1. Rock the Classroom! Strategies for Teaching Excellence
Professional Development Conference June 15, 2016 MSU Denver

2. Encourage Choice
Provide a list of options and then have students choose:
The book they read
The due date of a paper or presentation
The topic of their research
Help write exam questions
Help set class norms and culture

3. Encourage Creativity!

4. Devil’s Advocate
Show examples from Ethics and Multicul, Intro

5. Scratch Quiz!

13. 35 Word Summary
One point: The summary was 35 words (or less, but no more)
One point: The student captured the author’s message
One point: The student expressed understanding of the author’s purpose
One point: The student used complete sentences (did not list or bullet the ideas from the article)
One point: The student was concise and the summary well written

14. What does your syllabus say about your course?
Highly structured, lots of rules?
or inviting, enthusiastic and offering choices?

21. Syllabus Quiz
1. How many pages should your first paper be? 2. Under what circumstances do I accept late papers? 3. When are my office hours? 4. Which learning objectives most appeal to you? 5. What teaching methods are acceptable for doing your class presentations? 6. What should you do if you miss a class?

22. Wrapping up a class session
When opening up a class discussion the instructor can act as the scribe, making notes on the board from student comments.
Play “popcorn” to wrap up a class

23. Contact Information
Lynann “Annie” Butler, MA, LPC, CAC III