Index

This index catalogs all OFE teaching resources alphabetically. Scroll down for links to campus partners.

OFE Resources

• Accelerated Courses – Planning accelerated or compressed courses
• Accessibility for Online Learning – Supporting Diverse Learners and Ensuring Accessibility
• Active and Engaged Learning – Teaching Resources 
• Assessments – For Authentically Evaluating Learning 
• Assignment Strategies – Evidence-based models for Design
• Attendance – Options and Considerations to Help Develop Attendance Policies
• Backward Design – Teaching Resource Model to Help Develop Clear and Strong Courses
• Canvas Community: OFE Teaching Resources  – A Collection of Sample Syllabi, Assignments, and Other Course Materials from and for Montclair Instructors (join by clicking here).
• Canvas Universal Guidelines – Components from Montclair for Posting in All Courses
• Classroom Active Learning Strategies– Techniques to Use in the Classroom 
• Collecting Information About Your Teaching – Feedback from Your Students, Your Peers and Yourself
• Course Design – Guidance and Templates to Prepare for Clearer Courses
• Communication With Students – Strategies for Good Communication and Developing a Strong Presence
• Community and Belonging – Strategies for Building Community and Fostering Belonging in the Classroom 
• Compressed Courses – Planning accelerated or compressed courses
• Connecting with Students – Strategies for Connecting with Students 
• Course Modalities – Understanding Each Modality
• COVID Related Teaching – Health and Safety Protocols
• Critical Thinking – Activities, Resources, and References for Implementing
• Department Liaison Program – Request an OFE faculty developer to serve as liaison to your department
• Disciplinary Excellence – Commitment to Our Disciplines and Strategies 
• Diverse Course Materials – Strategies for Incorporating Them in Your Course
• Diversity, Equity, Inclusive and Belonging – Teaching Strategies for Cultivating in Your Classroom 
• Effective Lectures – Teaching Resource 
• Engagement and Active in Online Learning – Tips for Fostering in Your Course Design
• Engaging Discussions – Specific Techniques for Classroom Discussion
• Equity Discussions – Challenges, Protocols and Advice for Using Protocols in the Classroom 
• Feedback on Your Teaching – Collecting Information from Your Students, Your Peers and Yourself
• First Day of Class – Planning for the First Day of Class
• Flipped Learning – An Approach That Flips or Inverts the Traditional Class Structure
• Grading Methods and Strategies – Managing Grading
• Groups and Teams Assignments – Sample Assignments and Structure for Providing Collaboratively Learning Opportunities 
• Implicit Bias – In the Classroom
• Inclusivity and Diversity – Strategies and Resources for Putting Values Into Practice
• Incorporating Diverse Course Materials –  Selecting Content, Support, Facilitating, and Interrogating Barriers to Inclusion.
• Instructor Presence in the Classroom – Ensuring This Essential Skill No Matter the Modality
• Large Classroom Active Learning Strategies – Strategies for Making Human Connections
• Last Day of Class – Strategies for Effective Closure
• Montclair Syllabus – tool to help instructors provide clear and organized syllabi to students
• New Instructor Information – Teaching at Montclair 101 Workshop and Other Helpful Instructional Information
• Observation Templates
• Office Hours – How to Make Them More Effective
• Online Course Design – Principles for Designing an Effective Online Course 
• Online Learning Design – Tips for Communicating with Online Learners
• Pedagogical Strategies – Strategies to Support Student Learning
• Peer Observations – Best Practices and Rationale for Peer Observations of Teaching
• Planning for Disruption – Illness, Weather, and Public Health Emergencies
• Review of Assignments and Syllabus – The Office for Faculty Excellence Helps Review and Redesign Your Materials
• Rubrics – Giving Clarity Around Grading and Tips
• Scaffolding and Sequencing Assignments – Break down assignments into pieces to support learning
• Selecting Accessible Course Materials – Ensuring Access to Your Course Materials 
• Simple Syllabus – tool to help instructors provide clear and organized syllabi to students
• Showcase – 2023 Teaching and Learning Showcase Select Recordings and Materials
• Summer Courses – Planning accelerated or compressed courses
• Student Hours – How to Make Them More Effective
• Student Surveys – Surveys to Gain Valuable Insights on Your Students’ Perspectives
• Student Support Resources – Connecting to Campus Partners – Academic, Mental Health and Student Life Partners and the CARE Team
• Syllabus Template – Template to Help Faculty Write Syllabus Using Format Designed for All Montclair Faculty to Use 
• Syllabus Tone – Strategies for Incorporating a Warm Tone
• Syllabus Writing –  Including Montclair Syllabus Template Including All Essential Elements for Students 
• Teaching as Reflective Practice – Strategies and Theories for Being an Effective and Inclusive Instructor
• Teaching Principles – Guide for Faculty to Improve the Learning and Teaching Experience
• Teaching Resources Canvas Community – A Collection of Sample Syllabi, Assignments, and Other Course Materials from and for Montclair Instructors (join by clicking here).
• Technology – Online Learning – Checklist for Helping Faculty Engage and Motivate Students 
• Universal Design for Learning – Designing and Delivering an Accessible Course Giving Every Student Equitable Opportunities 
• Zoom Teaching Tips – For Faculty