Getting Results

Learn to teach in a Community College Setting. This multimedia resource for Community College faculty will challenge your previous thinking about teaching and learning and give you the basic tools for effective classroom practice. The key theme of the course is to encourage you to focus on what the students will do and take responsibility for their success. 

Assessment Quickies

This is a series of 10 short videos that can help you understand assessment of student learning. Most videos are under 5 minutes in length.

Classroom Management

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Good classroom management is critical to creating a good learning environment. The information and techniques suggested in these links can help you effectively prevent or address student behavioral problems in the classroom.

• Dealing with Difficult Behaviors in the Classroom - Honolulu Community College: This site presents a series of classroom situations with suggestions for appropriate responses.
• Classroom Management Strategies: This site offers preventative strategies and practical solutions for specific classroom problems. 
• Handling Crises:  One of the best ways to handle difficult situations in the classroom is to be prepared with strategies to avoid crises in the first place. This site is divided into 7 sections addressing various crises including: conflict with students and peers, potentially violent behavior, emotionally troubled students, disruptive behaviors, sexual harassment, and medical emergencies.

Rubric Generator: Rubistar.com

Create rubrics to improve student learning, ensure fair grading and reduce time spent grading student work.

Rubistar offers rubric templates and automatic rubric generation for a wide variety of academic subjects. While many teachers want to use rubrics or are experimenting with writing rubrics, they can be quite time-consuming to develop.

RubiStar can help you in a variety of ways:

• Want to develop a rubric from scratch? Rubistar can help you create beautifully formatted rubrics without having to use Excel or Word tables.
• Want to develop a rubric for a fairly standardized type of assignment? Rubistar offers plenty of easy-to-use customizable templates for many subjects and assignment types.
• Want to see rubrics created by hundreds of faculty members to see if you can glean some ideas? Rubistar has thousands of rubrics created by other teachers for a wide variety of subjects and assignments. You're free to use these rubrics as is or customize them to meet your needs.