Teaching Vision and Mission

Teaching Vision

To inspire students in psychology and beyond to grow as critical thinkers and life-long learners

who use compassion, wisdom, creativity, and courage to make a better world for all

Teaching Mission

To connect with my students on their level, intellectually, socially, and emotionally

To engender growth mindsets within inclusive and supportive environments

built on relationship and community

To create, use, and share evidence-based teaching and learning methodologies

such as backward design, active learning, and authentic assessment

To engage with the community of scholars locally and abroad

Motivational poster: "The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes, but in having new eyes."

Motivational poster: "We do not learn from experience. We learn from reflecting on our experience."

Motivational poster: "Don't ask kids what they want to be when they grow up. Ask them what problems they want to solve. This changes the conversation from who do I want to work for to what do I need to learn in order to be able to do that." Quote attributed to Jaime Casap.

Motivational poster: "As educators, the more we know about who we teach, the more effective we will be with what we teach. Taking time to get to know our students isn't fluff time, it's academic time." Quote attributed to Dr. Justin Tarte.

Teaching ePortfolio

I created an e-Portfolio to use as part of my application package when I was seeking my first teaching positions. I have kept my original e-Portfolio frozen in time, so that current students and recent graduates may use it for inspiration when preparing their evidence of teachig excellence and curating their professional teaching personas.

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