Tuesday, May 6, 2008
Final Thought
Tonight, for English 670, Kris Sutliff took the class on a field trip to the Academic Development Center over at the library in room 204. Somehow the information that this place even existed escaped most of the students that she has in her class, and half of them are TAs. For those of you who want to learn more about developing lesson plans or achieving objectives for your class, this place is a treasure trove. Dr. Roger Sells, who heads the center, is the nicest guy you would ever want to meet. He presented us with packets of information and, as a bonus, he had a refrigerator full of soda and water as well as a full pot of coffee. All TAs are welcome to pick his brain and use the resources of the Center, and I suggest that it is highly worth your time to take a visit.
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Yes, I was there, too, and the Resource Center is everything you've mentioned and MORE! Dr. Sells is on this campus as sort of an educational psychiatrist (seriously, his PhD is in Educational Psychology) where faculty can go to talk about lesson plans, problems in the classroom, adjusting curriculum, or just to peruse through the shelves and shelves of useful materials, such as books dedicated to constructing syllabi and studies on the effectiveness of writing in large versus small classes.
The Resource Center is definitely a place all university teachers need to be familiar with.
Hmmmmm! I wonder how it escaped the attention of so many TAs?
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