Leadership Begins with the Heart For 15 years, I tried to be the kind of school leader I would have wanted, which was one who met everyone’s needs all the…
The Decimal Point Problem During one of my first semesters teaching introductory biology labs at the college level, a student approached me after class visibly frustrated about a final grade.…
A Relational Framework for Community-Guided Teaching in Higher Education In higher education, many instructors want to include Indigenous perspectives, experiential learning, and community-engaged approaches in their courses, but they are…
I was that student. I was an adult learner balancing a full-time job, raising children, managing bills, and pursuing a doctoral degree during a global pandemic. Within one year, I…
Artificial Intelligence has rapidly entered teacher preparation programs. Preservice teachers are increasingly using generative AI tools to brainstorm lesson ideas, differentiate instruction, create assessments, draft parent communication, and generate instructional…
One of the most common requests I receive from nursing students is for a more detailed study guide. At first glance, it may appear that students simply want to know…
What words would you use to describe your back-to-school educator gathering? Kick off? Launch? Retreat? Presentation Parade? All too often, we educators forget to model what we know about how…
Everywhere we turn, it’s there. University wide, we debate new enterprise AI model integrations. In department meetings, we discuss updated syllabi statements. In shared office spaces, we discuss student writing…
While many academics are still locked in debate about whether to allow artificial intelligence in the classroom — fearing academic dishonesty, over-reliance, or loss of rigor — I made a…
Recently, a faculty member took up residence in Amanda's office chair and settled in for a chat. As a regular visitor, he first updated her that after four attempts, his…