Teacher Training

The English M.A. program puts a premium on preparing students to become effective classroom teachers. Second year students have two unique teaching opportunities.

The English M.A. program puts a premium on preparing students to become effective classroom teachers. Second-year students have two unique teaching opportunities.

Students can apply to become Teaching Fellows (TF), which enables them to design and teach a section of the First-Year Writing Seminar (FWS) in the fall and spring semesters of their second year. Teaching Fellows participate in a pedagogy seminar during their first year, attend a summer workshop, and receive extensive mentoring while they are teaching. (Note: Current Boston College employees are not normally eligible for Teaching Fellowships.)

Alternatively, students can apply to be Teaching Assistants (TA), in which capacity they support a faculty member teaching a lecture class in the fall and spring semesters of their second year.