Top 10 Books on Teaching

Spend some time this summer with at least one book about improving your college classroom

By James M. Lang

In The Vocation of a Teacher, Wayne Booth, the literary critic and longtime English professor, posed a question that floats into my mind every May: "Why, if I claim to love teaching so much, am I so relieved when it’s over?"

Week One on the New Job

What to do and what not to do

By David D. Perlmutter

During my initial week on the tenure track, I set an example of incompetence that, to my knowledge, no other assistant professor has emulated. I lost the key to my new office—twice.

Miscellaneous Information You Should Know

Syllabus Requirements: (Article 28.3)

1. A course syllabus must be provided to each student in each course taught. The syllabus shall be distributed within 7 days after the beginning of the term. (Electronic distribution of the syllabus is acceptable.)
   
2. The syllabus shall include a clear explanation of the faculty member’s policies on grading and class attendance.

• 63 Ideas on Retention
• Center for Student Progress
• Getting a BlackBoard Course*
• ID, Parking, Portal, and Starfish

New Faculty Orientation welcomes full-time faculty members to Youngstown State University, and begins the formal faculty development and mentorship process. Attendees are familiarized with university culture, benefits, policies, and procedures during a two-day workshop.

TLC also offers orientation to new department chairs and new part-time faculty members.

"Faculty Learning Communities" are relatively small groups who spend a year working on teaching and learning topics. The group, ideally interdisciplinary, may select focus courses or projects in which to try out innovations and assess learning, presenting project results to campus (at minimum).

Mission Statement

Faculty Development seeks to support the professional development of all faculty (full-time and part-time, tenure and non-tenure track, graduate teaching assistants) across all career stages in the areas of teaching, research, service, and work/life balance.