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Monthly Archives: August 2010
Learning to say “no”
I know that academic workloads can be nuts. I’ve been an academic.
I also know that as an academic you have considerably more control over your work than many other professionals. Continue reading
Posted in Academic Culture, Work Habits
Tagged autonomy, David Phipps, no, prioritizing, taking responsibility, yes
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Eyes wide open
This post is part of a series on sessional teaching. The first installment: Because you need the money. The second: Because you need the experience The third: What if it’s not worth it? The fourth: Make sure sessional teaching develops … Continue reading
Make sure sessional teaching develops your skills
If the main reason to do sessional teaching is to gain experience, you might want to be proactive in ensuring that you get the most out of it.
Teaching can be very rewarding. However, the lack of compulsory training for teaching in higher education can also contribute to frustration.
If your main source of knowledge about how to do this is how you have been taught in the past, you have limited options when things aren’t working the way you’d like them to. You might also be a bit lost if you are facing a teaching situation you rarely faced as a student yourself. Continue reading
Posted in Career Planning, Teaching Skills
Tagged adjunct teaching, asking for help, mentors, sessional teaching, support groups, teaching, teaching and learning centres
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What if you decide it’s not worth it?
So what if you need to pay the rent but you’ve decided that maybe the particular sessional teaching opportunities available are not worth it. They aren’t going to give you experience you need, and they’ll take too much time away from other things that are more important to your career development.
What are your options? Continue reading