struture
i like struture and rules that are not confusing and every body follow
Lauri,
This is a unique approach that others should consider. Thanks for sharing this.
Jeffrey Schillinger
Our campus has created a "Homework/Study Lab" for the students. This is a 2 hour window where faculty members are assigned different days and course content, usually one day/week (up to 4-5 days available to the students). This is an opportunity for students to make up missed class time and content. It is also for doing homework or tutoring. The students are required to fill out a form and it is then signed off by the instructor and then turned in to the Registrar. We previously called this "Tutoring" but felt that it had a negative connotation with students feeling they were not "smart" or as good as the other students. We have seen this improve especially by having the lab after class. Students has mentioned this is helpful since once they leave the campus they tend to put off homework/assignments and feel they have a place to go without being distracted at home. We have seen students that were very shaky to exceeding expectations. This has been a great success do to the teamwork of all the staff and faculty.
The one thing that I have found is that as long as you enforce them you dont have to have too many. Also as long as they know that you mean business, it tends to change things
the number of rules isnt important. The important thing is that you are consistent in the way we handle the rules. Structure is a great idea but if your structure is majestic but built on a soft foundation, you are in trouble.
Thank you, Daniel.
Many faculty members establish "rules' they believe will help their students to be more successful.
What are a few of your rules?
How do these rules benefit your students?
