Presentations & Publications: January 2025

January 31, 2025

“A visitor is coming to your classroom to watch you teach, and you’re worried,” write Jim Lang and Kristi Rudenga of Notre Dame Learning’s Kaneb Center for Teaching Excellence. “Maybe your teaching is being evaluated for tenure or promotion. Or maybe you have been asked to teach a class as part of a job interview.” Lang and Rudenga offer four strategies to “broadcast your teaching excellence” in just such a scenario.

January 07, 2025

“There’s no telling what will work for you, so take every piece of writing advice you read with a grain of salt, mine included,” writes Jim Lang, a professor of the practice in Notre Dame Learning’s Kaneb Center for Teaching Excellence, who has a new book, Write Like You Teach, due out this May. “But I share my experience with rituals in service of offering a simple productivity tip that might eliminate whatever barrier is preventing you from writing in this moment.”

January 03, 2025

“On that first day, I would argue, your students are forming a lasting impression not just of you as a teacher but of your course, too,” writes Jim Lang, a professor of the practice in Notre Dame Learning’s Kaneb Center for Teaching Excellence, in this advice guide for teaching a successful first day of class. *Note: This piece was originally published January 4, 2019.