Responses are anonymous and in no particular order.
The course focused on learning a variety of grammatical points which the instructor felt were important for us to know, but I found out very soon that knowing and teaching are completely different monsters. I think we will all admit is not easy. For all of the reading and discussion we never once had to get up individually before the class and explain a grammatical point to our colleagues, and I believe this was a shortcoming. My preparation would have been better served in this area if I had been given the chance to explain some grammatical points to my colleagues while they hammered me with pre-prepared questions on the discrete point in question. I know that logistically this might be difficult for some programs, but I think ultimately it would be beneficial and would begin to dispel some of the unnecessary fear that many native speakers have of grammar.