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What Homeschooling During COVID-19 Taught Me About My College Teaching

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Additionally, I am responsible for leading our faculty development team and teaching classes of my own. I have felt like a failure some of the time. This role also has me reading around 20 articles a day and attempting to synthesize what I learned in some meaningful way.

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Inclusive Teaching Begins with Authenticity

Faculty Focus

They face pressures in their research, service, and increasingly in their teaching that the pandemic has made almost unbearable, and there seems to be no end in sight when it comes to the new tools, technologies, tips, and programs that faculty developers are rolling out to “support” their career advancement.

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Why Data Alone Won’t Improve Retention

Faculty Focus

While retention rates may point to the success or failure of a program or intervention, they do not provide the rich, qualitative insights needed to understand why students leave or stay. Conley is an accomplished educator and higher education leader, currently serving as the Dean of Teaching and Learning at Ivy Tech Community College.

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Why Data Alone Won’t Improve Retention

Faculty Focus

While retention rates may point to the success or failure of a program or intervention, they do not provide the rich, qualitative insights needed to understand why students leave or stay. Conley is an accomplished educator and higher education leader, currently serving as the Dean of Teaching and Learning at Ivy Tech Community College.

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Inclusive Teaching Begins with Authenticity

Faculty Focus

They face pressures in their research, service, and increasingly in their teaching that the pandemic has made almost unbearable, and there seems to be no end in sight when it comes to the new tools, technologies, tips, and programs that faculty developers are rolling out to “support” their career advancement.

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Motivational Force: Building a Foundation for Student Success

Faculty Focus

Students with sufficient margin between these competing forces have the capacity to take on new challenges, including the hard work of learning; students with insufficient margin fall into overwhelm and have a higher rate of failure. References Ash, S. L., & Clayton, P.

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The Best Teaching Advice I Have Received

Faculty Focus

Take the time to visit the classrooms of other teachers and talk with them about their teaching successes and failures. Whether it’s negative or positive, you can always learn something from watching others teach. Borrow appropriately from other teachers.