Supporting Student Mental Health in Your Classes |
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Dear Colleagues,
We have made it to the midterm mark of a busy, historic semester! We at the FCTL office encourage you to take some time to relax and refresh over fall break.
This month FCTL has organized a workshop titled Supporting Student Mental Health in Your Classes with Michelle Barber (Retention and Advising) and Goldie Williams (Counseling and Health Services) on October 19th and 20th from 3 pm to 4:30 pm. The pandemic is taking a toll on all of us. Come to the workshop on Student Mental Health for practical advice on how to best support struggling students as an instructor. The same material will be offered on two consecutive days to best accommodate campus teaching schedules. To save your spot, register here.
Finally, if you weren’t able to attend the workshop Tips for Online Pedagogy and would like to watch a recording of it, please email Bernadette Barton here.
Wishing you a wonderful week!
FCTL
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Meeting Students Where They Are |
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The pandemic most likely set students back academically. Despite heroic efforts to sustain courses online, students’ lives were turned upside down. Given the countless challenges, there are widespread concerns that students won’t be able to pick back up, meet course and program requirements, and earn their degree.
To support administrators and faculty in this effort, the Association of College and University Educators is offering free resources that can be immediately put to use to benefit both faculty and their students.
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Topics include:
- Building on key lessons learned and “silver linings” from the past year to inform supports this fall
- Concrete strategies and daily practices to equip faculty to support student success through an asset-based mindset
- Tapping into the collective resiliency within the ecosystem of each institution to start the year strong
Click here to learn more.
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Seven Strategies for Embracing the Emotional Labor of Teaching
While attending a student success workshop a few years ago and gaining strategies to connect with students, I thought, "What about how hard I work just to be friendly and kind?” Although the workshop was beneficial, it seemed like a foundational portion of my labor was invisible. What about the herculean, behind-the-scenes self-regulation that I employ to enjoy, not just endure, my students and to be an accessible instructor? I worried that other instructors were more naturally likeable but also hoped that I wasn’t alone in my desire and work to be a better version of myself.
At the time, I used the term emotional labor to explain the hidden labor we do at work and at home. I didn’t start thinking about strategies to optimize my emotional labor until I taught a new class on social and emotional learning (SEL) in early childhood. While teaching future preschool teachers about the importance of teacher self-reflection and emotion regulation in promoting children’s academic success (Katz, 2014), I was struck by the parallels to my own role. I decided to investigate emotional labor and translate relevant strategies for early childhood educators to postsecondary educators. What follows are seven strategies for navigating emotional labor in order to better teach college students.
- Acknowledge emotional labor
- Increase self-awareness
- Examine beliefs about challenging behavior
- Reframe beliefs about students
- Practice positive rehearsal
- Identify guidelines for responsive relationships
- Cultivate a prevention mindset
An implicit theme in these strategies is empathy. Paradoxically, the more we can acknowledge and validate our negative emotions and reactions, the more we can experience empathy for our students. If we can experience genuine positive emotion rather than just suppress our negative feelings or fake positivity, then we can enjoy our jobs more and for longer.
- Ashley Harvey, PhD
Click here for the full article.
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Online learning offers daily opportunities to connect, engage, and empower inclusivity. Deeper learning is possible online!
Join SymphonizED November 4th to connect and help shape richer online learning experiences.
The 1-day event will kick off with a keynote address by Dr. Jeff D. Borden, Chief Academic and VP of Academic Affairs at D2L followed by a panel conversation with education innovators from institutions across the country, trivia, games, and tons of chances to win prizes.
Click here to learn more.
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Student Success: We're Doing it Wrong
For longer than a century, we have had a viable framework for holistic learning in the learning triangle. Early theorists and practitioners knew that learning was not solely a cognitive issue, but required harmony with affective and cognitive experiences too.
Join Dr. Jeff D. Borden as he unpacks the value and usefulness of the two “forgotten” corners of the learning triangle, now supported by numerous studies in neuroscience and learning design research. See why engagement matters, how outside-class relationships grease the skids for in-class learning, and how to build a safety net for all students. This seasoned presenter will illustrate and model the important behaviors and aspects of holistic, personalized, meaningful learning experiences.
Click here to learn more.
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What I Love About Teaching |
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Let's hear from you!
Share your response to the question "What I Love About Teaching". Your response can be short, long, a bulleted list, or an image to offer up a few suggestions.
To share your response, click here.
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How To Create A Journal
Journals provide personal writing space for students for self-reflection or private communication with the instructor. This tutorial will show you how to create a journal, set its availability, define settings, and create a journal link within a content area.
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Ambassadors for Excellence in Teaching
Morehead State University
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