Oh that one hits home! I seem to get pulled into many “think tanks”. I love brainstorming but then I want to do something or we have just wasted time. I am learning patience since it appears everything in education moves very slowly but creating timelines and deliverables upfront is huge!

I am not stepping down yet. However, we have been discussing 3 year term limits for Dept. Chair in our meetings. I think three years is sufficient and allows others to try it out as well. Build that empathy!! In terms of managing my “no’s” this semester, I am going to really focus on time blocking. I have always lived by my Outlook, but…

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Professional: fundamentals Personal: purposeful

I have a problem saying “no” and consequently get pulled in too many directions (professionally and personally). After three years in my current role, two years as dept chair and two years on faculty development committee (and a dozen other committees, pilot groups, etc.), I have a good foundation…

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I have created feedback responses that can easily be personalized for assignments where the feedback tends to be similar. I also created answer keys for statistics assignments with feedback that can be copied and pasted into the LMS tool. Saves so much time from typing the same things repeatedly.

Melissa, I am working on teaching instructors that it is so much easier to train yourself to create documents that are accessible then it is to redo them later. Once you do it a few times, it becomes habit.

I learned while working with our Learning Support Services and preparing courses for the ADA web and online accessibility cutoff date (now has been extended), that I was not considering those with disabilities when creating course content. I was surprised with my assumptions and apparent privileged point of view. I learned many ways to…

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