Teaching Necessary Skills Now is a curriculum companion designed to help you empower career and technical education (CTE) students by developing awareness of the importance of employability skills. The content emphasizes the value of developing good habits and behavior that shape an individual’s reputation as a skilled, competent, and responsible professional.
Each module of the Employability Skills for Student Success in the Workplace series provides a guided exploration of resources on topics important to teaching at the college level; helpful links containing examples and implementation tips, expert advice, journal articles, and supporting evidence of best teaching practices. Opportunities for reflection and colleague interaction will be included through discussion board prompts.
Critical Thinking for the 21st Century
Our students have millions of resources for answering simple questions at their fingertips. But memorizing or searching the internet is not very intellectually stimulating and the knowledge gained is not likely to stick in any meaningful way. What if we took a page from the healthcare, criminal justice, or automotive syllabus and challenged our students with problem- or case-based learning? In this course you will learn how to teach critical thinking processes such as analysis, application, synthesis, and reflection and develop activities for students to practice using them.
Course completers will earn a badge of completion.
Designed for new faculty with minimal background in education theory and application. Each module of the Start Teaching Today series provides a guided exploration of resources on topics important to teaching at the college level; helpful links containing examples and implementation tips, expert advice, journal articles, and supporting evidence of best teaching practices. Opportunities for reflection and colleague interaction will be included through discussion board prompts.
What Do I Need for the First Day of Class?
This module offers tips and tools that will help you launch your successful teaching career. The other courses in this strand will then help you take it to the next level.
Completers will earn a badge of completion.
Designed for new faculty with minimal background in education theory and application. Each module of the Start Teaching Today series provides a guided exploration of resources on topics important to teaching at the college level; helpful links containing examples and implementation tips, expert advice, journal articles, and supporting evidence of best teaching practices. Opportunities for reflection and colleague interaction will be included through discussion board prompts.
How Do I Create a Positive Classroom Climate to Support Adult Learners?
Learning environments play a key role in establishing classroom climate. Both physical and online classrooms need to optimize positive student interaction with the content, each other, and the instructor.
Completers will earn a badge of completion.
Designed for new faculty with minimal background in education theory and application. Each module of the Start Teaching Today series provides a guided exploration of resources on topics important to teaching at the college level; helpful links containing examples and implementation tips, expert advice, journal articles, and supporting evidence of best teaching practices. Opportunities for reflection and colleague interaction will be included through discussion board prompts.
How Can I Enrich the Learning Experience? Making “A-ha!” Happen
Student engagement with the concepts they are learning provides more “a-ha!” moments (and content retention) than memorization plus testing or other low-engagement teaching methods. This module introduces a range of student engagement strategies.
Completers will earn a badge of completion.
Designed for new faculty with minimal background in education theory and application. Each module of the Start Teaching Today series provides a guided exploration of resources on topics important to teaching at the college level; helpful links containing examples and implementation tips, expert advice, journal articles, and supporting evidence of best teaching practices. Opportunities for reflection and colleague interaction will be included through discussion board prompts.
How Do I Know What They Know? Incorporating Authentic Assessment Practices
This module explores how to develop assessments that create a natural feedback loop for your teaching practice, providing opportunities for concept clarification and student referral to additional resources.
Completers will earn a badge of completion.
