This is the transcript from #AdjunctChat on 12/10/13, and was facilitated by Virginia Yonkers @Comprof1.
The topic was Managing your commitments at the end of the semester.
| From User | Text | Time |
| @Comprof1 | #adjunctchat will start in 10 minutes. How to manage your commitments during this time of year. | 12/10/2013 15:52:38 |
| @Comprof1 | #adjunctchat so it seems many people are busy today. Where is everyone in their semester? | 12/10/2013 16:00:42 |
| @Comprof1 | #adjunctchat I’ve started my final grading. | 12/10/2013 16:03:07 |
| @Comprof1 | #adjunctchat hopefully people are not over whelmed. I try to front load my courses so most work is in 1st 2/3 of class. Still have a lot | 12/10/2013 16:05:26 |
| @Comprof1 | #adjunctchat it doesn’t appear as if there is any one but myself online so I’m going to just throw out a bunch of questions anyone can ans | 12/10/2013 16:10:36 |
| @Comprof1 | #adjunctchat besides grading what are some of the things you need to do at the end of the semester? | 12/10/2013 16:11:38 |
| @Comprof1 | #adjunctchat are there any strategies you use to help manage the workload? I don’t hand back finals so I just write a quick note for grade | 12/10/2013 16:14:52 |
| @Comprof1 | #adjunctchat I also use Edmodo for assignments. It has a very easy grade book. | 12/10/2013 16:17:30 |
| @Comprof1 | #adjunctchat how do you handle the last minute student requests as they realize the sem is done and they may not be able to meet with you? | 12/10/2013 16:20:42 |
| @IshaiBarnoy | @Comprof1 I’ve spent an entire semester sticking by my rules. Sure, maybe a few students will have excuses. But not many. #AdjunctChat | 12/10/2013 16:21:49 |
| @Comprof1 | #adjunctchat do you give I completes? Why or why not? How do you handle I completes if you are not returning the following semester? | 12/10/2013 16:22:02 |
| @IshaiBarnoy | @Comprof1 I’ve never encountered incompletes, to be honest. Mostly I just hand down grades. I do consider grade changes though. #AdjunctChat | 12/10/2013 16:23:50 |
| @Comprof1 | @IshaiBarnoy what role (if any) do student evaluations at this time of yr play in stress levels #adjunctchat | 12/10/2013 16:24:33 |
| @IshaiBarnoy | #AdjunctChat I don’t have big answers for managing workload, sorry. I’ll tell you what someone told me: No more than four essays! | 12/10/2013 16:24:55 |
| @IshaiBarnoy | @Comprof1 #AdjunctChat None, this semester. I was told I could do evals at the 2/3 mark, and I did. Great relief. I plan to do so again. | 12/10/2013 16:25:46 |
| @Comprof1 | @IshaiBarnoy the process for grade change is so tough at our school it is easier to give incompletes. #AdjunctChat | 12/10/2013 16:25:48 |
| @IshaiBarnoy | @Comprof1 #AdjunctChat Yeah, it’s not ideal at my school either. To be sure, it’s probably a school-by-school issue. | 12/10/2013 16:26:41 |
| @Comprof1 | @IshaiBarnoy I actually don’t give final exams. Final papers w/drafts due 4 weeks before. So easier to grade. #AdjunctChat | 12/10/2013 16:27:41 |
| @IshaiBarnoy | @Comprof1 #AdjunctChat I still have to find my happy medium. Finishing w/assts before 2/3 mark would be disastrous, tho. All focus gone. | 12/10/2013 16:28:33 |
| @Comprof1 | @IshaiBarnoy learned one year not to give Evans as same day give back tests/project! #AdjunctChat | 12/10/2013 16:29:05 |
| @IshaiBarnoy | @Comprof1 #AdjunctChat What do you do for four weeks in class, then? Presentations? | 12/10/2013 16:29:06 |
| @IshaiBarnoy | @Comprof1 #AdjunctChat I mean, yeah, that’s a solution already: Presentations. So it’s not an unsolvable problem. | 12/10/2013 16:29:39 |
