
Inclusive Pedagogy
- Rhodes College Commitment to Diversity
- For a curated and regularly updated list of useful materials, please visit this page from the Office of Faculty Recruitment, Retention, and Diversity (FRRD).
- The Office of FRRD also sponsors the video series Rhodes to Equity
Remote Learning Resources
Teaching strategies
Syllabus Resources
- Sexual Misconduct Template Language
- Student Accessibility & Accommodations Template Language
- Crowdsourced Syllabus Policies for Remote Teaching
- See also the Chronicle’s Advice Guide, “How to Create a Syllabus”
Instructional Technology Team
- This team of information services staff supports teaching and learning at Rhodes. You can reach them at help@rhodes.edu.
- Their current work in support of remote hybrid teaching is available here.
Effective Peer Observation of Teaching
Faculty at Rhodes observe each other’s classes often, and peer observation of teaching is one important aspect of the way teaching is evaluated during period reviews for renewal, tenure, and promotion. Below are some recommended resources on how to make your visit to a colleague’s class productive while causing minimal disruption:
- Guidelines for Observation of Remote Courses during Covid-19
- Faculty Email on Peer Observations, Fall 2019
- Sample Format: The Pre-Observation Meeting
- Sample Format: The Class Visit (several)
- “We Don’t Trust Course Evaluations, but are Peer Observations of Teaching Much Better?” (James Lang in the Chronicle)
Request a Class Visit
Faculty members in their first through fifth years can request that the Director of Teaching Mentoring observe a class. This will include a pre-observation meeting, as well as a post-observation meeting. These observations and discussions allow faculty members to receive feedback from an independent source – from outside of one’s department. To request an observation, email Gordon Bigelow.
Visit a Class
Faculty members in their first, second, or third year at Rhodes are encouraged to observe a class taught by one of the College’s most outstanding teachers. Each year, the College bestows the Clarence Day Award for Outstanding Teaching upon a member of the faculty. All of the College’s Day Award winners welcome you to drop in to observe one of their classes. For a schedule of classes taught by Day Award winners during the current semester, contact Gordon Bigelow.