1. You and Your Teaching Role
Joyce Weinsheimer,
Associate Director
for Faculty Development

2. Most teachers have been lifelong learners
Most teachers have been lifelong learners. At some point in these journeys, teacher need to develop a personal understanding of what learning and teaching mean.
Steve J. Thien

3. Ideas to Consider for “The Journey”

4. Shift the focus from you to your students.

5. Teach for learning. What do you want your students to know?
What do you want your students to understand?
What will your students be able to do with their knowledge at the end of the course?

6. Create Students that You Want to Teach
What attributes do you want students to exhibit?
My students will be…
• curious •
What behaviors do you want students to exhibit?
My students will…
• ask questions •

7. Recognize your domains of influence.
Curriculum
Classroom environment
Activities
Homework Assignments
Feedback and Evaluation
• Rules
• Modeling

8. Engage in the Art of Getting What You Want
• Experiment.
• Gather feedback.
• Adjust accordingly.

9. Good teaching is the creating of those circumstances that lead to significant learning in others. D.L. Finkel