Teaching Resources for Professors

If you're teaching a class next semester, preparing a syllabus (and reviewing and revising it) should be your top priority. Here's how to do it.

What is an assistant professor?

Do you spend too much time on class preparation? Over preparing interferes with other work and can backfire, resulting in a stilted unproductive class. Here's what to do.

Good teachers are reflective teachers. They consider their day-to-day classroom experiences and continually seek improvement. Here are three simply ways to become a more reflective instructor.

A good college lecture is not simply a list of facts or a rereading of the textbook. An effective lecture is the result of planning and making a series of choices. Here are some tips for graduate student instructors.

What is your teaching philosophy? If you're applying for a faculty position, be prepared to send a statement of teaching philosophy to discuss how you approach teaching because professors' roles as teachers are increasingly important in academia.

Teaching a summer class? Here's some advice on grading to make college teaching go a bit more smoothly.

Keep your lectures clear, concise, and effective with these tips.

Any graduate student will tell you that grad school is expensive. Get funding and valuable experience as a teaching assistant, or T.A.

Mentoring tips for faculty

Teaching mathematics for the first time? This handbook will make your first semester as a TA (or 15th!) go a lot smoother.

Work with your prof, not against him or her. Here are tips on how to be an effective TA.

Seven tips prevent and detect plagiarism in the electronic age.