Is a good college instructor also a servant-leader? Perhaps. Servant-Leaders and Servant-Teachers have a lot in common. I recently published an article entitled Servant Leadership Basics on Suite 101. I was motivated by the keynote… Read More
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Here are three pieces of advice I have for all you new adjuncts and, actually, all you adjuncts and new full-time instructors. I hope you find my teaching assistance tips of value. I think you will! Be Prepared! – Do not think that your… Read More What is Expected of College Instructors? Most college faculty members do much more than teach. From academic counselor to writer, college instructors perform more functions than professionals in most other professions. I will start my next series… Read More Sharpen the Saw In his book, The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People, Stephen Covey shares his thoughts about leading a well balanced life. This is what “Sharpen the Saw” is all about. As I read and reread the chapter entitled… Read More Online Rating Sites “Friends, Romans, countrymen, lend me your ears; I come to bury Caesar, not to praise him.” (Mark Antony in Julius Caesar Act III, Scene II). So why have I “gone literary” on you? The little known fact is that Julius… Read More Applying Stephen Covey’s 1st Habit to College Teaching Prologue (function() { var po = document.createElement(‘script’); po.type = ‘text/javascript’; po.async = true; po.src =… 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 Frequent Student-Faculty Contact David Royse (2001) (see my References page) gives an especially good summary of Chickering and Gamson’s findings after many years of research into teaching and learning. Here are the seven principles as… Read More Adjunct Social Networking with Blogs A few weeks ago, I posted the following discussion question on the LinkedIn Group, Able Adjuncts: Adjunct Hurdles & Pitfalls – I want to help adjunct faculty avoid the pitfalls I have observed. What… 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 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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