Class Management

October 28, 2024

Making a Comeback: How to Get Back on Track After a Rocky Start to the Semester

Reading Time: 5 minutes Did you get off to a rocky start to the semester? Finding it challenging to connect with your students to foster a productive learning environment...

Build Community/Class Management/Teaching

June 24, 2024

Ready, Set, Teach! Navigating pre-class jitters and set-up

Reading Time: 3 minutes You’ve got your lesson planned, your water bottle filled, and your slides ready, but still, you’ve got butterflies in your stomach as you approach the...

Class Management/In-person/Reflective Practice/Teaching

April 16, 2024

Children in the Classroom

Reading Time: 5 minutes By Sara Kafashan and Lauren Spring Thinking about student parents Some of you may have combined studying and parenting and you know how many challenges...

Accessible Learning/Class Management/Equity and Inclusion/Teaching

February 16, 2024

Managing Classroom PPE and Safety Protocols

Reading Time: 3 minutes This post addresses managing the classroom with respect to the use of personal protective equipment use, discussing safety protocols with students, and responding to safety situations and incidents.

Class Management/In-person/Teaching

January 16, 2024

Promote Student Self-Monitoring in an Asynchronous Online Course

Reading Time: 3 minutes You begin teaching an asynchronous online course, and you have taken the initiative to welcome your students with an announcement and welcome video. Now, as...

Class Management/Online Asynchronous

November 14, 2023

Strategies and scripts you can use when encountering common classroom management challenges

Reading Time: < 1 minute At one point or another in your teaching career, you’re likely to encounter classroom management challenges. Some of the most common include: Our team has...

Active Learning and Engagement/Class Management/Teaching

November 8, 2023

Teaching In Person: Delivery Skills

Reading Time: 3 minutes This tip will provide suggestions for combining space, technology, and your own presence to help capture and hold your students’ attention.

Class Management/Teaching

September 4, 2023

Language Use in the Conestoga Classroom

Reading Time: 6 minutes This tip is to guide you in exploring how your comments and practices regarding use of the students’ first language (L1) in the classroom may impact an international student’s first experiences in Canada.

Class Management/Diversity/Teaching International Students

July 5, 2023

When Students are Non-Responsive in Synchronous Online Classes

Reading Time: 6 minutes It can feel confusing or frustrating if a student attends your synchronous online class but does not join a breakout room or reply to you...

Class Management/Teaching

March 17, 2023

When Students are Absent From Class

Reading Time: 6 minutes Ideas for ways to promote attendance and respond to absence. Use these tips throughout the semester.

Build Community/Class Management

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