Module 3: Becoming a Teacher
Learning Outcomes
This module focuses on how to become a skilled and versatile teacher. You will explore teaching and think about your own practice.
Estimated time to completion: 3 hours
Activities
Teaching Jigsaw: Explore the conversations in higher education that are happening in either NCFDD or educational literature. Choose one or more articles, books, or other resources on teaching in higher education that interest you. Spend about an hour reading. Be ready to tell your colleagues a few of the highlights about what you read. A few places you might find these resources are:
- The National Center for Faculty Development & Diversity (NCFDD). (Create your free account via the CFDA if you haven't done so already.)
- The Chronicle of Higher Education (You'll sign in with your University credentials.)
- Searching the Auraria Library's "Start my Research" box for ebooks on teaching in higher education
- Search online -- plenty of faculty maintain websites and/or blogs on creative teaching they do in higher education (1 hour)
You may also want to explore the CU Denver Center for Excellence in Teaching & Learning's offerings. You're welcome to participate in their workshops.
Write your Teaching Philosophy Statement. Check out this model teaching philosophy from the University of Western Ontario. If you haven't taught a course yet, that's okay! Focus on learning what goes into a teaching philosophy statement and think about what your want to be as a teacher (1 hour).
We'll gather together at the CFDA for coffee (1 hour) after you complete this module. Some things we'll discuss:
- Interesting ideas & trends you read about
- Your teaching philosophy
- How you can continue to develop in your teaching
- Ways to ask colleagues for feedback on your teaching & use that feedback for additional growth
See you there!