Countdown to Teaching

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Getting started Teaching at McMaster? Here is a collection of useful external links to help you on your path. Don't hesitate to drop by our office or to call ext. 24540 for some pointers.

Quick Info Sheets

Quick Info Sheets are now listed starting on page 27 of the Teaching at McMaster Handbook.

Preparing to Teach Checklist

Questions to Ask Your Department Checklist (PDF File)

Designing a Course

Good overview. From University of California at Berkeley.
Preparing or Revising a Course
From "Tools for Teaching" by Barbara Gross-Davis at UC Berkeley.

Tips on Teaching: Designing a Course
A Self-Directed Guide to Designing Courses for Significant Learning.
This article from the University of Oklahoma lays out the steps for a well thought-out course design (33 pages).

Preparing a Syllabus

• McMaster University Senate Resolutions on Course Outlines. Specifies what must be included on Course Outlines.
• Syllabus Checklist (PDF File)
• Creating a Syllabus
• Learning Centered Syllabi Workshop

First Day of Class Excellent suggestions to prepare for the first day.

• Barbara Gross Davis's book, Tools for Teaching, some excellent first
  day suggestions.
• University of Saskatchewan, provides suggestions and some interactive activities
  to help you get to know your students and help them to get to know each other.
• Association of Psychological Science
  

Nervousness

• Teaching Anxiety, a booklet from the University of Queensland in Australia.
• Teaching at Stanford, see page 19-20 of the Teaching Handbook for
  seven ways to handle nervousness.
• Overcoming Speaking Anxiety in Meetings & Presentations

Assessment

• How to Write Tests
  A clear concise and comprehensive look at developing tests from Robert Runté from the University of Lethbridge.