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Learning Your Students' Names

Hello! Welcome to the TEACH Blog! Each week (usually on Monday or Tuesday) I will post a new article or topic, generally related to SoTL or the job search, which we’d love for you to check out and discuss with us if you are interested. If you ever have any problem accessing the article or website, be...

Posted to TEACH Program (Weblog) by mmeixner on 09-02-2008
What They Didn't Teach You in Graduate School

Congratulations! You’re almost finished with the semester! Hopefully everything is running smoothly and wrapping up well now that you’ve completed your TEACH projects and requirements. Here is one more word of wisdom for this semester. Check out this article from The Chronicle on What They Didn’t Teach...

Posted to TEACH Program (Weblog) by mmeixner on 04-28-2008
TEACH Party!

Hello all! Be sure to check your email for information on the TEACH party! It'll be a great time, you won't want to miss it!

Posted to TEACH Program (Weblog) by mmeixner on 04-28-2008
Preparing Classes for Summer School

Many of you will be teaching classes this summer and may be beginning to think about preparing for your course. Whether you begin your preparations now or at after the semester is over, this article from the University of Virginia on Summer Session Strategies may be helpful as you start to prepare. Reminders...

Posted to TEACH Program (Weblog) by mmeixner on 04-14-2008
Reminders

TEACH applications are due by April 11 th . Please encourage your friends and colleagues to apply! Have you done your peer observations yet? Don’t forget to get these taken care of by the end of the semester! If you’re having any problems with your TEACH project, please let your consultant know! Posters...

Posted to TEACH Program (Weblog) by mmeixner on 04-07-2008
The Class Recap

Here is a Teaching Tip from the University of Virginia on an effective way to help students recap what was covered in class. In The Class Recap: Some Advantages of Regular E-mail Contact , Peter Capuano suggests that a brief email summarizing what happened in class that day or week can really help keep...

Posted to TEACH Program (Weblog) by mmeixner on 04-07-2008
Campus Interviews, Part 2

Last week’s blog discussed how and when to talk about your research interests in a campus interview. Here is another article from the Chronicle, Preparing for Campus Interviews , this one is more general than last weeks and it offers some great advice. You’ll notice a theme…preparation! Have you completed...

Posted to TEACH Program (Weblog) by mmeixner on 03-31-2008
Campus Interviews

Several of you are beginning or are continuing to go on campus interviews. As you prepare for this process, it is important to know when it is appropriate to discuss things like your dissertation or research interests. This posting from Tomorrow’s Professor offers insight into the Research Presentation...

Posted to TEACH Program (Weblog) by mmeixner on 03-24-2008
TEACH Website Suggestions

In the past couple of weeks we have been working on the TEACH website, and we would love to know what you think. Do you have any suggestions or recommendations for our website? What features on our site do you find to be the most helpful, or how could we improve things to make the site stronger? Is there...

Posted to TEACH Program (Weblog) by mmeixner on 03-17-2008
How to Avoid Burnout

It is getting to that point in the semester where people begin to get burned out. This is a great article from the Tomorrow’s Professor Listserv that talks about ways to Avoid Burnout . It offers some great advice that you might find helpful for your students as well as for yourself.

Posted to TEACH Program (Weblog) by mmeixner on 03-10-2008

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