Study Group / Committee Session04:00 PM - 05:30 PM (America/Chicago) 2020/11/08 22:00:00 UTC - 2020/11/08 23:30:00 UTC
As universities demand more of their faculty in teaching, research, and service, those who are teaching have increased responsibilities among already heavy teaching loads. Even contingent faculty without research and service expectations may teach across several institutions or have a large number of classes in one institution. Combined with all of this, faculty likely have family and personal responsibilities and the desire for self-care. For this reason, teaching and preparation can sometimes be stressful for faculty. This panel will present strategies for teaching methods that can be used by contingent and non-precarious faculty alike. Topics include tricks for giving students the tools they need to write better, quick grading strategies, handling heavy teaching loads within and across various institutions, ways to spread out and streamline the labor of grading and student feedback while maintaining high standards for that work, presenting diverse (and perhaps novel) ways of approaching the work such as student collaboration throughout the semester to create an on-line text/Wiki for the class, and negotiating work-life balance without sacrificing instructional integrity. Each panelist will give a short talk followed by an audience discussion of methods that they may have and wish to share. Panelists: Samantha Bassler (New York University and Rutgers University - Newark) Molly Breckling (University of West Georgia) Matilda Ertz (Youth Performing Arts School/University of Louisville) Luis-Manuel Garcia, (University of Birmingham) Brandi Neal (Coastal Carolina University)
