Comments on: Those Who Can … http://www.teachingprofessor.com/articles/teaching-and-learning/those-who-can A teaching and learning conference. Sat, 31 Jul 2010 05:49:00 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7.1 hourly 1 By: chris monikowski http://www.teachingprofessor.com/articles/teaching-and-learning/those-who-can/comment-page-1#comment-149 chris monikowski Wed, 01 Jul 2009 15:23:58 +0000 http://www.teachingprofessor.com/?p=814#comment-149 Your ruminations come at the perfect time for me!! I'm being pressured to "mentor" a new faculty member this fall (no experience) - but only by having her observe my class (2 hrs, 2x a week). "She'll pick it up", they tell me. I'm digging in my heels on this one. If I can't mentor her the way I want, I'm not going to do it. "She doesn't have the time". The underlying meaning? Why are you making such a big deal about it? Teaching is not that complicated! So, it soothes me a bit to know that this is not the only place it happens, but it saddens me greatly because I work hard - and reflect, re-assess, change, read...all those good things that nourish my spirit. But I guess I do it for me, and for my students, and I can't control the world. Thanks for listening. cm Your ruminations come at the perfect time for me!! I’m being pressured to “mentor” a new faculty member this fall (no experience) - but only by having her observe my class (2 hrs, 2x a week). “She’ll pick it up”, they tell me. I’m digging in my heels on this one. If I can’t mentor her the way I want, I’m not going to do it. “She doesn’t have the time”. The underlying meaning? Why are you making such a big deal about it? Teaching is not that complicated!

So, it soothes me a bit to know that this is not the only place it happens, but it saddens me greatly because I work hard - and reflect, re-assess, change, read…all those good things that nourish my spirit. But I guess I do it for me, and for my students, and I can’t control the world.

Thanks for listening.
cm

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