embracing the hulk: maintaining your instruction program’s smashing success
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Meridith Wolnick, University of VirginiaPaula Roy, University of Virginia
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Embracing the hulk:
Maintaining your
instruction program’s smashing success
Outcomes
Recognize characteristics of an instruction program that has grown beyond its capabilities
Identify factors within an instruction program that are vulnerable to exceeding its scope
Identify strategies for managing an increased workload while maintaining staff energy and commitment
Each instruction program is unique
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Each instruction program is unique
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● No required course progression
Each instruction program is unique
www.thinkgeek.com
● No required course progression
● Not embedded
Each instruction program is unique
www.thinkgeek.com
● No required course progression
● Not embedded● No standard
structure or content
Each instruction program is unique
www.thinkgeek.com
● No required course progression
● Not embedded● No standard
structure or content
● 30-75 minutes
Each instruction program is unique
www.thinkgeek.com
● No required course progression
● Not embedded● No standard
structure or content
● 30-75 minutes
● Support for subject liaisons
How Our Program Had Grown● Increase in instruction requests leading
to…○ Increased time spent scheduling○ Increased time spent planning○ Increased time spent teaching○ Increase in student consultations
● Increase in customized classes● Increased partnerships with liaisons
Things to consider
Being Awesome
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Things to considerWorkload and Responsibility Changes
New practices:AssessmentReflectionCo-teachingTechnology
Things to consider
Things to consider
● Increasing requests for customization
● Increased enrollment
● Ripple effect from changing University priorities
External Factors
Strategies for maintaining energy and commitment
● Reusing/repurposing resources● Co-teaching● Limit…
○ Number of classes per day○ Back-to-back classes
● Focus on specific courses● Consistency in “repeat” classes● Time away
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