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How to Write a Syllabus

…syllabus. Although this doesn’t guarantee that they read the syllabus, it may provide you with some legal protection should a student or parent appeal something later on. Course Syllabus Template If you want to get your syllabus done quickly, my Syllabus Template will help you knock it out in no time. It includes an editable Microsoft Word template using the same style shown in the above screenshots, my own 6-page sample syllabus that can help you envision and craft your finished product, and a Syllabus Acceptance Form you can use to collect student signatures acknowledging receipt. There’s a lot more…

Episode 65: Five Ways College Teachers Can Improve Their Instruction

…is to talk to your colleagues, your colleagues, especially if you have never taught before. Chances are the program head or the chair will give you the syllabus of the previous person that’s taught the course, or they may get to put you in touch with a professor that is teaching the same section as you. I would say definitely get in touch with that professor, with one of your colleagues that’s teaching that same course or even someone teaching within the same program and talk to them, talk about what is your typical student in terms of demographics. Chances…

Managing Misbehavior in the College Classroom

…classes went well, I did have some students whose behavior made me think, Seriously? You’re in college? Coming from a middle school environment, I expected behavior to be a non-issue at the college level, so going in, I didn’t even think to address behavior in my course syllabus. That was a mistake: Many college students still need lots of guidance about appropriate and respectful behavior in the classroom. Quick Fixes for Classroom Disruption First off, I’d advise you to use proximity. If you stay at the front of the room the whole time, students know they can pursue other activities…

Episode 12: How Your Nonverbals Impact Your Teaching

…of any community is how do we get along together. We’re diverse. Some of us are cranky, some of us are not, introverted, extroverted. Okay, so let’s set up some rules. Now here’s the way I normally — And I just set up in the syllabus a normal set of behaviors which I feel are very important. With some experience, you’re an experienced person hopefully and you say “To get this….Over the past few years I noticed that these rules are really important to get progress, again for us to move on and get progress against the content. Here’s what…

Episode 61: Seven Systems that Work for Outside-the-Box Learners

…really have to patiently sit down with them to update the planner often. GONZALEZ: Got it. So there needs to be … Now I’m seeing that theme kind of running through all of these, is that there needs to be regular check-ups on these things. PERLER: Yes. GONZALEZ: Got it. PERLER: And you generally want to check the teacher website. You want to check the syllabus, if it’s a class that has a syllabus. And as far as speaking to teachers is concerned, I sit in a lot of IEP, 504, RtI meetings, and there is a huge, huge difference…

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EduTip 1: Don’t make reading and listening compete.

Sponsored by Reading Progress in Teams. This is a mistake I see so many teachers, speakers, and other presenters make, and it’s so easy to fix! Here’s the problem: We give our students something to read—it might be a handout, a syllabus, a brand-new assignment, a PowerPoint slide, a website—you get the idea. And ostensibly we want them to read the thing. But then we start talking. And some of us talk and talk and never stop, the whole time these poor kids are supposed to be reading the thing we just gave them. I don’t know about you, but my…

Episode 149: Nine Ways Online Teaching Should Be Different from Face-to-Face

…somewhere so that people can constantly be checking. It’s almost like if I go to a website for a car wash or something, they’re going to have their hours listed at the bottom where I can always look them up. KITCHEN: Absolutely. So we recommend a learning hub. I’ve already mentioned Google Classroom. If you use Schoology or Microsoft Teams or some other sort of learning management system. That’s kind of the home base where everyone can receive the information. You could post a syllabus with that information. But all of the expectations should be evident and posted for both…

Book Pick for Summer 2015: Make it Stick

…benefit from reading this book, which not only presents thoroughly grounded research but does so in an eminently readable way that is accessible even to students.” ~ James M. Lang, Chronicle of Higher Education “If I could, I would assign all professors charged with teaching undergraduates one book: Make It Stick: The Science of Successful Learning… It lays out what we know about the science of learning in clear, accessible prose. Every educator―and parent, and student, and professional―ought to have it on their own personal syllabus.” ~ Annie Murphy Paul, The Brilliant Blog Want to join me? So if you…