Preparing to Teach

Before the Term Begins

• Creating a Syllabus
• Preparing Readings/Ordering Books
• The Physical Classroom
  /Equipment
• The First Day of Class
• Planning a Class Session
• The Role of the Teaching/Course Assistant
• Using Chalk and Other Technologies in the Classroom

Course Design Tools

• SERC Cutting Edge Course Design Tutorial (Carleton)
• Michael Woolcock - Constructing A Syllabus (Brown University)
• Teaching Goals Inventory (University of Iowa)

In The Classroom

Classroom Administration

• Grading and Tests
• Office Hours
• Taking Attendance

Pedagogical Methods

• The Discussion Class
• The Lecture Class
• Collaborative Learning
• Using the Blackboard
• Fostering Critical Thinking

Challenges in the Classroom

• Cheating/Academic Dishonesty
• Problem Students
• Diversity Issues

Assessing and Improving

Evaluating Your Teaching

• Student Feedback/Third Party Feedback

Documenting Your Teaching (Teaching Portfolio)

• Teaching Philosophy/Teaching Statement
• Creating a Complete Teaching Portfolio

The Profession of Teaching

• What Little I Think I Know About Teaching—Wayne Booth
• The Necessary Lie: Duplicity in the Disciplines —Jonathan Z. Smith
• The Nine and a Half Commandments of Good Teaching—Robert A. Ferguson

Further Resources Outside the Center on...

• Writing Letters of Recommendation
  • Writing Your First Letter of Recommendation: Tips for Teachers (Harvard)
  • Writing Letters of Recommendation (Harvard)
  • Writimg Letters of Recommendation (from Stanford's Teaching at Stanford Handbook) (PDF)
• Laboratory Teaching
  • Laboratory Teaching (from Stanford's Teaching at Stanford Handbook) (PDF)
  • The TA in Laboratory Classes (from Stanford's Teaching at Stanford Handbook) (PDF)
• Microteaching (Practice Teaching)
  • What is Microteaching? (Harvard)
  • Teaching Fellows Talk about Microteaching (Harvard)
• Laboratory Teaching
  • Laboratory Teaching (from Stanford's Teaching at Stanford Handbook) (PDF)
  • The TA in Laboratory Classes (from Stanford's Teaching at Stanford Handbook) (PDF)

• Evaluating Student Learning
  • Learning Assessment for Teaching Technology (University of Wisconsin)
  • Classroom Assessment Techniques (Southern Illinois University)
• Classroom Assessment Techniques
  • In-Course Assessment (from Stanford's Teaching at Stanford Handbook) (PDF)
  • Classroom Assesment Techniques (Honolulu)
  • Classroom Assessment Examples (Honolulu)
  • Teaching Goals Inventory (University of Iowa)
• Videotaping as a Tool for Teaching
  • Eight Teaching Fellows Tell What It's Like to be Videotaped (Harvard)
  • Videotaping: A Tool for Teachers (Harvard)
  • Viewing Guide for Videotaped Classes (Northwestern) (Word Document)