Category: Career Preparation

“Managing course grading and student feedback is typically ‘included in the hourly teaching rate.’ However students are increasingly asking for precise feedback on their grades.

This is understandable, but giving unique and specific feedback for each student on each assignment is very time consuming and there is not enough time in class.

If students want personalized teacher feedback, and universities want teachers to improve student satisfaction, then universities need to add a payroll component that reflects this extra work.”

– Teacher

“The French government now requirements universities make public student satisfaction rates. Obviously, this rating determines future student enrolment.

We now actively monitor student satisfaction for every single one of our teachers, from semester to semester, and take it very seriously.

Students have stated that their teachers have, in class, openly insulted university administration.

How do we justify working with teachers with low student satisfaction, knowing the damage it does to future enrolment?”

– Teacher Recruiter

“Teachers must design a more detailed syllabus which clearly sets expectations, explains course prerequisites, project expectations, submission deadlines and grading. Each syllabus must also include a more in-depth teacher profile so we students can research them.

Universities must take greater control over the course content; content should not be solely at the teacher’s discretion.

Universities need to make the course program and syllabuses more readily available to us students at the beginning of the year.”

– Student

“Universities must schedule classes to optimize student learning; the material does not spread over several months. It is very difficult for us students to remember course material when the last class took place months earlier.

But also don’t condense the lessons too much either. We students need time to think, digest and work on the class projects. Organize course deadlines so projects are evenly distributed throughout the semester and aren’t all due at the same time.”

– Student

“As a teacher I’ve had program managers I’ve taught courses for for years suddenly stop responding to my calls and emails, only to discover that that program manager had been posting job announcements on LinkedIn actively recruiting teachers to teach my very course; even stating they have course content to offer (undoubtedly the content I created).”

– Teacher

“When teachers want to stop teaching a course, they should suggest a few contacts in their network to replace them.”

– Program Director

“Adjunct teachers have similar to superior education and professional experience than full-time teachers yet aren’t offered the same amount of time and compensation to prepare for courses, to grade projects or to create educational content.

Offer adjunct teachers fixed-term contracts with a decent monthly salary as well as the perks that come along with it.”

– Teacher

“It is very difficult for teachers to juggle the planning and get a consistent schedule when teaching in several schools plus other professional obligations.

Universities should recognize this.”

– Teacher

“Universities must hire teachers who are actually interested in teaching us students and are not just here for the money.”

– Student