199 Mistakes New College Instructors Make and How to Prevent Them Insiders Secrets to Avoid Classroom Blunders.

Intro -- Author Dedication -- Table of Contents -- INTRODUCTION -- PART ONE -- CLASSROOM MANAGEMENT & DISCIPLINE -- CHAPTER 1 -- Leadership Strategies for Teachers -- What is Your Management Style? -- MISTAKE 1 -- Letting students direct your class… -- MISTAKE 2 -- Not setting goals for your students… -- MISTAKE 3 -- Being too relaxed… -- MISTAKE 4 -- Wanting to be everyone's favorite professor… -- MISTAKE 5 -- Connecting with your students over social media… -- CHAPTER 2 -- The Importance of Professionalism -- MISTAKE 6 -- Letting students call you by your first name… -- MISTAKE 7 -- Not being mindful of your appearance… -- MISTAKE 8 -- Using contemporary slang… -- MISTAKE 9 -- Fraternizing with students… -- MISTAKE 10 -- Dating or sleeping with a student… -- MISTAKE 11 -- Mixing it up with the class clown… -- MISTAKE 12 -- Responding harshly to a disrespectful student… -- MISTAKE 13 -- Responding emotionally to a personal attack… -- MISTAKE 14 -- Overcompensating for your perceived shortcomings… -- CHAPTER 3 -- Communications Strategies for Teachers -- MISTAKE 15 -- Not using visual aids… -- MISTAKE 16 -- Using words or language your students do not understand… -- MISTAKE 17 -- Being unwilling to explain yourself… -- MISTAKE 18 -- Not admitting if you are wrong… -- MISTAKE 19 -- Not admitting when you do not know an answer… -- MISTAKE 20 -- Using sarcasm… -- MISTAKE 21 -- Not setting a discussion boundary… -- CHAPTER 4 -- Maintaining Control of Your Classroom -- Ways Not To Discipline - Ever -- MISTAKE 22 -- Using ridicule to get a student in line… -- MISTAKE 23 -- Cursing… -- MISTAKE 24 -- Yelling… -- MISTAKE 25 -- Getting physical… -- MISTAKE 26 -- Locking students in/out… -- Punishment that Might Create Resentment -- MISTAKE 27 -- Using group punishment… -- MISTAKE 28 -- Assigning extra work as punishment… -- MISTAKE 29.

Forgetting to reward good behavior… -- PART TWO -- CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT & DELIVERY -- CHAPTER 5 -- Planning & Preparation -- MISTAKE 30 -- Selecting required reading that is costly… -- MISTAKE 31 -- Selecting required reading that is too hard to find… -- MISTAKE 32 -- Not planning out your lectures and tests for the semester… -- MISTAKE 33 -- Not communicating a curriculum plan in your syllabus… -- MISTAKE 34 -- Not detailing your academic/grading policies in the syllabus… -- MISTAKE 35 -- Not providing students with office hours and contact information… -- MISTAKE 36 -- Not anticipating extra students in your class … -- MISTAKE 37 -- Not emailing your students before the semester begins… -- CHAPTER 6 -- Fairness & Consistency -- Student Equality -- MISTAKE 38 -- Letting your smartest students direct the class… -- MISTAKE 39 -- Letting "big" personalities overshadow you… -- MISTAKE 40 -- Glossing over "easy" material… -- MISTAKE 41 -- Being too hard on students who ask too many questions… -- Avoiding Inconsistencies -- MISTAKE 42 -- Being relaxed one day and firm the next… -- MISTAKE 43 -- Showing favoritism… -- MISTAKE 44 -- Showing dislike for a student… -- MISTAKE 45 -- Letting one student do everything on "group" assignments… -- CHAPTER 7 -- Being Available to Your Students -- MISTAKE 46 -- Not being available for questions before or after class… -- MISTAKE 47 -- Not having convenient office hours and communicating them to the students… -- MISTAKE 48 -- Not communicating via email or social media… -- MISTAKE 49 -- Not having a web page or not using it to communicate with students… -- MISTAKE 50 -- Not knowing if your students have special needs… -- CHAPTER 8 -- Selecting & Structuring Curriculum -- MISTAKE 51 -- Not doing what you do best… -- MISTAKE 52 -- Making a grade completely dependent on test results… -- MISTAKE 53.

