This year at NITOP, I gave a Teaching Slam Presentation about how I revamped my office hours to make them more accessible for students, and more productive for both myself and my students. Read more below to find links to the presentation slides and handout!

​TNP team is very excited for NITOP for several reasons! All four of us will be in attendance and presenting on various topics. Of course, Karly, Ciara, and Jen will be live tweeting the talks as well, so be on the look-out for those!
 
For those of you who can’t come or maybe those of you who are coming but can’t wait to see what we’re presenting on, here’s a quick snapshot of all of our presentations.

​Last year I was fortunate enough to be part of a bi-weekly podcast where I would reflect on my experiences as a first-year instructor.  I found that designating time for self-reflection and thought was immensely valuable for continuing to improve as an instructor.  With that being said I was thrilled when we decided to post a first semester reflection series on the blog this week, as I would again have designated time to be thoughtful and self-critical.

​The fall 2018 semester is quickly coming to a close, and all of us at TNP team want to take a moment to reflect on it.
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Earlier this semester we set some lofty goals for ourselves. If you don’t remember, each of TNP members outlined three goals for the upcoming academic year in a series of posts back in August. The goals revolved around research and writing, teaching, professional development, and productivity.  ​

​The fall 2018 semester is quickly coming to a close, and all of us at TNP team want to take a moment to reflect on it.
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Earlier this semester we set some lofty goals for ourselves. If you don’t remember, each of TNP members outlined three goals for the upcoming academic year in a series of posts back in August. The goals revolved around research and writing, teaching, professional development, and productivity.  

When teaching Statistical Methods, I use a skill-based approach. Many of my students don’t have plans to go to graduate school. Rather than emphasizing formulas, I teach my students the concepts behind the formulas. This teaches the key concepts from class, without overburdening them with complex formulas and symbols that often intimidate students. 

​I enjoy doing class activities with my students and experimenting with new ones to try. I also tend to hoard activities, saving any interesting ones I come across for future use. When I was planning a new course prep for this semester, I went through my NITOP binders to pull out any activities I felt were relevant. I love that there is so much sharing of ideas at that conference.  Now I want to pull from my endless folder of activities and share with others a favorite of mine. Picking one activity to discuss was difficult, but I settled on a role-playing activity good for industrial/organizational courses because it’s the only activity I have that is from a published paper. This also happens to be the activity that earned me my first high-five from a student, so I guess it is student-approved as well.