• What to do on the first day of class
  
  • Guide for pronouncing Asian names
    
  • Sample First Day Questionnaires [also avail. in pdf]
    
• Preparing for Spring Break
  
• After the Midterm
  
• The Doldrums
  
• The Last Day of Class
  
• End of Semester Feedback
  
  • Recommendatons for Administering Evaluations
    
• Final Exams
• Alternatives to Final Exams
• How to make RRR week productive for your students NEW

5. Getting students involved          

• Finding out what students are thinking and learning
  
  • Suggestions for Early Feedback [pdf]
    
  • Early Feedback Working Group Report
    
  • The One Minute Paper
    
  • Midsemester Evaluations
    
• Groups
  
  • Using groups in classes & encouraging study groups [also avail. in pdf]
    
  • Resources for Using Groups in the Classroom
    
  • How to form study groups (a handout for students)
    
  • Forming groups in class
    
• Getting students involved
  
  • Working with shy students NEW
  • A baker's dozen
    
  • Asking and answering questions
    
  • Using an experiment to engage students
    
  • Using debates in class
    
  • Writing Workshops in class
    
  • The Change Up in Lectures
    
  • Why Problem-Based Learning?

6. Problems and Issues

• Disappearing Students
  
• Academic Honesty
  
  • Campus resources, policies, and suggestions
    
  • Ten Ways to Minimize Academic Dishonesty in Your Classroom
    
  • Faculty and GSI Tips on Cheating in the Classroom
    
  • Berkeley Faculty Perspectives on Plagiarism
    
• Teaching in Times of Crisis
  
• Teaching “Sensitive” Topics
  
• Problem Students and Disruptive Behavior
  
• Student Announcements in Classes
• Laptops in class
  
• Email/Listserv etiquette
• Letters of Recommendation

7. Assessing and Evaluating Your Teaching

• Midsemester Evaluations
  
• Peer Observation
  
• Assessing and Evaluating Your Teaching
  
• Advancement and Promotion (from Academic Personnel Manual)
  
• Teaching Evaluation Policy (1987)

Other Issues (Life, or Something Like It)

• Balancing personal and professional life
• The Faculty Guide to Campus Life

9. Encouraging undergraduate research

10. Encouraging civic engagement

11. Diversity

12. Incorporating technology into your teaching

13. Encouraging student writing

14. International Faculty

15.Teaching Graduate Students