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

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At the university where I teach, a number of our students come from a home schooling environment. This is is the latest installment of the Toward Better Teaching advice column. Additionally, I am responsible for leading our faculty development team and teaching classes of my own.

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Inclusive Teaching Begins with Authenticity

Faculty Focus

Here’s an inconvenient truth about inclusive teaching: there are no quick fixes. It’s inconvenient because faculty are stressed. In other words, we need to take the time to create inclusive learning communities if we’re going to make the most of teaching and learning. Who are you to your students? Do they respect you?

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Inclusive Teaching Begins with Authenticity

Faculty Focus

Here’s an inconvenient truth about inclusive teaching: there are no quick fixes. It’s inconvenient because faculty are stressed. In other words, we need to take the time to create inclusive learning communities if we’re going to make the most of teaching and learning. Who are you to your students? Do they respect you?

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The Best Teaching Advice I Have Received

Faculty Focus

This article first appeared in The Teaching Professor on December 16, 2019 © Magna Publications. Try a FREE three-week trial of The Teaching Professor! Throughout my teaching career, I have asked numerous colleagues, mentors, and associates for their advice regarding excellent teaching. Watch others teach.

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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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The Best Teaching Advice I Have Received

Faculty Focus

This article first appeared in The Teaching Professor on December 16, 2019 © Magna Publications. Try a FREE three-week trial of The Teaching Professor! Throughout my teaching career, I have asked numerous colleagues, mentors, and associates for their advice regarding excellent teaching. Watch others teach.