| @Comprof1 | #adjunctchat how do you balance personal life demands w/ school this time of year? #AdjunctChat | 12/10/2013 16:30:07 |
| @IshaiBarnoy | @Comprof1 #AdjunctChat Poorly. | 12/10/2013 16:30:46 |
| @Comprof1 | @IshaiBarnoy I teach communication courses so we do a lot of in class activities. Fall is not bad but spring is brutal w/ sr. #AdjunctChat | 12/10/2013 16:31:52 |
| @IshaiBarnoy | @Comprof1 #AdjunctChat I did finish memorizing one of two short plays I’ll be doing in the spring. | 12/10/2013 16:31:57 |
| @Comprof1 | @Comprof1 after 20 yrs my family knows it’s a tough time for me. But still they don’t understand why “pt job” requires so much #AdjunctChat | 12/10/2013 16:33:56 |
| @IshaiBarnoy | @Comprof1 #AdjunctChat Very cool. I need to expand my collection of in-class activities that seem both necessary and meaningful. | 12/10/2013 16:34:14 |
| @Comprof1 | @IshaiBarnoy do you feel it gives you an excuse to get away from grading (doing other work) #AdjunctChat | 12/10/2013 16:35:28 |
| @IshaiBarnoy | @Comprof1 #AdjunctChat Sure! But different types of busywork aren’t really “getting away.” Rehearsing w/others is better. More “real.” | 12/10/2013 16:36:38 |
| @Comprof1 | @IshaiBarnoy I always have the last class be something reflective. Give back something they did first class so they see prgrss #AdjunctChat | 12/10/2013 16:37:11 |
| @IshaiBarnoy | @Comprof1 #AdjunctChat Performing would be even better than that. But I’m just starting out. Keeping objectives organized is hard/necessary. | 12/10/2013 16:37:39 |
| @Comprof1 | @IshaiBarnoy do you find end of term is most isolating? #AdjunctChat I do because I have office at work but end of term at home | 12/10/2013 16:38:45 |
| @IshaiBarnoy | @Comprof1 #AdjunctChat My last class was cancelled today. It ends up last week’s class was more reflective. So, yeah, that was good luck. | 12/10/2013 16:39:38 |
| @Comprof1 | @IshaiBarnoy assuming you teach drama or theater? Might have first class do a piece as ice breaker, end w/ same piece. #AdjunctChat | 12/10/2013 16:40:57 |
| @IshaiBarnoy | @Comprof1 #AdjunctChat Yes, quite isolating. But one class strangely matured into a real community just days ago. I’m still riding on pride. | 12/10/2013 16:41:29 |
| @Comprof1 | @IshaiBarnoy snow? #adjunctchat | 12/10/2013 16:41:35 |
| @IshaiBarnoy | @Comprof1 #AdjunctChat No, I teach FYC, like all the other clowns. I’ve even had the poetry workshops go down the tubes. No more workshops. | 12/10/2013 16:43:00 |
| @IshaiBarnoy | @Comprof1 #AdjunctChat Yeah, snow. Great for sleeping in and sledding. Bad for bookkeeping. | 12/10/2013 16:43:36 |
| @Comprof1 | @IshaiBarnoy my last class yesterday was bummed it was the last class! Surprising because I didn’t think they liked class! #AdjunctChat | 12/10/2013 16:43:45 |
| @IshaiBarnoy | @Comprof1 #AdjunctChat I would teach drama. Then again, it’d be better to just do drama. Performing is best. Some teaching comes close, tho. | 12/10/2013 16:45:10 |
| @Comprof1 | #adjunctchat well, I need to end now. Hope others can jump into the discussion this week if they have time! #AdjunctChat | 12/10/2013 16:45:23 |
| @IshaiBarnoy | @Comprof1 #AdjunctChat Good luck grading. | 12/10/2013 16:46:50 |
| @IshaiBarnoy | Hey, anybody left listening to #AdjunctChat today? We could turn these last 10 minutes into #AdjunctChat : Fart Joke Edition. | 12/10/2013 16:51:05 |
| @IshaiBarnoy | Alright, closing up #AdjunctChat. Have fun grading. Don’t have too much coffee or candy. | 12/10/2013 16:58:43 |
