Addresses how well the instructor facilitates the course, communicates with students, engages students to be active learners, and develops a learning partnership that creates a class where students feel valued. This is often described as one's Teaching Philosophy.
Section 5 QLT Rubric QuARRy Exemplars
Section 5 Objectives
5.1 The instructor is helpful in normalizing a culturally responsive and sustainable and/or critical lens on course topics, respecting culturally diverse expressions while addressing microaggressions or disrespectful comments.
5.2 The instructor clearly helps students make connections between the content and the course activities, and how their life experience and mastery of concepts gained in the course will integrate into their college degree, future career, and role as a global citizen.
5.3 The instructor presents the course material and concepts in an orderly, effective and engaging manner.
5.4 The instructor empowers students with choices to encourage the exploration of new concepts and new perspectives through the course experience.
5.5 The instructor helps to focus discussion/interaction on relevant issues. The instructor also provides how microaggressions (e.g., intentional or unintentional negative attitudes toward marginalized groups) or disrespectful comments in the course discussions will be addressed.
5.6 The instructor demonstrates a commitment to students’ learning by providing clear feedback in a timely manner.
5.7 The instructor provides communication in multiple formats to students about important goals and course topics as opportunities arise, enunciating respect to students' diverse identities, backgrounds, and cultures.
5.8 The instructor provides reminders of due dates and duration of respective modules, as well as other instructions and scaffolding strategies to support student learning.
5.9 The course resources, student tasks, activities, assessments, and instructional strategies build upon students’ individual strengths and assets as it pertains to their cultural and linguistic backgrounds and funds of knowledge.