Teaching Resources
What Matters Most?
ENGAGEMENT. Students are more likely to persist and learn if they 1) Establish meaningful relationships with faculty and staff. 2) Feel connected to the college. "I belong here." 3) Establish meaningful relationships with peers. 4) Make a connection between now and the future (goal setting). 5) Are active and engaged learners.
The research is clear. The key to persistence in new to college students is engagement.. If they work with other students on a project or assignment during class during the first three weeks of the semester... They are more likely to persist.If they work with other students outside of class on a class project or assignment during the first three weeks ... They are more likely to persist.
If they receive written or oral feedback from instructors on their performance during class during the first three weeks of the semester...They are more likely to persist.
14 Things You (The Instructor) Can Do During Those Critical First Three Weeks.
NEW: Student Engagement Page. Teaching Resources Blog.
Helping Teachers Teach...
What Is the Teaching Resources Web Site?
The Richland College Teaching Resources site is sponsored by the Council on Teaching and Learning. It's purpose is to support the work of teachers, offline and online, full and part time. Toward that end the site:
- Gathers disparate resources that help teachers teach.
- Provides quick access to the knowledge base of pedagogical practice at Richland.
- Opens up avenues of communication and inspiration that can lead to success for both teachers and students.
Super Index
Use the Super Index to Teaching Resources to locate resources on the Richland College site that will help you teach and your students learn. From info on cheating to workshops for faculty, everybody's bound to find something here they can use.
What are you currently doing to engage students outside the classroom?
Notes from the Spring 2007 Adjunct Faculty Convocation. "Creating a Climate of Faculty-Student Engagement
Discipline Breakout Session Dialogue."
January 11, 2007
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