FIVE GUIDELINES FOR SUCCESSFUL TEACHING
1. Establish a Community of Learners and
Create a High-Challenge, Low-Risk
Classroom from
Day 1
 Use an
icebreaker the first day to help students feel comfortable
in the classroom; name placards made by folding 8 1/2 x 11 card
stock in half can be used on tables to help you and other
students learn names.
Create
guidelines for the classroom experience, perhaps discussing
Understanding the Academy.
2. Avoid the Top 10 Teaching Mistakes
Read
Mistakes
1-10 and
67 Mistakes, thinking
about your own classroom and what you might do to avoid these
mistakes.
3. Provide Help As Needed for Your Students
If a
student is struggling in your class, discuss with the student
how to find help before it's too late!
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Free Tutoring through the Advising
Center (Student Services building)
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Counseling and Disability Services
(Arlene Cook
in the Advising Center)
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Front-loading the Consequences of Cheating:
Understanding
Plagiarism,
Plagiarism in the
Digital Age
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GALILEO help (and you can schedule classes in the
library for help there, too--call 248-2590 for librarian
help)
4. Keep Track of Attendance
and Student Records
Attendance MUST be reported in Banner for first week
attendance by the deadline. In addition, keep careful records of
the last day attended of students who quit coming to class. All
class material should be archived for two years--if you move,
please turn in your archives to the division.
Have
students sign in for every class on a sign-in sheet.
See the
Faculty Manual (Arts & Sciences or Learning Support) for
BANNER instructions for printing your roster, checking
the academic history/test scores of your students, and reporting
attendance, midterm grades, and final grades.
5. Find the
Joy in
Your Teaching
Try
something new!
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