The Top 50 Roles College Instructors Perform The job of a college instructor is extremely demanding. A successful faculty member must wear many, many hats. I decided to create my list of the top 10 roles an instructor plays. Before long I… Read More
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Help for Adjuncts and New College Teachers Why do I ask? I am looking for the topics that interest you readers. Here’s what I am wondering: What do you want to read about? Do you have some advice you would like me to post? Do you have… Read More Where are those teaching jobs and how do you get one? I chuckle a bit when I think about job postings for part time college instructors that call for two years prior teaching experience. It’s the chicken or egg thing. Which comes first? You… Read More Do you pass inspection? Think about the best college instructor you ever had. What was special about him or her? How do you match up to that standard? More importantly, how do your students and your college administrators judge your… Read More Motivation. Is that asking too much? The first day of class, I had a standard agenda I would follow: Introduce Myself Have Students Introduce Themselves Lead Class in an Icebreaker Activity Review the Syllabus Shock Them Clarify… Read More Use YouTube Videos as Teaching Aids Each time I check for online I find more and better videos, ones well suited for the college classroom. There are variety of reasons an instructor should use this vast resource. Several years ago, I taught a… Read More You are going to wonder why I am telling you this story! I recently read The Devil in the White City. This book weaves together the fascinating history of the 1893 World’s Columbian Exposition with the macabre, heinous acts of one of the… Read More A simple way to lose your job. There will always be students who enroll in courses and drop during the term. I put them into three categories: There is the “infant mortality” group who attend one class and then get while the gettin’ is… Read More No, but you do need to help them learn. A common complaint I hear from students is that their teacher doesn’t explain things well. It may be that the instructor actually explains things extremely well. However, students learn by more than… Read More My Top Ten Tips for establishing and maintaining a good relationship with your students. Ask Them About Themselves – During your first class session, have your students complete a questionnaire. I have usually asked students about prior… Read More |
You will definitely like this! You might be a redneck college teacher if ... No. 13: the last time you posted your notes online, students complained because you hung them right next to your wet Long Johns.
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