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199 mistakes new college professors make and how to prevent them : insider secrets to avoid classroom blunders / Kimberly Sarmiento.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Sarmiento, Kimberly, 1975- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- College teachers--Handbooks, manuals, etc.
- College teachers.
- College teaching--Handbooks, manuals, etc.
- College teaching.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (276 pages) : illustrations
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Other Title:
- One hundred and ninety-nine mistakes new college professors make and how to prevent them
- Place of Publication:
- Ocala, Florida : Atlantic Publishing Group, Inc., [2016]
- Summary:
- This book is the ultimate guide for the new college instructor. It teaches you how to handle your nerves and work effectively with young adults and all ages of college students. Classroom management, syllabus creation, grading and assessment are also covered. Atlantic Publishing is a small, independent publishing company based in Ocala, Florida. Founded over twenty years ago in the company presidentâe(tm)s garage, Atlantic Publishing has grown to become a renowned resource for non-fiction books. Today, over 450 titles are in print covering subjects such as small business, healthy living, management, finance, careers, and real estate. Atlantic Publishing prides itself on producing award winning, high-quality manuals that give readers up-to-date, pertinent information, real-world examples, and case studies with expert advice. Every book has resources, contact information, and web sites of the products or companies discussed.
- Contents:
- Intro
- Author Dedication
- Table of Contents
- INTRODUCTION
- PART ONE
- CLASSROOM MANAGEMENT & DISCIPLINE
- CHAPTER 1
- Leadership Strategies for Teachers
- What is Your Management Style?
- MISTAKE 1
- Letting students direct your class…
- MISTAKE 2
- Not setting goals for your students…
- MISTAKE 3
- Being too relaxed…
- MISTAKE 4
- Wanting to be everyone's favorite professor…
- MISTAKE 5
- Connecting with your students over social media…
- CHAPTER 2
- The Importance of Professionalism
- MISTAKE 6
- Letting students call you by your first name…
- MISTAKE 7
- Not being mindful of your appearance…
- MISTAKE 8
- Using contemporary slang…
- MISTAKE 9
- Fraternizing with students…
- MISTAKE 10
- Dating or sleeping with a student…
- MISTAKE 11
- Mixing it up with the class clown…
- MISTAKE 12
- Responding harshly to a disrespectful student…
- MISTAKE 13
- Responding emotionally to a personal attack…
- MISTAKE 14
- Overcompensating for your perceived shortcomings…
- CHAPTER 3
- Communications Strategies for Teachers
- MISTAKE 15
- Not using visual aids…
- MISTAKE 16
- Using words or language your students do not understand…
- MISTAKE 17
- Being unwilling to explain yourself…
- MISTAKE 18
- Not admitting if you are wrong…
- MISTAKE 19
- Not admitting when you do not know an answer…
- MISTAKE 20
- Using sarcasm…
- MISTAKE 21
- Not setting a discussion boundary…
- CHAPTER 4
- Maintaining Control of Your Classroom
- Ways Not To Discipline - Ever
- MISTAKE 22
- Using ridicule to get a student in line…
- MISTAKE 23
- Cursing…
- MISTAKE 24
- Yelling…
- MISTAKE 25
- Getting physical…
- MISTAKE 26
- Locking students in/out…
- Punishment that Might Create Resentment
- MISTAKE 27
- Using group punishment…
- MISTAKE 28
- Assigning extra work as punishment…
- MISTAKE 29.
- Forgetting to reward good behavior…
- PART TWO
- CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT & DELIVERY
- CHAPTER 5
- Planning & Preparation
- MISTAKE 30
- Selecting required reading that is costly…
- MISTAKE 31
- Selecting required reading that is too hard to find…
- MISTAKE 32
- Not planning out your lectures and tests for the semester…
- MISTAKE 33
- Not communicating a curriculum plan in your syllabus…
- MISTAKE 34
- Not detailing your academic/grading policies in the syllabus…
- MISTAKE 35
- Not providing students with office hours and contact information…
- MISTAKE 36
- Not anticipating extra students in your class …
- MISTAKE 37
- Not emailing your students before the semester begins…
- CHAPTER 6
- Fairness & Consistency
- Student Equality
- MISTAKE 38
- Letting your smartest students direct the class…
- MISTAKE 39
- Letting "big" personalities overshadow you…
- MISTAKE 40
- Glossing over "easy" material…
- MISTAKE 41
- Being too hard on students who ask too many questions…
- Avoiding Inconsistencies
- MISTAKE 42
- Being relaxed one day and firm the next…
- MISTAKE 43
- Showing favoritism…
- MISTAKE 44
- Showing dislike for a student…
- MISTAKE 45
- Letting one student do everything on "group" assignments…
- CHAPTER 7
- Being Available to Your Students
- MISTAKE 46
- Not being available for questions before or after class…
- MISTAKE 47
- Not having convenient office hours and communicating them to the students…
- MISTAKE 48
- Not communicating via email or social media…
- MISTAKE 49
- Not having a web page or not using it to communicate with students…
- MISTAKE 50
- Not knowing if your students have special needs…
- CHAPTER 8
- Selecting & Structuring Curriculum
- MISTAKE 51
- Not doing what you do best…
- MISTAKE 52
- Making a grade completely dependent on test results…
- MISTAKE 53.
