Jumpstart to Successful Instruction

  • Industry Expert to Expert Instructor

Jumpstart to Successful Instruction: Supporting Industry Experts in Becoming Expert Instructors

Purpose: To support workforce development programs across all industry sectors preparing industry experts to become excellent teachers. This community focuses specifically on building an open access library of videos, tools, and resources for exemplary teaching practices that individuals and community colleges can easily and freely adopt and adapt to produce successful transitions of industry experts into expert teachers.


Jumpstart to Successful Instruction: IE2EI Instructor Interviews

Instructors talk openly about challenges of teaching their first college class.

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Jumpstart to Successful Instruction: Different Courses For Different Purposes


Jumpstart to Successful Instruction: Getting Started

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Jumpstart to Successful Instruction: A Deeper Dive into an Accelerated Course for New Instructors

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Workforce GPS Blog

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Jumpstart to Successful Instruction: A Case Study in Smart Reuse

Learn how Western Dakota Technical College helps instructors Jumpstart their way to improved retention and better student engagement using the SkillsCommons course, Jumpstart to Successful Instruction.

Jumpstart Reuse Webinar

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