1. A Quick One While (She Or He Or Whoever)’s Away: Guest Lecturing Jeff Cooper 1/8/06 Psychology TA Training (with apologies to The Who)

2. Why Guest Lecture? Generally: someone asked. (Which is way flattering!)

3. Why Guest Lecture? Generally: someone asked. (Which is way flattering!) But also:  Tremendous learning experience  Develop presentation skills  Stored usefulness  Scaffold for teaching your own courses

4. The Satisfying And The Less-So

5. What class Who What one detail made it memorable?

6. What Details Stand Out?

7. The Biggest Suggestion Best thing you can do: Prepare. Common sense, but takes endless practice

8. Three Fronts To Prepare You don’t know what they know; they don’t know what you know.  Content prep

9. Three Fronts To Prepare You don’t know what they know; they don’t know what you know.  Content prep You’re doing this for the first time (every time)  Presentation prep

10. Three Fronts To Prepare You don’t know what they know; they don’t know what you know.  Content prep You’re doing this for the first time (every time)  Presentation prep You’re on their turf  Logistics prep

11. Content Preparation You’re teaching people, not just a subject

12. Content Preparation You’re teaching people, not just a subject Know what they know  Crucial to talk with instructors  Connect with earlier classes (but don’t repeat)  Lay groundwork for future classes (but avoid overlap)  Topic makes a difference – stats vs. emotion  What is the class format? What are they used to?  Outlines and a lot of summary is nice.

13. Presentation Preparation Convince them you’ve thought about them

14. Presentation Preparation Convince them you’ve thought about them Tell them what you know  Have an appropriate length (This is hard. Everything will take longer than you think, especially discussions or questions. Give yourself enough time.)  Have an appropriate amount of information – on the slides, in multimedia  Standard presentation etiquette is especially important. Things should work the first time.

15. Logistics Presentation Pretend like you know what you’re doing

16. Logistics Presentation Pretend like you know what you’re doing Be on time, have things ready  Know the usual timing format (any breaks, etc.)  Know where you’re going  Bring every necessary cable/speakers/etc.  Make sure any lab equipment/props are ready  Will other instructors be there? Introduction?

17. Special Topics (or: Getting Crazy) Guest discussion-leading  Especially important to know what they know, and tell them what you know  You should build class around this – not tack it on

18. Special Topics (or: Getting Crazy) Guest discussion-leading  Especially important to know what they know, and tell them what you know  You should build class around this – not tack it on Lecturing with demonstrations/labs  Having a “toolbox” of directions to go in is helpful

19. Special Topics (or: Getting Crazy) Guest discussion-leading  Especially important to know what they know, and tell them what you know  You should build class around this – not tack it on Lecturing with demonstrations/labs  Having a “toolbox” of directions to go in is helpful Different formats: case studies, FAQ lectures, debates, all-video, pre-assignments  Can be fun; see what instructors need covered

20. Help Your Fellow Suckers As an instructor, you can help a lot:  Passing along syllabi  Helping guest prepare content  Previewing guest content in earlier classes  “Debriefing” in later classes  Bring extra cables (or send them along)  Be there – seeing another teacher’s take is a great way to improve a course

21. Only The Tip Of A Large Iceberg These are all basic suggestions Guest lecturing can be a great place to experiment And a great way to build a base for yourself – both of content and of teaching skills Let me know any suggestions for a checklist!

22. Thank You!