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[I started this blog over a year ago in part to test whether I could keep one. Well, despite a promising start, apparently I couldn't/didn't. My apologies to those who provided thoughtful comments to my earlier posts. A NEW JOB (Associate Director, Center for Teaching at the University of Iowa as of 1/3/2012 has me thinking that I'd like to give this thing a go once more.]
I am Associate Director of the Center for Teaching at the University of Iowa, and a good bit of my professional life centers on preparing future faculty for their teaching lives in higher education. I intend this blog to be a space for teaching assistants (or, graduate student instructors (GSIs), research assistants (RAs), and graduate assistants (GAs), etc.) to talk about their professional lives -- their accomplishments, challenges, and gripes -- and if possible, about things they'd like to "do over." I'm hoping ultimately to create an interesting, humorous, and supportive public space for any grad students (and interested faculty, my development colleagues, and administrators) seeking to engage and reflect on their teaching and teaching lives. As facilitator of this blog, I will seek to "get out of the way" of conversations that emerge here. In over fifteen years of helping grad students think about their teaching practice, it's clear to me that you learn best from one another (and me, from you.). There will be a few stipulations about posts, but very few. Of course, your critique's and other comments are welcome.
[Okay, enough of this formality. Of course this can't be completely "Confidential," but roll with me.]
I am Associate Director of the Center for Teaching at the University of Iowa, and a good bit of my professional life centers on preparing future faculty for their teaching lives in higher education. I intend this blog to be a space for teaching assistants (or, graduate student instructors (GSIs), research assistants (RAs), and graduate assistants (GAs), etc.) to talk about their professional lives -- their accomplishments, challenges, and gripes -- and if possible, about things they'd like to "do over." I'm hoping ultimately to create an interesting, humorous, and supportive public space for any grad students (and interested faculty, my development colleagues, and administrators) seeking to engage and reflect on their teaching and teaching lives. As facilitator of this blog, I will seek to "get out of the way" of conversations that emerge here. In over fifteen years of helping grad students think about their teaching practice, it's clear to me that you learn best from one another (and me, from you.). There will be a few stipulations about posts, but very few. Of course, your critique's and other comments are welcome.
[Okay, enough of this formality. Of course this can't be completely "Confidential," but roll with me.]
I (we) look forward to hearing from you...
Kind Regards,
Kind Regards,
KMJ
