In this post, I offer 10 teaching tips for new college instructors. Find advice about course design, the 1st week, grading, & campus resources, starting...
Want your college class to be exceptional? These strategies will make your teaching more engaging, effective, and satisfying for you and your students.
Here are 8 videos that focus on teaching students college basics, writing, literature, & multimedia. Multiple free tools are also discussed!
Want your students to have rich, complex conversations about the texts they read? This method leads to the kinds of classroom discussions you thought only happened in college.
Creating a college course syllabus for the first time? There are multiple syllabus example elements in this blog post, along with my personal notes on them.
"I just finished my first year teaching at the college level. I'm embarrassed to say it, but I had a lot of behavior problems, and I don't know what to do about it."
Why I don't review the syllabus on the first day of class in high school and what I do instead. Fun first day of school activities and icebreakers!
Ken Bain has been studying teaching and great college teachers for years. He says they need to tailor their lessons and their teaching to individual students.
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1. The Intro 2. The Theories 3. The Diagnosis 4. Why I Teach Cool Do you ever receive an email that makes you so happy you forget to reply? Over the Christmas period, an instructor at a college in Alabama reached out to me and asked how I taught my…
Here's a resource round-up for new college instructors. I've listed my top blog posts full of teaching tips, tools, & resources. There's a new resource...
This blog is all about teaching tips, tools, ideas, and resources for new college instructors, especially grad students with teaching assistantships.
In this post, I offer 10 teaching tips for new college instructors. Find advice about course design, the 1st week, grading, & campus resources, starting...
In this post, I offer 10 teaching tips for new college instructors. Find advice about course design, the 1st week, grading, & campus resources, starting...
This post introduces a free workbook I've made that leads you through designing the first week of a college class. It's 69 pgs, w/ a series of posts/videos.
As the semester comes to an end, go through your own teaching reflection process with the help of the Google Slides semester review included in this post...
Here's a resource round-up for new college instructors. I've listed my top blog posts full of teaching tips, tools, & resources. There's a new resource...
Two factors have given lectures a bad name: overuse and poor execution. Let's deal with both.
Research based teaching strategies you can use today with a free printable chart.
Go beyond think-pair-share with ten discussion strategies that will engage your students in meaningful paired and small group discussions.
We all have those times when we only have 5 minutes before going to lunch, specials, leaving for the day, etc. Here are some quick GRAMMAR activities you can use to fill that time and still be teaching!!
Learn how to actually study in college. Following these steps will help you ace college classes.
