One of my classes this semester focuses on helping peer writing center consultants frame their tutoring experience in job and grad school application materials and interviews. With COVID-19 looming over everything this semester, making job markets and grad school prospects even more uncertain than usual, and my students extremely anxious about the future, I endedContinue reading “Teaching Failure and Recording My Own Failures”
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What place does grading rigor have during COVID-19?
My own grading practices have shifted quite a bit over the past few years toward what seems to be now called “compassionate grading,” which aims to eliminate less important assignments, allow students flexible deadlines, and provide more support for students to meet learning outcomes. I’ve seen “compassionate grading” recommended as a response to the suddenContinue reading “What place does grading rigor have during COVID-19?”
Reducing time spent on teaching prep
Reducing the time you spend on teaching prep frees up time to put toward other things, like research or writing or family or whatever. Tonya Boza observes I have been teaching at the university level for over a decade, and have learned that there is not a direct relationship between the numbers of hours youContinue reading “Reducing time spent on teaching prep”