- Not using a diverse mix of questions on your tests…
- MISTAKE 54
- Not using a mix of quizzes, papers, or essays in your grading…
- MISTAKE 55
- Not encouraging discussion in smaller classes…
- MISTAKE 56
- Not keeping a bank of test questions saved for later use…
- CHAPTER 9
- Teaching Facts, Skills, & Concepts
- MISTAKE 57
- Getting frustrated with students who are not grasping the material and are not ready to move on…
- MISTAKE 58
- Being opposed to re-teaching facts or concepts students should already know…
- MISTAKE 59
- Not reviewing after short school breaks…
- MISTAKE 60
- Expecting every student to come into class with the same knowledge or skills…
- MISTAKE 61
- Thinking a student is slow because they are lacking a certain skill set…
- MISTAKE 62
- Thinking students love your subject as much as you do…
- MISTAKE 63
- Underestimating how hard the subject matter is to learn…
- CHAPTER 10
- Tests & Homework
- MISTAKE 64
- Forgetting what it is like to be a student…
- MISTAKE 65
- Assigning too much work…
- MISTAKE 66
- Not allowing more than one day to complete homework…
- MISTAKE 67
- Assigning work that your students cannot yet grasp …
- MISTAKE 68
- Not spacing out test and project due dates…
- MISTAKE 69
- Assigning tests on game days or too close to holidays…
- Fair Testing
- MISTAKE 70
- Only giving tests that leverage one way of learning…
- MISTAKE 71
- Not using a "curve"…
- MISTAKE 72
- Creating overly complex tests…
- MISTAKE 73
- Not allowing enough time for students to complete a test…
- MISTAKE 74
- Making too many assumptions about what your students already know…
- CHAPTER 11
- Identifying & Dealing with Cheating
- MISTAKE 75
- Punishing the wrong student for cheating…
- MISTAKE 76
- Handling plagiarism…
- MISTAKE 77
- Not creating multiple versions of a test…
- MISTAKE 78.
- Not having enough people present when proctoring an exam…
- MISTAKE 79
- Not requiring a clear workspace during testing…
- CHAPTER 12
- Grading
- MISTAKE 80
- Using competitive grading…
- MISTAKE 81
- Not giving the student the grade they earned…
- MISTAKE 82
- Being unwilling to fail a student…
- MISTAKE 83
- Not grading participation…
- MISTAKE 84
- Not giving extra credit…
- MISTAKE 85
- Not giving all of your students the chance to do extra credit…
- MISTAKE 86
- Not leveraging what a student excels in to help them with their weak areas…
- MISTAKE 87
- Not keeping track of grades well…
- MISTAKE 88
- Not frequently communicating grades to students …
- MISTAKE 89
- Grading on trigger warning labeled material…
- MISTAKE 90
- Being too concerned about student evaluations when assigning grades to students…
- MISTAKE 91
- Giving yourself too much work to grade…
- CHAPTER 13
- Managing Distractions
- High-Tech Distractions
- MISTAKE 92
- Not having a policy about cell phones…
- MISTAKE 93
- Not having a policy about tablets/laptops…
- MISTAKE 94
- Not knowing exactly what to do in case of a fire, bomb threats, etc…
- CHAPTER 14
- Overcoming Outside Challenges to Learning
- MISTAKE 95
- Not tailoring work for a student with a physical or learning disability…
- MISTAKE 96
- Permitting sexual harassment…
- MISTAKE 97
- Flirting with students…
- MISTAKE 98
- Not dealing with a constantly sick student…
- MISTAKE 99
- Acting like sports do not affect your classroom…
- PART THREE
- RELATIONSHIPS
- CHAPTER 15
- Relating to Students who are Different from You
- MISTAKE 100
- Continuing the Extrovert vs. Introvert war…
- MISTAKE 101
- Not understanding or respecting different religions…
- MISTAKE 102
- Trying to impose your political beliefs on your students…
- MISTAKE 103.
- Letting stereotypes show up in your classroom…
- MISTAKE 104
- Treating men and women differently…
- MISTAKE 105
- Not protecting homosexual students…
- MISTAKE 106
- Allowing students to make fun of particular accents or cultures…
- MISTAKE 107
- Assuming a student needs extra help if he or she is from another country or culture…
- MISTAKE 108
- Not using different teaching methods…
- CHAPTER 16
- Teaching Family
- MISTAKE 109
- Not making administration aware of the relationship…
- MISTAKE 110
- Letting a relative call you by a name the other students cannot use…
- MISTAKE 111
- Working too hard not to show favoritism…
- CHAPTER 17
- Relating to Other Teachers or Campus Staff
- MISTAKE 112
- Not asking for guidance if you need it…
- MISTAKE 113
- Getting involved in campus politics…
- MISTAKE 114
- Not valuing department staff and technical resources…
- MISTAKE 115
- Getting caught up in gossip…
- MISTAKE 116
- Passing along a false allegation…
- CHAPTER 18
- Connecting with Students
- MISTAKE 117
- Not getting to know your students…
- MISTAKE 118
- Letting your religion get in the way…
- MISTAKE 119
- Not allowing for casual conversation…
- MISTAKE 120
- Not attending extra-curricular activities…
- MISTAKE 121
- Not telling personal stories…
- MISTAKE 122
- Not including classroom discussion…
- MISTAKE 123
- Not helping students from poorer backgrounds keep up with the class…
- CHAPTER 19
- Serving as a Reference
- MISTAKE 124
- Not knowing the difference between the professional letter of recommendation and the academic letter of recommendation…
- MISTAKE 125
- Writing a letter of recommendation when you cannot positively endorse the candidate…
- MISTAKE 126
- Writing a letter of recommendation if you do not know enough about the person to endorse them properly….
- MISTAKE 127.
- Agreeing to write a letter of recommendation if you do not have time….
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 267-268) and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 1-60138-968-X
- OCLC:
- 1097973958
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