Friday Fragments: Positive Student Evaluations and Poem Creating

Yesterday was much easier than Thursday--but that's not a surprise. Yesterday we only had one meeting, so my committed time was only one hour. Thursday was very scheduled, from 8 a.m. until 3. Let me capture yesterday:--Here's the one cool thing that stands out. We had our Humanities division meeting, and we entered the classroom door that had colored pieces of 8 x 11 paper posted around the door frame. On each piece of paper was a different student evaluation with a positive statement about teaching. Our dean told us that she chose a positive evaluation for each one of us and put the comment on the paper. She wanted us to remember that the work we do is important. What a great way to start a meeting!--The meeting was a good one, full of good brainstorming about ways to keep students from leaving us. We'd like to grow our bachelor degree programs, and we'd like to keep 1st year students from dropping out. Unlike some administrator meetings I've attended in pre-pandemic days, there was…