What you can expect from me:
I will treat you with dignity and respect and be flexible to support your individual needs.
I will provide you with a clear, organized online course that is designed to ensure you meet our course outcomes in a meaningful manner.
I will provide a variety of assignments to ensure your learning needs are met.
I will provide a supportive and safe environment for you to share and discuss ideas with me and your peers.
I will reach out to you when I sense that you need support.
I won't be perfect. I am human and will make mistakes at times. I will view mistakes as an opportunity to learn and grow.
I will be actively present in your learning.
I will always bring a positive attitude! Even when I don't want to. This is a difficult class and you can use all the sunshine you can get!
I will keep an open line of communication between myself and my students (Added by students - Spring 2021)
I will remain flexible and aware of the sometimes unpredictable lives of my students (Added by students - Spring 2021)
You will treat me and your peers with dignity and respect.
You will strive to be an active participant in this course and aim to meet due dates.
You will maintain an open line of communication with me so I understand how to support you.
You will contact me if you have a concern with meeting a due date.
You will strive to regularly contribute to collaborative activities to ensure other members of the community have ample opportunity to read/listen, reflect, and respond to your ideas.
You will do your best to have patience with technology. There will be hiccups, expect them. We will get through them together.
You will give yourself grace. Expect to make mistakes. You are human and mistakes are part of learning and growing.
You will breathe and remember that learning is a process that I am part of. It's a partnership.
You will make the effort to study a minimum of 12 hours per week (on top of regular coursework), but remain aware that life happens and missing that mark is not the end of the world. (Added by students - Spring 2021)
You will actively look for ways to regularly destress throughout the semester. (Added by students - Spring 2021)
You will ask for help from peers or your professor as soon as you need it. (Added by students - Spring 2021)
When possible, you will offer help to your fellow peers (Added by students Summer 2022)
You will strive to find creative and innovative ways to learn the concepts of Biology B32. (Added by students Summer 2022)
I will make every effort to use the BC resources available to me to succeed in this class like the tutoring center, PAL sessions, student health and wellness center, etc. (Added by students Fall 2024)