Most faculty schedule at least three office hours per week—that’s 2,700 minutes a semester. If you have 135 students, that’s 20 minutes for each student.
Unexpected circumstances can strike at any time, taking faculty away from their teaching duties before the end of a semester. Often, other faculty to have
“Jason is a bright, ambitious, and warm 22-year-old. He wants to be a Geologist. However, Jason has a hard time staying focused in a large
The teaching process not only involves content knowledge, but also an understanding of teaching and learning principles with insights about different learning needs (note: not
As a professor who just completed their first academic school year, I was naïve to believe that students regularly attended class. As college students, I
Recently, a student came into my office to vent because she was frustrated and dismayed at the behavior of another student in one of her
There is nothing quite like a Friday afternoon. The hurry-up pressures of the week come to a halt, and I can catch my breath against
Creating a successful learning experience is at the heart of instructional design and delivery. “In addition to academic instruction, one of a classroom’s teachers most
As a new faculty member, late work was the cause of many headaches. I wanted a policy that would recognize there may be valid reasons
There’s no discounting the importance of the first day of class. What happens that day sets the tone for the rest of the course. Outlined
