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Chapter 20- Facilitating Leadership Learning Using Co-Mentoring Circles, Kathleen M. Cowin
Chapter 20- Facilitating Leadership Learning Using Co-Mentoring Circles, Kathleen M. Cowin
Making Connections
Time for mentoring aspiring school leaders moving from their roles as veteran teachers, instructional coaches, or deans of students to their new role as K–12 principal certification interns is in short supply in today’s complex schools. Over the past 7 years, 76 interns have participated in co-mentoring circles. Co-mentoring circles offer educators a safe, supportive community in which to learn with others who are uniquely situated to understand the challenges present in today’s K–12 schools. Co-mentoring circles can provide a ready group of co-mentors one can call on without waiting for a specific mentor to be available. These circles are …
Making Connections: A Handbook For Effective Formal Mentoring Programs In Academia, David D. Law, Nora Domínguez, Bob Garvey, Mark J. Hager, Kim Hales, Audrey J. Murrell, Gloria O. Onosu, Rachel Arocho, Benjamin A. Johnson, Neal Legler, James Y. Taylor, Greg Dart, Michael A. Christiansen, Don Busenbark, Lisa Z. Fain, Jamie Crites, Paul Hernandez, Natasha Mickel, Dionne Clabaugh, Assata Zerai, Nancy López, Laura Gail Lunsford, Nicole Vouvalis, Andy Harris, Jim Lamuth, Monica Castañeda-Kessel, Shirley L. Yu, Arianna Black, Gönül Kaletunç, Timothy Schroeder, Tara S. Hackel, Yadéeh E. Sawyer, Jeff Spears, Hannah M. Lewis, Jennifer Grewe, Harrison Kleiner, Et Al.
Making Connections: A Handbook For Effective Formal Mentoring Programs In Academia, David D. Law, Nora Domínguez, Bob Garvey, Mark J. Hager, Kim Hales, Audrey J. Murrell, Gloria O. Onosu, Rachel Arocho, Benjamin A. Johnson, Neal Legler, James Y. Taylor, Greg Dart, Michael A. Christiansen, Don Busenbark, Lisa Z. Fain, Jamie Crites, Paul Hernandez, Natasha Mickel, Dionne Clabaugh, Assata Zerai, Nancy López, Laura Gail Lunsford, Nicole Vouvalis, Andy Harris, Jim Lamuth, Monica Castañeda-Kessel, Shirley L. Yu, Arianna Black, Gönül Kaletunç, Timothy Schroeder, Tara S. Hackel, Yadéeh E. Sawyer, Jeff Spears, Hannah M. Lewis, Jennifer Grewe, Harrison Kleiner, Et Al.
Making Connections
This book, Making Connections: A Handbook for Effective Formal Mentoring Programs in Academia, makes a unique and needed contribution to the mentoring field as it focuses solely on mentoring in academia. This handbook is a collaborative institutional effort between Utah State University’s (USU) Empowering Teaching Open Access Book Series and the Mentoring Institute at the University of New Mexico (UNM). This book is available through (a) an e-book through Pressbooks, (b) a downloadable PDF version on USU’s Open Access Book Series website), and (c) a print version available for purchase on the USU Empower Teaching Open Access page, and …
In Search Of Effective Second Language Arabic Vocabulary Teaching Strategies: Theory And Implementation, Asmaa Yazidi Alaoui
In Search Of Effective Second Language Arabic Vocabulary Teaching Strategies: Theory And Implementation, Asmaa Yazidi Alaoui
All Graduate Plan B and other Reports, Spring 1920 to Spring 2023
This portfolio is the outcome of the author’s studies in the Masters of Second Language Teaching (MSLT) program at Utah State University (USU) as well as her experience as a graduate instructor of Arabic at the same university.
This work has two main parts. The first comprises the three major components that present the author’s perspectives as a teacher, such as professional environment, teaching philosophy statement and the teaching observation.
The second part demonstrated the author’s research interest that aligned with her teaching perspective as an Arabic teacher. It was a position paper that called for Arabic vocabulary teaching strategies …
Book Review Of 99 Tips For Creating Simple And Sustainable Educational Videos By Karen Costa, Jason Olsen
Book Review Of 99 Tips For Creating Simple And Sustainable Educational Videos By Karen Costa, Jason Olsen
Journal on Empowering Teaching Excellence
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Book review of Costa, K. (2020). 99 Tips for Creating Simple and Sustainable Educational Videos. Stylus Publishing. This article discusses Costa’s book from the perspective of both experienced asynchronous instructors and those thrust into different delivery methods due to education challenges created by the pandemic.
