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Checklist: Improving your teaching

Here is a list of items you should consider when improving you teaching.

Philosophy

• Do you know your teaching philosophy?
• Does your philosophy show in your course design?

Course design

• Do you know where your course fits in the curriculum?
• Have you established course goals and objectives?
• Do your teaching methods match your objectives as much as possible?
• Have you planned both formative and summative assessments for your students?
• Do those summative assessments reflect your teaching methods, course objectives, and teaching philosophy as much as possible?

Syllabus

• Does your syllabus accurately reflect your course and teaching philosophy?
• Does it give an accurate first impression of you and the course?

First day of class

• Have you reviewed the Sidebar: Preparing for your first day of class

Teaching Improvement Programs

• Have you considered consulting with the CTE or attending CTE workshops?
• Have you begun a Peer Coaching program or, at least, asked a colleague to view your course and give you feedback

Portfolio

• Have you begun collecting items for your teaching portfolio?