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Collaborating with students in creating the course can add meaning and ownership for the students, making it more likely that they will continue with the course. Students are unlikely to suggest instruction or evaluation methods that they will find re-traumatizing, and those methods are often creative, yielding new techniques for the instructor that may enliven the course or the instructor as well.
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Examples:
- Ask students what they find most confusing about the day's materials? Take the best of those questions, and use them to guide the lecture portion of the class.
- Ask students what they think the class should cover that day. Start a list of ideas on a white-board, chalk board, or chat. Use the list as a guide to the content you cover in the class or module. If you are running a hy-flex classroom, use the list as a way to keep the synchronous and asynchronous groups together. Asking students what you should cover gives them a sense f collaborating with you to build the class.
Trustworthiness is teaching behavior that works for all students. Ensure that you do what you say you will do when you say that you will do it. Communicate clearly with your students. Be transparent so that they know what to expect from you. Encourage them to communicate clearly with you so that you know what to expect from them. Build a communication channel so that if something unexpected occurs, you will be able to let them know and they will be able to let you know. Students may not realize this, but academic integrity is a trustworthy behavior. Cheating actually reduces the trust level in a class, and instructor responses necessitated by cheating may traumatize other students.
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