Well I had my review with my Associate Dean and everything went well. I am still employed and he had very little for me to correct (there is always room for improvement though).
Here are a few things tht did go wrong – now they seem funny:
1. 5 minutes before class started I needed to change rooms as the projectors in my scheduled lecture hall were being replaced. No projector + no powerpoint = bad lesson for review!
2. We always do a podcast review at the beginning of class and of course no one was volunteering to present a podcast they could find. So just before Ihad to get nasty and assign someone to come up a student volunteered. Thank you one student for being prepared and not blowing that part of the lesson.
3. A student received a phone call 5 minutes into my lecture. It was bad enought that the phone rang but then he answered it. I gave him a nasty look thinking he would hang up – he did not. I called out his name and motioned to hang up – he did not. He actually said on the phone “Well, people in the class are looking at me weird so I guess I better hang up. I’ll call you after class” – Thanks you rude student – you are not high on my list! My Dean laughed though in my review – students these days!!!
So for now I’m good for another semester – one down 5 more to go not counting summer until I’m off probation!!!
