Strategic Approaches for Impactful Teaching: Teaching and Learning MayDay Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning May 15, 2017

“Chains of habit are too weak to be felt until they are too strong to be broken’ Warren Buffet

“Many people die with their music still in them. Why is this so “Many people die with their music still in them. Why is this so? Too often it is because they are always getting ready to live. Before they know it, time runs out” Oliver Wendell Holmes

Impactful Teaching is anchored in good research, and the research says…

Impactful Teaching is anchored in good research, and the research says… Remember and reclaim ‘what inspires you’

Impactful Teaching is anchored in good research, and the research says… Promote Faculty Student Interaction

Impactful Teaching is anchored in good research, and the research says… Promote student-to-student interaction

Impactful Teaching is anchored in good research, and the research says… Promote active learning

Impactful Teaching is anchored in good research, and the research says… Communicate high expectations

Impactful Teaching is anchored in good research, and the research says… Vary instructional methods and facilitate time on task

Shifting Space & Time Different Space Same Time Collaborate/Skype Different Time Online Same Space Same Time Face-to-Face Same Space Different Time VR Field Trips, labs

Impactful Teaching is anchored in good research, and the research says… Develop authentic assessments and provide meaningful and timely feedback

Impactful Teaching is anchored in good research, and the research says… Embrace diversity and promote inclusion

Impactful Teaching is anchored in good research, and the research says… Embrace teachable moments and model the way for our students

Impactful Teaching is anchored in good research, and the research says… Invest in your professional development

Faculty Advisors and Professional Advisors: The subcommittee proposes a distinction between the roles and practices of professional advisors and faculty advisors/mentors. While both would be expected to offer advisees the basic characteristics and practices, the faculty advisor would assume a greater mentorship role, or one that is subject-specific Academic Advising Task Force April 16, 2015

Advising Roles & Responsibilities Source: Education Advisory Board (2016): Defining the Faculty Role in Student Success.

Enhancing the Impact of Advising More of… Less of… About the same… Professional Advisors Faculty Advisors Other’s

Learning is not a spectator sport “If I don’t’ know I don’t know, I think I know. If I don’t know I know, I think I don’t know.” (Laing, R.D (1970). Knots. London: Penguin.