Tremayne Simpson

Julia,

You have raised an excellent point. Instructor collaboration is a key component to ensuring that the students will receive a consistent academic experienc, no matter which section of the course they select. At our campus, we have quarterly curriculum meetings, in which instructors can share their syllabi, lesson plans and activities with peer faculty members. Instructionals styles may differ as long as the learning objectives are met in the course.

Tremayne Simpson

Julia Mims e

I have been in the place of not being as prepared as I would like. My situation is not being totally sure how much information is enough. I have questions where other instructors that teach the same course give more or less information than I and then i feel I may be over doing it or shorting the students. My question is how to know the amount of information that is needed for an particular class? How can we as instructors get on the same page concerning what information to give to the students across the board? Teaching differently is not teaching less!

Tremayne Simpson

Magdalena,

I agree. In addition, preparation can speak to the instructor's overall credibility with their students. If an instructor is perceived to be "unprepared", the students may question their qualifications for teaching the course.

Tremayne Simpson

Magdalena Moore

I agree that planning a lesson is important. However, im not sure how a class would go if there wasn't structure or plan to it. There needs to be some soret of plan in order to have a successful class, where students are engaged and material is recieved well.

Magdalena Moore

Tremayne Simpson

Toufik,

I agree with your statement. In addition, providing students with lesson plans can create an indirect expectation of organization for the course. In most cases, students can respect an organized instructor and may emulate the approach, in regards to submission of assignments and class preparedness.

Tremayne Simpson