Dr. Sue Slick  Associate Professor  Room 462 -  College of Professional Studies University of Wisconsin - Stevens Point  Stevens Point, Wisconsin 54481 715 346-2802 (voice)  715 346-4846 (fax)  sslick@uwsp.edu

Courses Taught  ||  Additional Course Web Pages
Personal Information  ||  Personal and Professional Interests  ||  Writing Works in Process

We teach who we are. Teaching, like any truly human activity, emerges from one's inwardness, for better or worse. As I teach, I project the condition of my soul onto my student, my subject, and out way of being together. The entanglements I experience in the classroom are often no more or less than the convolution of my inner life. Viewed from this angle, teaching holds a mirror to the soul. If I am willing to look in that mirror and not run from what I see, I have a chance to gain self-knowledge--and knowing myself is as crucial to good teaching as knowing my students and my subject.

Palmer, P. (1998). The courage to teach: Exploring the inner landscape of a teacher's life. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass

Courses Taught:

	Educ.386/586 Reading in the Secondary School Student sample annotated bibliography Student sample reading/writing autobiography Student sample field experience response Student sample young adult literature project
	Educ. 390 Reading Methodology Student sample mentor paper Student sample reader responses Student sample teacher metaphors Student sample significant learning experiences Student sample journal responses
	Educ. 749 Seminar in Reading
	Educ. 750 Supervision and Administration of Reading Programs Literacy Topics of Interest Assignment Related to Literacy in Your School
	Educ. 385/585 Teaching the Early Adolescent

Additional Course Web Pages:

		Links to course related web pages
		STUDENT SELF-ASSESSMENT: A NEW VISION TEACHER EVALUATION
		Online Resources For Teachers
		Off-Campus Learning Community Masters Degree Program -- Taking Education Across the Millenium (T.E.A.M.)

Personal Information:

Updated Vita (Summer 2002)

Personal and Professional Interests

• Personal /Professional Portfolios
• Alternative assessment
• Reading and Writing
• Young Adult Literature

Writing Works-in-Process

• Autobiographical story of Patrick Duncan, screenwriter of Mr. Holland's Opus
• Thoughts about portfolios