Faculty Guide to LEH 250
10 things you need to know to survive, thrive, and dive into teaching LEH250
- Our students are capable and intelligent and bring many strengths to college- and they need to hear that!
- Our students have chosen to be here and want a college degree.
- Like all first-year students, our students may have barriers to learning and need our program’s support in navigating them.
- Our students are likely to be first-generation college students, grow up in a low-income environment, and have diverse needs due to their life experiences and educational backgrounds—and these are opportunities where we can help them.
- The goal of LEH250 is to help students connect to Lehman College and build their identity and confidence as learners and scholars.
- This class builds skills that students will need now and in the future, emphasizing reading.
- As instructors, we have the opportunity to create a class that is engaging and active for our students based on our knowledge and background.
- Our role is to meet our students where they are and help them move forward in their learning and life.
- Lehman’s first-year initiative has support ready for the students (and for you as well)
- Students- and instructors- who feel belonging and support are more likely to thrive in college and be ready to dive into their work.
This book provides an overview of the course, the thinking behind it and advice about how to teach first year students.
Suggestions from faculty are welcome, as are contributions of new material.