Jumpstart to Successful Instruction:
Supporting Industry Experts in Becoming Expert Instructors
Purpose: To support workforce development programs across all industry sectors preparing industry experts to become excellent teachers. This community focuses specifically on building an open access library of videos, tools, and resources for exemplary teaching practices that individuals and community colleges can easily and freely adopt and adapt to produce successful transitions of industry experts into expert teachers.
Jumpstart to Successful Instruction:
IE2EI Instructor Interviews
Instructors talk openly about challenges of teaching their first college class.
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Jumpstart to Successful Instruction:
Different Courses For Different Purposes
Jumpstart to Successful Instruction:
Getting Started
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Jumpstart to Successful Instruction:
A Case Study in Smart Reuse
Learn how Western Dakota Technical College helps instructors Jumpstart their way to improved retention and better student engagement using the SkillsCommons course, Jumpstart to Successful Instruction.
Jumpstart Reuse Webinar
Looking to create a customized training course to help
Subject Matter Experts become excellent instructors?
You can reuse, revise, remix, retain, and redistribute the lesson plans, assessments, and more that were created by Western Dakota Technical College’s Donna Hanks to supplement SkillsCommon’s Jumpstart training modules.
Course: Methods of Lesson Planning and Instruction
| Modules |
Description |
Resources |
| Module 1 | Introductions and Develop Consistent Communications |
Developing Consistent Communications
ED 211 Methods of Lesson Planning and Instruction Instructor Syllabus.docx Copy of ED211 Course Calendar F21.xlsx |
| Module 2 | Defining Student Learning Competencies &Outcomes
Blooms Quick Sheets |
Defining Student Learning Competencies and Outcomes |
| Module 3 | Connecting Learning Objectives & Competencies | Connecting the Learning Objectives and Competencies to Grades |
| Module 4 | Creating the Course Climate | Creating the Course Climate |
| Module 5 | The Why of How You are Teaching | The Why of “How” You are Teaching |
| Module 6 | Active Learning Strategy | Active Learning |
| Module 7 | Creating Effective Assignments | Creating Effective Assignments |
| Module 8 | Fair & Balanced Formative & Summative Assessments | Fair and Balanced Formative and Summative Assessments |
Course: Diving Deeper in Adult Learning
|
Module |
Description of Lesson |
Resources |
| Introduction Module & Module 1 | Introductions
Diving Deeper in Adult Learning |
Diving Deeper Into Adult Learning
ED215 Methods of Instructional Design Sp22 DH Instructor Syllabus.docx ED215 Methods of Instructional Design Master Syllabus.docx ED215 Course Calendar Sp22.xlsx |
| Module 2 | Adopting and Adapting Research Based Learning Theories
Investigating Learning Theory |
Adopting and Adapting Research Based Learning |
| Module 3 | Plan for Issues and Potential Solutions in Classroom Management | Plan for Issues and Potential Solutions in Classroom Management |
| Module 4 | Student Centered Learning in Higher Education | Student Centered Learning in Higher Education |
| Module 5 | ADA Accommodations- Meeting Learners’ Needs | Understanding ADA and Meeting Learners Needs |
| Module 6 | Using Emerging Resources
Collaborative and Experiential Learning |
Using Emerging Resources
Collaborative and Experiential Learning |
| Module 7 | Incorporating Problem and Project Based Learning | Incorporating Project and Problem Based Learning |
| Module 8 | Investigating the Teaching and Learning Cycle
Final Thoughts |
Investigating the Teaching and Learning Cycle |