Modify Your Teaching Approach

The FSU teaching community in pursuit of instructional excellence is supported by a broad range of instructional support services designed for all types of teaching formats.

• Meet with a Teaching Enhancement Associate


• Write a Teaching Improvement Plan


• See your Course Evaluation Reports (SPOT scores) - from the Center for Assessment and Testing


• Analyze SPOT scores


• Request a Mid-term Evaluation (TABS: Teaching Assessment by Students)


• Meet FSU's 2007 Teaching Award Winners


• Improving Your Teaching with Feedback (224 Kb)
  Types of evaulation, how to use student feedback, Teaching Assessment by Students (TABS), self-reflection, peer review, and resources from the handbook Instruction at FSU: A Guide to Teaching & Learning Practices


• The University has a variety of resources that support instructors in their teaching and research efforts. Review the many programs and services available to you in Instruction @ FSU, Chapter 15, Support and Resources (288 Kb).


• Video on Demand


• Building a Classroom with "Real World" Consequences
  John W. Parks, College of Music and a 2005-06 Teaching Award Winner shares specific strategies on how he's made his teaching both rewarding and effective, including guidelines for student appearance, time management, accountability and more. Requires Windows Media Player


• How to Scream at Your Students and Get Away With It!
  Dr. James Doran, 2007 Undergraduate Teaching Award Winner addresses the challenges that faculty face as educators. Requires Windows Media Player


• Seriously Funny: What I've Learned About Teaching (And Why You Shouldn't Listen To Me)
  Winner of the 2007 University Distinguished Teaching Award, Dr. David Kirby discusses rules of expertise, humor, enthusiasm, rigor and more. Dr. Kirby is a professor in the English Department. Requires Windows Media Player


• Those Who Can Teach: How to Make Your Classroom Better
  Mark Zeigler, Associate in Communication and Winner of a 2007 Undergraduate Teaching Award examines good teaching as a "calling." Requires Windows Media Player