I leave Diablo Valley College each Tuesday and Thursday exhausted but on the equivalent of a mental high. Teaching two Introduction to Business sections back-to-back is a full body+mind workout that I've never experienced before. My classroom I'm three weeks in with thirteen more to go until the end of the semester. I've learned a… Continue reading My first month of real teaching
Category: Teaching
Welcome letter to my search marketing class
I'm teaching my first community college course in a couple of months. It's exciting. It's intimidating. It's an incredible amount of prep work, since it's completely online, so it's tiring too. However, I'm already feeling proud of this course despite being nowhere close to ready. The online course I took at DVC about teaching an… Continue reading Welcome letter to my search marketing class
I’m now an adjunct!
Last October, a professor in the business department at Diablo Valley College (DVC) asked me if I would apply to teach part-time in a new digital marketing certificate program. It was an easy decision; of course I would. I'd been volunteering at DVC since late 2018, speaking in classes and helping with pitch competitions. I… Continue reading I’m now an adjunct!
Why I’m applying to be an instructor at DVC
Here’s the cover letter for my application to be a part-time adjunct marketing instructor at Diablo Valley College (DVC). In essence, I’m doing this because I’ve really enjoyed every opportunity I’ve had to speak, volunteer, and recruit at DVC. Prior to reaching out to a professor there just over a year ago, I didn’t know… Continue reading Why I’m applying to be an instructor at DVC