehensive overview of their work as students in 388V and as UTAs in their classrooms through selected discussion board posts, monthly reflections, lesson plans, and more.
Spring 2017
Fall 2016