Instructor Expectations
Example 1
WHAT STUDENTS CAN EXPECT OF ME
I feel it is important for students to know what to expect of me:
I feel it is important for students to know what to expect of me:
- I will maintain a positive learning environment for all students
- Course materials will be prepared on time
- I will return work in a timely fashion
- I will treat all students fairly and with respect
- I will encourage all students to truly learn the course material
- I will encourage course discussion and participation and will offer adequate time for students to answer all questions
Example 2
What You Can Expect From Me:
- I will respond to your email or other communications within 48 hours
- I will give each student a fair share of my time and attention
- I will grade you based on the quality of your work
- I will be open to your input and listen to your suggestions
Example 3
What you can expect of me as your instructor:
- I highly value instructor-learner communication. We can communicate via my personal email or telephone if you need to speak to me. To prevent telephone tag, you may want to email me for telephone appointments. Generally, I can be reached by telephone most days. If I am away from the phone, please leave a message and I will return your call as quickly as possible.
- If at any time you are dissatisfied, confused or unclear about how the discussion is being facilitated, please contact me via email. I will respond to your inquiry within 48 hours, and we will work together to resolve the identified issue. We will use the course discussion area as our primary place of communication. In the event a private conversation is required, we will utilize email. I’ll get back to you usually within 24-48 hours; and if necessary we can arrange a time to talk/chat/exchange ideas.
- I do give myself one day off every weekend. So if you post a message or try to reach me on a Saturday, it is likely that I will not respond. I will respond, however, within my 24-48 hour timeframe.
- I will share my travel schedule with you all and will post any away times in the café area. I do travel frequently as I consult as well as teach, but I always travel with a laptop. There are rare times when I have been unable to connect for a couple of days (i.e. very slow dial-ups and travel outside the US). When those occur, at the very least I will post a message in the Café area letting you know.
- I do my utmost to respond to assignments with feedback within a week of receipt. Again sometimes life and other work intervene in that, but if it does, I’ll let you know.
- I will treat all of you with collegial respect! I believe that you have as much to contribute to this learning process as I do and I look forward to our exchange as colleagues.
- I will provide a warm, fun course environment where we can have fun and learn together!