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EDHP 504 Clinical Teaching Report

PLAN FOR TEACHING IMPROVEMENT
Please describe your plan for improvement/enhancement of teaching and/or teaching strategies.

Name:
Performance and/or Professional Development
Objectives
List appropriate performance objectives and/or
professional development activities to be completed.
Attach additional page(s) if needed. Examples of
suggested performance activities include increasing
opportunities for student engagement, improving
presentation skills, enhancing electronic presentations
and handouts, etc. Examples of suggested development
activities include attending workshops, obtaining
certifications, consultations with chair or colleagues, etc.
RESOURCES/SUPPORT NEEDED
For each objective, please indicate
training, activities and resources (if
needed) to support these
objectives.
Time Frame
How much time will be
needed to meet each
objective?

Increasing opportunities for student engagement and
teaching time. Because of lack of time in the D3 and D4
curriculum the student engagement activities and
opportunities to actually teach were very limited.

Opportunities to teach to dental
students at the dental school
organized within the current
curriculum by administration.

Ongoing throughout
Masters completion

Literature Reviews of education related literature is
needed to understand student learning gaps and gaps in
the dental pre-professional curriculum

Access to online journals and
PubMed in library for research

Ongoing throughout
Masters completion

Teacher Shadowing Experiences. An onsite teaching
rotation with an instructor in the department in which
you plan to teach would help develop the student-
teacher. This can serve as mentor-mentee relationship
and be a productive experience for new instructors.

Opportunities to be paired with a
mentor teacher and observe time
in and out of classroom. This can be
organized by administration.

Ongoing throughout
Masters Completion

Presentation Workshop. This can be a day or two class
that teaches you the tricks of the trade with Powerpoint,
Prezi and other technological developments that enhance
teaching and delivery.

OA class/workshop can be
developed and organized by
administration and offered to
Masters candidates at no charge.

2 or 3 days within each
semester.