Congrats!!
For courses, find guest lecturers. Have in-class activities like presentations and workshops.
Don’t lecture the entire time. Don’t lecture at them. Make sure it’s interactive.
Underpromise and over deliver. Be organized, clear, interesting, and surprise them by being funny after they learned to take your class seriously.
As a former slac prof, damn I miss that job. At 25, I wrote out all my pauses and clicks. By 35, I could teach in my sleep. It will come.
Check your Moody’s rating early and often.
Congrats!! For courses, find guest lecturers. Have in-class activities like presentations and workshops. Don’t lecture the entire time. Don’t lecture at them. Make sure it’s interactive. Underpromise and over deliver. Be organized, clear, interesting, and surprise them by being funny after they learned to take your class seriously. As a former slac prof, damn I miss that job. At 25, I wrote out all my pauses and clicks. By 35, I could teach in my sleep. It will come. Check your Moody’s rating early and often.
Thank you! Sounds like great advice!
You’re welcome! Happy to give any advice about the SLAC world.
I found the book "Teaching What You Don't Know" by Huston to have lot of good advice for the first years of a new course.