This is a course that covers both the mechanics of running a class and the attributes that we look for in teacher candidates for AP. This course will let you try out your practical skills as an instructor before you go "live" with actual students.
While completing this course is a prerequisite for admission to the Teachers group in AP, completing this course does not guarantee that you will be granted teacher status. Teachers are assigned on a case-by-case basis by the AP Dean of instruction and his officers.
In particular, please understand that AllPoetry teachers are uniquely qualified people prepared to work with students from a variety of backgrounds and skill levels. To be considered as a teacher in the AllPoetry school, we require that you be:
- 18 years of age or older
- A high school graduate (or equivalent); college-level coursework in poetry and literature is strongly preferred
- Able to demonstrate expertise in topics or forms of writing of interest to the AllPoetry community
- Able to express yourself effectively in clear written English using proper grammar, punctuation, spelling, and capitalization
- Willing and able to provide constructive feedback to students, including specific areas for improvement
Please understand that the listed skills are prerequisites: these are not skills we will teach in this class, and they are not negotiable. If you meet these requirements and still feel up to the challenge, you might have what it takes to be an AllPoetry teacher.
To become an AllPoetry teacher, you must:
- be an AllPoetry member for no fewer than 2 months
- complete this class
- allocate no fewer than 2 hours per week to maintaining each class
- agree to grade all homework within 10 days of submission
- provide links to at least three examples posted in AllPoetry that demonstrate mastery of the concepts/skills you would like to teach
- show a history of at least 200 constructive, polite comments (constructive meaning that you provide specific feedback on what you like about a poem, and specific ways that the poem might be improved)
- show a history of friendly, non-aggressive, helpful behavior among the AP population
If that sounds fair to you, let's get started. 
Taught by Epistomolus. Teaching assistants: JM Kenyon, Elisabeth.
