Falbe Week 1: January 21

A new semester, and a new year is always a great time to reflect on things that that have and have not gone the way they were planned and find ways to improve your practice. This semester I would like to make more of a commitment to providing clear, and timely feedback to my students. Not only will this  improve my organization and create less stress at grading time, my students will have a more clear understanding of where they stand in my class and how to improve. While I really enjoy the day to day teaching, managing the grading and planning etc. is what I have found to be the hardest areas of my job.  I also am hoping to manage my time better inside and outside of the classroom. It seems that as a CTAE teacher my commitments extend far beyond the classroom. I am part of numerous committees (along with coaching), and my responsibility to my department sometimes has me stretched thin. I am often in meetings, and not in class so some classes fall further behind than others. I hope that this semester I can better plan for these times when I will be away.