Transforming Curriculum: A Process For Implementing Problem-Based Learning In A College-Level Course, Morgan Robertson, Marla K. Robertson
Transforming Curriculum: A Process For Implementing Problem-Based Learning In A College-Level Course, Morgan Robertson, Marla K. Robertson
Journal on Empowering Teaching Excellence
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Transforming curriculum by implementing Problem-Based Learning (PBL) in the college-level classroom helps students internalize the concepts of a course, improve their critical and reflective thinking skills, learn to problem-solve using questioning, and ultimately construct a better understanding of course concepts in a personally relevant way. This article introduces a process for implementing PBL in a college-level course. Each of the four main ideas in PBL, motivation, collaboration, reflection, and facilitation, are addressed with a particular focus on the role of the educator in designing and implementing PBL in the classroom. An …
Full Issue: Journal On Empowering Teaching Excellence, Volume 6, Issue 1, Spring 2022
Full Issue: Journal On Empowering Teaching Excellence, Volume 6, Issue 1, Spring 2022
Journal on Empowering Teaching Excellence
The full-length 2022 Special Issue (Volume 5, Issue 3) of the Journal on Empowering Teaching Excellence
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The Spring 2022 issue begins with research that explores the perceptions of pre-service teachers relative to learning mathematics and science, with suggestions for how findings can impact curriculum and further research. The focus on pre-service teachers continues with research into their sense of self-efficacy with instructional technologies and whether specific techniques increase comfort level with technologies. Next, researchers explore the products that Generation Z students value most in their learning of a second language, …
Improving Performance Through Strategic Teaching Documentation: The Continued Importance Of Seldin, Miller & Seldin’S "The Teaching Portfolio" In The Face Of A New Reality, Antje Graul
Journal on Empowering Teaching Excellence
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Book Review
Seldin, P., Miller, J. E., & and Seldin, C. A. (2010) The teaching portfolio: A practical guide to improved performance and promotion/tenure decisions. John Wiley & Sons.
416 pages. Available in hardback ($), paperback and digital format ($)
Keywords: teaching, teaching documentation, teaching portfolio, tenure, promotion
Editorial: We're Going Remote!?! A University's Tale Of Two Cities, Robert Wagner
Editorial: We're Going Remote!?! A University's Tale Of Two Cities, Robert Wagner
Journal on Empowering Teaching Excellence
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The COVID-19 global pandemic created a dichotomous construct for higher education between delivery formats and maintaining quality pedagogy. The variables and obstacles seemed, at times, insurmountable but, Utah State University's team rose to the occasion. In this op-ed, Robert Wagner discusses the resilience and commitment shown by USU's instructors, staff, and students as they navigated, and continue to navigate, this unprecedented event.
Full Issue: Journal On Empowering Teaching Excellence, 2022 Special Issue (Vol. 5, Iss. 3)
Full Issue: Journal On Empowering Teaching Excellence, 2022 Special Issue (Vol. 5, Iss. 3)
Journal on Empowering Teaching Excellence
The full-length 2022 Special Issue (Volume 5, Issue 3) of the Journal on Empowering Teaching Excellence
Access the online Pressbooks version (with downloadable EPUB format) here.
Features Of Direct Instruction: Interactive Lessons, Kristen R. Rolf, Timothy A. Slocum
Features Of Direct Instruction: Interactive Lessons, Kristen R. Rolf, Timothy A. Slocum
Special Education and Rehabilitation Counseling Faculty Publications
Direct Instruction (DI) teaches challenging academic content to a range of diverse learners. In order to do so, DI includes a complex system for organizing and directing teacher–student interactions to maximize learning. This system includes: instructional formats that specify the interactions between teacher and student, flexible skills-based groupings, active student responding, responsive interactions between students and teachers, ongoing data-based decision making, and mastery teaching. In this article, we describe each of these main features of the system, define their functions, reveal how they are interwoven throughout all DI lessons, and provide specific examples of their application during instruction. Our goal …
Exploring Teaching Language With Culture, Sixin Fu
Exploring Teaching Language With Culture, Sixin Fu
All Graduate Plan B and other Reports, Spring 1920 to Spring 2023
This portfolio contains the author's insights into teaching a second language, which she gained while in the Master of Second Language Teaching (MSLT) program at Utah State University (USU). It is organized in two major sections: teaching perspectives and research perspectives. The content reflects the author’s main focus and value on language teaching as a graduate instructor and student.
