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busy, but good. I'm so grateful to be back in person!

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busy, but good. I'm so grateful to be back in person!

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I feel like I have leveled up my teaching skills this semester, primarily with techniques from the TIPS training. Thank you. I am extremely grateful to be part of this program. Not only am I serving my students better, but I have more confidence and pride in my own work and in myself. Talk about a win/win!

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I feel like I have leveled up my teaching skills this semester, primarily with techniques from the TIPS training. Thank you. I am extremely grateful to be part of this program. Not only am I serving my students better, but I have more confidence and pride in my own work and in myself. Talk about a win/win!

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in my new prep, really worked hard to emphasize group work, and i LOVE the discussions they're having

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in my new prep, really worked hard to emphasize group work, and i LOVE the discussions they're having

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exhausting, but also glad to be in person

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exhausting, but also glad to be in person

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The responses I received to my “Start of Semester” survey (Week 3) have been so enlightening. I am humbled by the honesty and vulnerability that some of my students have shown to me - telling me about struggles they face in their lives, letting me know what I can do that can help them succeed, sharing with me their fears and the places where they feel successful. And it doesn’t hurt that many of them have expressed that what I’m doing in class is working well for them. 

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The responses I received to my “Start of Semester” survey (Week 3) have been so enlightening. I am humbled by the honesty and vulnerability that some of my students have shown to me - telling me about struggles they face in their lives, letting me know what I can do that can help them succeed, sharing with me their fears and the places where they feel successful. And it doesn’t hurt that many of them have expressed that what I’m doing in class is working well for them. 

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getting to know you surveys, quick check ins, next week I'll spend time with each student individually

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getting to know you surveys, quick check ins, next week I'll spend time with each student individually

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I made a few very simple changes to my Canvas page (adding text headers to create sections within each weekly module - “LAB MATERIALS AND QUIZ,” “LECTURE SLIDES,” “HOMEWORK,” “RESOURCES” - and adding an overview page with a sort of narrative description of what we’ll be doing in the course of the week. Several students have mentioned that the clarity of this is helpful for them. 

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I made a few very simple changes to my Canvas page (adding text headers to create sections within each weekly module - “LAB MATERIALS AND QUIZ,” “LECTURE SLIDES,” “HOMEWORK,” “RESOURCES” - and adding an overview page with a sort of narrative description of what we’ll be doing in the course of the week. Several students have mentioned that the clarity of this is helpful for them. 

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checked in w/ students w/ disability accommodations 3 weeks into the class - this is new and went well

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checked in w/ students w/ disability accommodations 3 weeks into the class - this is new and went well

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excellent.  ALL students more responsive/engaged this semester when work to create welcoming environment for those less outgoing students

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excellent.  ALL students more responsive/engaged this semester when work to create welcoming environment for those less outgoing students

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just keeping up! heatwave last week really sapped  productivity -- couldn't work from either office or home

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just keeping up! heatwave last week really sapped  productivity -- couldn't work from either office or home

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This is the daily quote that popped up in my planning app today: “If you want to lift yourself up, lift up someone else” ~ Booker T. Washington

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This is the daily quote that popped up in my planning app today: “If you want to lift yourself up, lift up someone else” ~ Booker T. Washington

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The "get to know you survey" helped me connect with the students better.  I sometimes see a smile on their face when they realize I read their responses carefully and learned from them.

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The "get to know you survey" helped me connect with the students better.  I sometimes see a smile on their face when they realize I read their responses carefully and learned from them.

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I always explain why we're doing the things we're doing and why we do them that way

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I always explain why we're doing the things we're doing and why we do them that way

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Another huge win . . . several students have missed a deadline for an assignment or quiz, and asked to do a make up. In all but one (very special) case, I’ve told them no. I’m being kind about it, and let them know their options for making up those points a different way. No one has seemed mad about this, and I feel like I’m really supporting them in being better able to manage their workload. At least I hope I am. (The “special case” is a young woman who witnessed the recent knife attack on campus . . . I figured I should allow her to make up the quiz she missed that night). 

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Another huge win . . . several students have missed a deadline for an assignment or quiz, and asked to do a make up. In all but one (very special) case, I’ve told them no. I’m being kind about it, and let them know their options for making up those points a different way. No one has seemed mad about this, and I feel like I’m really supporting them in being better able to manage their workload. At least I hope I am. (The “special case” is a young woman who witnessed the recent knife attack on campus . . . I figured I should allow her to make up the quiz she missed that night). 

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students are really interested in talking about careers and the future right now.... big picture big concepts big emotions

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students are really interested in talking about careers and the future right now.... big picture big concepts big emotions

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Student comment: How are things going so far this semester? “Everything that's going wrong is because of personal problems. I have been having an increasingly difficult time managing my adhd, which mixes with my poor work habits. I had to withdraw from my classes last semester as a last ditch effort for continuing to attend this school. I need to improve my study habits and manage my adhd asap. Or else everything will start to snowball and I will suffer the consequences. . . . I have adhd & anxiety and it sucks. I'm thankful I don't have any other issues, because I can barely manage the two I have.”

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Student comment: How are things going so far this semester? “Everything that's going wrong is because of personal problems. I have been having an increasingly difficult time managing my adhd, which mixes with my poor work habits. I had to withdraw from my classes last semester as a last ditch effort for continuing to attend this school. I need to improve my study habits and manage my adhd asap. Or else everything will start to snowball and I will suffer the consequences. . . . I have adhd & anxiety and it sucks. I'm thankful I don't have any other issues, because I can barely manage the two I have.”

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Student comment: What can I do to help you reach your goals in this class?: “I'm going to be completely honest; you've done so much for me to set up for success in these first three weeks. Posting the lecture slides as a Google slide has been extremely helpful because I can use a speech reader and that may be challenging in a PDF. I usually like to hear the things being read to me as I read along . . . I have nystagmus in both of my eyes (basically involuntary eye movement) making it hard for me to read or even see sometimes. You making course materials and reading accessible have been so nice!”

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Student comment: What can I do to help you reach your goals in this class?: “I'm going to be completely honest; you've done so much for me to set up for success in these first three weeks. Posting the lecture slides as a Google slide has been extremely helpful because I can use a speech reader and that may be challenging in a PDF. I usually like to hear the things being read to me as I read along . . . I have nystagmus in both of my eyes (basically involuntary eye movement) making it hard for me to read or even see sometimes. You making course materials and reading accessible have been so nice!”

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Student comment: How are things going for you so far this semester? “I would say things are going really well. One of my favorite things are the padlets. I have a lot of classes and some of them the professor doesn't even know I'm there. You doing the padlets and taking that time to interact with our thoughts and responses really helps me feel appreciated and seen.”

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Student comment: How are things going for you so far this semester? “I would say things are going really well. One of my favorite things are the padlets. I have a lot of classes and some of them the professor doesn't even know I'm there. You doing the padlets and taking that time to interact with our thoughts and responses really helps me feel appreciated and seen.”

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I am getting a lot of students, way more than pre-Covid, that cannot afford the materials for the course.

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I am getting a lot of students, way more than pre-Covid, that cannot afford the materials for the course.