Not using a diverse mix of questions on your tests… -- MISTAKE 54 -- Not using a mix of quizzes, papers, or essays in your grading… -- MISTAKE 55 -- Not encouraging discussion in smaller classes… -- MISTAKE 56 -- Not keeping a bank of test questions saved for later use… -- CHAPTER 9 -- Teaching Facts, Skills, & Concepts -- MISTAKE 57 -- Getting frustrated with students who are not grasping the material and are not ready to move on… -- MISTAKE 58 -- Being opposed to re-teaching facts or concepts students should already know… -- MISTAKE 59 -- Not reviewing after short school breaks… -- MISTAKE 60 -- Expecting every student to come into class with the same knowledge or skills… -- MISTAKE 61 -- Thinking a student is slow because they are lacking a certain skill set… -- MISTAKE 62 -- Thinking students love your subject as much as you do… -- MISTAKE 63 -- Underestimating how hard the subject matter is to learn… -- CHAPTER 10 -- Tests & Homework -- MISTAKE 64 -- Forgetting what it is like to be a student… -- MISTAKE 65 -- Assigning too much work… -- MISTAKE 66 -- Not allowing more than one day to complete homework… -- MISTAKE 67 -- Assigning work that your students cannot yet grasp … -- MISTAKE 68 -- Not spacing out test and project due dates… -- MISTAKE 69 -- Assigning tests on game days or too close to holidays… -- Fair Testing -- MISTAKE 70 -- Only giving tests that leverage one way of learning… -- MISTAKE 71 -- Not using a "curve"… -- MISTAKE 72 -- Creating overly complex tests… -- MISTAKE 73 -- Not allowing enough time for students to complete a test… -- MISTAKE 74 -- Making too many assumptions about what your students already know… -- CHAPTER 11 -- Identifying & Dealing with Cheating -- MISTAKE 75 -- Punishing the wrong student for cheating… -- MISTAKE 76 -- Handling plagiarism… -- MISTAKE 77 -- Not creating multiple versions of a test… -- MISTAKE 78.

Not having enough people present when proctoring an exam… -- MISTAKE 79 -- Not requiring a clear workspace during testing… -- CHAPTER 12 -- Grading -- MISTAKE 80 -- Using competitive grading… -- MISTAKE 81 -- Not giving the student the grade they earned… -- MISTAKE 82 -- Being unwilling to fail a student… -- MISTAKE 83 -- Not grading participation… -- MISTAKE 84 -- Not giving extra credit… -- MISTAKE 85 -- Not giving all of your students the chance to do extra credit… -- MISTAKE 86 -- Not leveraging what a student excels in to help them with their weak areas… -- MISTAKE 87 -- Not keeping track of grades well… -- MISTAKE 88 -- Not frequently communicating grades to students … -- MISTAKE 89 -- Grading on trigger warning labeled material… -- MISTAKE 90 -- Being too concerned about student evaluations when assigning grades to students… -- MISTAKE 91 -- Giving yourself too much work to grade… -- CHAPTER 13 -- Managing Distractions -- High-Tech Distractions -- MISTAKE 92 -- Not having a policy about cell phones… -- MISTAKE 93 -- Not having a policy about tablets/laptops… -- MISTAKE 94 -- Not knowing exactly what to do in case of a fire, bomb threats, etc… -- CHAPTER 14 -- Overcoming Outside Challenges to Learning -- MISTAKE 95 -- Not tailoring work for a student with a physical or learning disability… -- MISTAKE 96 -- Permitting sexual harassment… -- MISTAKE 97 -- Flirting with students… -- MISTAKE 98 -- Not dealing with a constantly sick student… -- MISTAKE 99 -- Acting like sports do not affect your classroom… -- PART THREE -- RELATIONSHIPS -- CHAPTER 15 -- Relating to Students who are Different from You -- MISTAKE 100 -- Continuing the Extrovert vs. Introvert war… -- MISTAKE 101 -- Not understanding or respecting different religions… -- MISTAKE 102 -- Trying to impose your political beliefs on your students… -- MISTAKE 103.

Letting stereotypes show up in your classroom… -- MISTAKE 104 -- Treating men and women differently… -- MISTAKE 105 -- Not protecting homosexual students… -- MISTAKE 106 -- Allowing students to make fun of particular accents or cultures… -- MISTAKE 107 -- Assuming a student needs extra help if he or she is from another country or culture… -- MISTAKE 108 -- Not using different teaching methods… -- CHAPTER 16 -- Teaching Family -- MISTAKE 109 -- Not making administration aware of the relationship… -- MISTAKE 110 -- Letting a relative call you by a name the other students cannot use… -- MISTAKE 111 -- Working too hard not to show favoritism… -- CHAPTER 17 -- Relating to Other Teachers or Campus Staff -- MISTAKE 112 -- Not asking for guidance if you need it… -- MISTAKE 113 -- Getting involved in campus politics… -- MISTAKE 114 -- Not valuing department staff and technical resources… -- MISTAKE 115 -- Getting caught up in gossip… -- MISTAKE 116 -- Passing along a false allegation… -- CHAPTER 18 -- Connecting with Students -- MISTAKE 117 -- Not getting to know your students… -- MISTAKE 118 -- Letting your religion get in the way… -- MISTAKE 119 -- Not allowing for casual conversation… -- MISTAKE 120 -- Not attending extra-curricular activities… -- MISTAKE 121 -- Not telling personal stories… -- MISTAKE 122 -- Not including classroom discussion… -- MISTAKE 123 -- Not helping students from poorer backgrounds keep up with the class… -- CHAPTER 19 -- Serving as a Reference -- MISTAKE 124 -- Not knowing the difference between the professional letter of recommendation and the academic letter of recommendation… -- MISTAKE 125 -- Writing a letter of recommendation when you cannot positively endorse the candidate… -- MISTAKE 126 -- Writing a letter of recommendation if you do not know enough about the person to endorse them properly…. -- MISTAKE 127.

Agreeing to write a letter of recommendation if you do not have time….

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