In the teaching perspectives section, the author shares the professional environment that she wants to work in, her teaching philosophy statement, and the professional development in language education through observing her colleagues’ teaching. In the research perspectives, two research papers and …
Full Issue: Journal On Empowering Teaching Excellence, Volume 4, Issue 2
Full Issue: Journal On Empowering Teaching Excellence, Volume 4, Issue 2
Journal on Empowering Teaching Excellence
The full Fall 2020 issue (Volume 4, Issue 2) of the Journal on Empowering Teaching Excellence.
Teaching The Engineering Design Process To High School Students By Implementing A Non-Traditional Engineering Capstone Course, Joseph Woodard
Teaching The Engineering Design Process To High School Students By Implementing A Non-Traditional Engineering Capstone Course, Joseph Woodard
All Graduate Plan B and other Reports, Spring 1920 to Spring 2023
This plan B project is to showcase the implementation of an engineering design capstone course at a remote, rural public high school, in a non-traditional (after-school) format with a small group of students. The project documents successful strategies along with challenges that were learned from such an implementation of this course. Three high school students were supported in learning to solve an extended design challenge, in this case creating an augmented reality (AR) sandbox. The project shows how a capstone course can be utilized in teaching students to solve complex, ill-structured problems.
In this project, a manuscript was prepared for …
Espoused And Enacted Beliefs Of High School English Language Arts Teachers In Writing Instruction, Sydnie Schoepf
Espoused And Enacted Beliefs Of High School English Language Arts Teachers In Writing Instruction, Sydnie Schoepf
All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023
The purpose of the current study is to explore the espoused beliefs and enacted practices of secondary English Language Arts teachers with regards to writing instruction and how these beliefs correlate with teacher self-efficacy beliefs. The study worked to build upon the literature mainly in the fields of mathematics and science in order to explore what the perceived and enacted beliefs are and how they affect the self-efficacy belief of teachers within the field of writing instruction in the high school classroom. The study used a collective case study design in order to better understand what espoused and enacted pedagogical …
Student-Centered, Interaction-Based, Community-Driven Language Teaching, Sharon Lyman
Student-Centered, Interaction-Based, Community-Driven Language Teaching, Sharon Lyman
All Graduate Plan B and other Reports, Spring 1920 to Spring 2023
This portfolio is a compilation that highlights some of the author’s accomplished work while in the Master of Second Language Teaching (MSLT) program at Utah State University (USU). Organized into sections that reflect the author’s teaching and research perspectives as a MSLT graduate student and instructor, who taught intensive English reading, writing, and conversation courses for the Intensive English Language Institute (IELI).
In the first section, teaching perspectives, the author describes her desired professional environment, shares her personal teaching philosophy statement, and accounts for her professional development through classroom observations. In the second section, research perspectives, two research papers and …
Teaching Excellence: The Core Of The Land-Grant Mission, Stephen M. Gavazzi
Teaching Excellence: The Core Of The Land-Grant Mission, Stephen M. Gavazzi
Journal on Empowering Teaching Excellence
The tripartite mission of the land-grant university – teaching, research, and community engagement – has evolved over the course of the past 150 years. The intensified concentration on empirical activities in the last half century, however, is thought to have created a mission-related imbalance that often has relegated teaching and community engagement activities to second-tier status within the academy. In tandem, there have been several unforced errors on the part of universities that have diminished the public’s belief in the return on investment associated with a college degree. The argument is made for an increased emphasis on teaching and learning …
The Impact And Importance Of Understanding The Role Of Land-Grant Universities In Higher Education, Robert Peterson
The Impact And Importance Of Understanding The Role Of Land-Grant Universities In Higher Education, Robert Peterson
Journal on Empowering Teaching Excellence
Book Review:
Gavazzi, S. M., & Gee, E. G. (2018). Land-grant universities for the future: higher education for the public good. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press.
