Adjunct Faculty Road Map

Retrieve Syllabus from CurriQunet

This is a step-by-step guide to download your syllabus from CurriQunet.

Personalize Your Syllabus

Once you download your syllabus from CURRICUNET, you will need to individualize it for your information and for your specific section information.  You can find information on the Academic Calendar and the Finals Schedule at the Kirkwood Calendar Link. Vicky Romano, Instructional Design at KCELT, created a video that explains how to personalized your syllabus. […]

Access your Class Roster using EagleNet

This video will walk you through the process of reviewing you class roster, as well as some valuable information regarding your students.

ABCD Lesson Planning

A-B-C-D Lesson Planning works to help teachers design lessons by asking them a series of simple questions.

Planning your First Class

It is important to create an engaging and supportive environment for your classroom from day one. Here are some examples of activities to do with your students during the first day of class. Here is also a document that helps you plan your first class. 

Design the first 2 weeks of class

Short and long term planning are important to a successful semester. Here are some types for Designing Your First Two Weeks of the semester. Vicky Romano, Instructional Designer at KCELT, created a video on summarizing the most important aspects to consider when planning the first 2 weeks of classes. Here is a document that summarizes […]

Assessing Students Prior Knowledge

Assessing Student Prior knowledge allows you to take a targeted approach in your teaching and learning by making an early diagnosis of what your students already know. The following video explains some of the advantages and strategies on how to assess students’ prior knowledge.

Student Introductions

This video shows you two ways on how your students can introduce themselves at the beginning of the semester.

Manage class Attendance using TALON

Attendance is important for student to grow a sense of belonging and to feel engaged with the instructor and other students. This video will show you have to use TALON to track and communicate attendance to students.

Enter Mandatory Attendance on EagleNet

This video will walk you through the process of Entering Attendance on EagleNet. The links below will provide you with more information regarding entering Attendance and Drop Dates. Attendance Reporting instruction Last Day To Drop and Refund Dates (Kirkwood Credentials Needed)

Set up your TALON Gradebook

It helps students to be successful and engaged in a course when they have up to date information on their grades, especially the feedback from the instructor. These videos can assist in setting up the gradebook in TALON. If you don’t see the video above, click here to watch it on YouTube. If you don’t see […]

Teaching Approaches

Teaching approaches to lessons will vary in order to provide engaging and effective instructional techniques. Teaching approaches are teacher-centered or student centered. In planning for student success, keep in mind the different approaches while planning your course content in alignment with your Course Learning Outcomes and Assessments.

Developing Assessments

After unpacking Course Learning Outcomes and aligning knowledge and skills with each CLO, the next step is to list the assessments that will demonstrate student learning for each CLO/Knowledge/Skill.

Creating Rubrics

Creating the Midterm Experience

Enter Midterm Grades

This video will walk you through the process of entering midterm grades in your classes.

Engaging Techniques

Article-10 Ways to Promote Student Engagementhttps://www.facultyfocus.com/articles/effective-teaching-strategies/10-ways-to-promote-student-engagement/

Final Exam

Enter Final Grades

This video will provide you with instructions on how to submit your final grades.

Active Learning

Active Learning is a set of instructional practices and activities that allow student to engage with the content of the class in a meaningful way.

ADDIE Model

This video explains what the ADDIE model is and how it can be implemented.

Creating Significant Learning Experiences

L. D. Fink proposes an instructional design model that takes into consideration the situational factors. These situational factors are the variables that affect and influence college classrooms.

Flipped Learning

Flipped Learning is an instructional approach that allows for students to engage with the content of the course before class, leaving in-class time to work on meaningful activities.

Gagne’s 9 Events of Instruction

Gagne’s 9 events of instruction is an instructional strategy that focuses on organize lessons around 9 steps (or events) that will boost student learning and engagement.