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Classroom Management: How to Teach Like a Pro

January 4-6, 2007

While most teachers are comfortable with the course content of what they are teaching, many do not feel they have been prepared in "how" to teach. Especially lacking is how to manage a classroom (how to handle absenteeism, tardiness, cheating, difficult students; how to set classroom expectations; how to write an effective syllabus).

This three-day workshop will focus on various issues of classroom management beginning with the first day of class, and will address issues such as:

	How to establish and maintain your credibility as the instructor from day one
	What to do that first crucial day of class to set class expectations
	How to convince students that your class is critical to their future success
	How to motivate students to take responsibility for their success or failure in class
	What classroom policies to include in your syllabus
	How to deal with those difficult students who come in late, disrupt class, sleep in class, dominate the class discussion, turn papers in late, etc
	Pros and cons of using teams; how to assign teams, grade assignments, and deal with complaints that team members are not doing their share
	How to prevent cheating and how to handle it if it does occur
	How to get responsible and useful feedback from students to improve your teaching

In addition, participants of this interactive workshop are encouraged to bring their questions about classroom management. At the end of the workshop, you should feel more confident about your ability to manage your classroom.

For college instructors of: all disciplines. The workshop would be particularly useful to those faculty members who are beginning their teaching careers, new faculty in the first few years out of their educational programs, or experienced faculty with questions as to how to manage this “new” generation of college students. In general, if you want to improve your classroom evaluations and become a better classroom manager, this workshop is for you. Prerequisites: none

Dr. Kirk is a Professor of Management at Drake University with 25 years of teaching experience in both large and small, public and private universities. She has conducted teaching workshops at Duke University, University of Washington, New Mexico State University, Grinnell College, University of Arkansas-Fort Smith, Drake University, and Metropolitan Community College, in addition to numerous academic conferences. She was the featured expert for the Chronicle of Higher Education’s online chat on classroom management on September 15, 2004, and has earned the prestigious Drake University Board of Governor’s “Excellence in Teaching” Award.

Email: Delaney.Kirk@drake.edu

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