- 171 Pages
- Available in hardback and Kindle
- Price $21.99 (hc), $19.22 (Kindle)
- Keywords: Land-Grant, teaching, public, service, community
Reviewer:
Robert Peterson, Director of Student Services
Utah State University Uintah Basin
bob.peterson@usu.edu
Full Issue: Journal On Empowering Teaching Excellence, Volume 4, Issue 1
Full Issue: Journal On Empowering Teaching Excellence, Volume 4, Issue 1
Journal on Empowering Teaching Excellence
The full Spring 2020 issue (Volume 4, Issue 1) of the Journal on Empowering Teaching Excellence.
Wartime Teachers: Stories From The Front, Rachel K. Turner, Eliel Hinojosa Jr.
Wartime Teachers: Stories From The Front, Rachel K. Turner, Eliel Hinojosa Jr.
Teacher Education and Leadership Faculty Publications
In the early 1990s, Dr. O.L. Davis of the University of Texas at Austin sought evacuee teacher and student recollections in England during World War II. The overarching purpose for Davis was to gain an understanding of the effect on schooling and education, specifically as it relates to the curriculum for students. This article continues where he left off and places focus on teacher evacuees. Of the several hundred responses from student evacuees, we utilized ten of the thirty teacher evacuees who responded to Dr. Davis. The purpose in this research endeavor seeks to discover the impact evacuations in England …
Electrifying: One Teacher’S Discursive And Instructional Changes Through Engagement In E-Textiles To Teach Science Content, Colby Tofel-Grehl, Eliza Jex, Kristin Searle, Douglas Ball, Xin Zhao, Georgia Burnell
Electrifying: One Teacher’S Discursive And Instructional Changes Through Engagement In E-Textiles To Teach Science Content, Colby Tofel-Grehl, Eliza Jex, Kristin Searle, Douglas Ball, Xin Zhao, Georgia Burnell
Teacher Education and Leadership Faculty Publications
This paper shares findings from the first of its kind quasi-experimental mixed methods study exploring the potential impacts on teacher instruction through engagement with making and e-textiles. Because engagement in hands-on inquiry has demonstrated strong promise for increasing student interest and engagement in STEM careers, finding curricular approaches that engage students in project-based learning remains important. As such, the Maker Movement and making has gained traction as a possible effort to improve such outcomes. This study shares outcomes from analyses of one teacher’s first engagement with teaching eighth-grade science through e-textiles. Four of his classes were taught using his traditional …
How Students Learn And Instructors Can, Too: Effective College Teaching According To Eyler (2018), Karin Dejonge-Kannan
How Students Learn And Instructors Can, Too: Effective College Teaching According To Eyler (2018), Karin Dejonge-Kannan
Journal on Empowering Teaching Excellence
Book Review
Eyler, J. R. (2018). How Humans Learn: The Science and Stories behind Effective College Teaching. West Virginia University Press.
- 293 pages
- Available in hardback, paperback, and digital format
- Price $85 (hc), $22 (pb), $17 (ebook)
- Keywords: learning, teaching, college students, classroom practice
Reviewer:
Karin deJonge-Kannan, Principal Lecturer
Department of Languages, Philosophy, and Communication Studies
Utah State University
Full Issue: Journal On Empowering Teaching Excellence, Volume 3, Issue 2
Full Issue: Journal On Empowering Teaching Excellence, Volume 3, Issue 2
Journal on Empowering Teaching Excellence
The full Spring 2019 issue (Volume 3, Issue 2) of the Journal on Empowering Teaching Excellence.
Of Writing, Teaching, And Tutoring: Banishing The Presence Of The Inner Critic In The Writing Center, Andrew Romriell
Of Writing, Teaching, And Tutoring: Banishing The Presence Of The Inner Critic In The Writing Center, Andrew Romriell
Writing Center Analysis Papers
The inner critic is the internal voice inside all of us that impedes us with negative messages about ourselves and our own capabilities (Elliot 111). In this essay, I illustrate the impact an inner critic can have in Writing Centers for both students and tutors alike and structure strategies to silence that critic. Three specific strategies are provided: (1) to name the inner critic in order to grant control over it, (2) to practice freewriting and understanding poor first drafts, and (3) to assist the student in understanding the allowance for imperfection within writing. By implementing these strategies alongside awareness …
Racial Conflict In Early Utah: Mormon, Native American And Federal Relations, Raelyn M. Embleton
Racial Conflict In Early Utah: Mormon, Native American And Federal Relations, Raelyn M. Embleton
All Graduate Plan B and other Reports, Spring 1920 to Spring 2023
This website is for teachers to gain information and sources about Utah history during the early territorial period, specifically relating to conflicts between Mormon settlers, Native Americans, and federal officials. The content and site were designed with the C3 curriculum in mind, as such, at the bottom of this page you can find a downloadable Inquiry Design Model Blueprint. As you teach students this information, the compelling question to have students focus on is: “Does culture and the interaction of cultures shape the development of place?” Each event highlighted on this website is related to the other and demonstrates how …
Full Issue: Journal On Empowering Teaching Excellence, Volume 3, Issue 1, Kim Hales
Full Issue: Journal On Empowering Teaching Excellence, Volume 3, Issue 1, Kim Hales
Journal on Empowering Teaching Excellence
The full Spring 2019 issue (Volume 3, Issue 1) of the Journal on Empowering Teaching Excellence, Spring 2019
Expanding The Learning Network: How Teachers Use Pinterest, Stephanie E. Schroeder, Rachelle E. Curcio, Lisa Lundgren
Expanding The Learning Network: How Teachers Use Pinterest, Stephanie E. Schroeder, Rachelle E. Curcio, Lisa Lundgren
Instructional Technology and Learning Sciences Faculty Publications
This exploratory qualitative study of 117 teachers explores how educators engage with Pinterest, an online social networking site, specifically asking: (1) What similarities and differences exist in how elementary-level preservice and elementary-level in-service teachers engage with Pinterest? (2) What similarities and differences exist in how secondary-level in-service teachers and elementary-level in-service teachers engage with Pinterest? Findings indicate teachers at all levels tend to use Pinterest to search for educational resources and adapt resources to suit their classroom needs. Preservice teachers identify a more complex interaction with Pinterest than in-service teachers when determining quality resources. Findings indicate a need for future …
Classrooms On The Frontier: Integrating Original Research Into Lectures, Matthew D. Meng, Lucas Rentschler
Classrooms On The Frontier: Integrating Original Research Into Lectures, Matthew D. Meng, Lucas Rentschler
Journal on Empowering Teaching Excellence
The role of an academic is often spread across two main areas: researching and teaching. Although some argue that the scarcity of time, energy, and commitment precludes the ability to do both well, and are therefore substitutes, we argue that these roles can be complementary. That is, by incorporating original research into the classroom, several benefits can be gleaned by both faculty and students. We feel that if done correctly, a professor’s research and teaching can mutually benefit, as well. To illustrate and support this argument, we have included two specific examples of using original research to teach relevant concepts …
Full Issue: Journal On Empowering Teaching Excellence, Volume 2, Issue 2, Fall 2018
Full Issue: Journal On Empowering Teaching Excellence, Volume 2, Issue 2, Fall 2018
Journal on Empowering Teaching Excellence
The full Spring 2018 issue (Volume 2, Issue 2) of the Journal on Empowering Teaching Excellence, Fall 2018
Contexts And Perspectives For Foreign Language Learning And Teaching, Kimberly Paige Fallis
Contexts And Perspectives For Foreign Language Learning And Teaching, Kimberly Paige Fallis
All Graduate Plan B and other Reports, Spring 1920 to Spring 2023
This portfolio highlights what the author believes are important facets and implementations of second language teaching and second language learning. This portfolio is grounded in two elements: second language acquisition theory and the author’s first-hand observations as a student in the Master of Second Language Teaching (MSLT) program. The target languages focused in this portfolio are English and French.
This portfolio is divided into three main sections. The first section contains the author’s teaching philosophy statement with focuses on student and teacher roles, tasks in the classroom, and the author’s experiences teaching English. After the teaching philosophy statement, there are …
Full Issue: Journal On Empowering Teaching Excellence, Volume 2, Issue 1
Full Issue: Journal On Empowering Teaching Excellence, Volume 2, Issue 1
Journal on Empowering Teaching Excellence
The full Spring 2018 issue (Volume 2, Issue 1) of the Journal on Empowering Teaching Excellence.