January 6, 2019 In this podcast - #254, Daniel and David discuss the difference we make in the lives of our students. Enjoy! David &amp; Daniel

January 6, 2019 In this podcast - #254, Daniel and David discuss the difference we make in the lives of our students. Enjoy! David &amp; Daniel

SC 254 The Difference We Make In the Lives of Our Students

In this podcast - #253, Daniel and David explore a caring approach to helping students know which resources are available them - at just the right time. Enjoy! David &amp; Daniel

In this podcast - #253, Daniel and David explore a caring approach to helping students know which resources are available them - at just the right time. Enjoy! David &amp; Daniel

SC 253 No. 5 Students Who Drive You CRAZY!

In this podcast - #252, Daniel and David explore a caring approach to students who are not managing their resources well.

In this podcast - #252, Daniel and David explore a caring approach to students who are not managing their resources well.

SC 252 No. 4 Students Who Drive You CRAZY!

In this podcast - #251, Daniel and David explore a caring approach to student excuses.

In this podcast - #251, Daniel and David explore a caring approach to student excuses.

SC 251 No. 3 Students Who Drive You CRAZY!

In this milestone podcast - #250, Daniel and David explore a caring approach to three types of disruptive student behavior.

In this milestone podcast - #250, Daniel and David explore a caring approach to three types of disruptive student behavior.

SC 250  No. 2 Students Who Drive You CRAZY!

July 29, 2018 Welcome to the first episode in our new series: Students Who Drive You Crazy! In this mid-summer podcast, we take a break from our summer of intensive writing to speak about "The Bargaining Student"- who may be driving you crazy and how to help them, from a caring perspective.  Enjoy!   David &amp; Daniel

July 29, 2018 Welcome to the first episode in our new series: Students Who Drive You Crazy! In this mid-summer podcast, we take a break from our summer of intensive writing to speak about "The Bargaining Student"- who may be driving you crazy and how to help them, from a caring perspective. Enjoy! David &amp; Daniel

SC 249  Students Who Drive You CRAZY!

Daniel and David wrap up their series on meaningful work in this podcast.

Daniel and David wrap up their series on meaningful work in this podcast.

SC 248 More Meaningful Work - Last

Daniel and David report on their research about the nature of our business and creating time for meaningful work.

Daniel and David report on their research about the nature of our business and creating time for meaningful work.

SC 247 More Meaningful Work

Following a couple of bouts with the flu, Daniel and David return to share their thoughts on meaningful work as a professor.

Following a couple of bouts with the flu, Daniel and David return to share their thoughts on meaningful work as a professor.

SC 246  Meaningful Work

As 2017 comes to a close, we offer some tips for selecting an academic conference in 2018.   Happy New Year! Dr. Daniel de Roulet  Prof. David Pecoraro 

As 2017 comes to a close, we offer some tips for selecting an academic conference in 2018.  Happy New Year! Dr. Daniel de Roulet  Prof. David Pecoraro

SC 245 Selecting a Conference in 2018

Join professors de Roulet and Pecoraro as they encourage professors to achieve success.

David and Daniel provide us with encouraging voices that challenge us to serve our students well. 

Student Caring is a great podcast that is contributing to the art and science of teaching in higher ed.

Important listening for those of us who teach in higher ed

The dynamic duo of Professors de Roulet and Pecoraro provide practical and enjoyable tips and advice for students, parents and professors. They are highly informative and entertaining at the same time. This podcast provides tons of value and is guaranteed to make you smile or laught at least once while listening. The show is well thought out and is of professionally quality. The Student Caring Community is fortunate to have such a great resource. If you haven&#39;t already, go ahead and subscribe to the podcast. You&#39;ll thank me later!  - Garrick Gibson

A very entertaining + informative podcast on Higher Education

Student Caring - A Podcast for Professors

How can we take care of ourselves so we can take care of others? At the beginning of this academic term, we discuss best practices of caring.

How can we take care of ourselves so we can take care of others? At the beginning of this academic term, we discuss best practices of caring.

SC 231 No. 1 of 2 Self Care for Professors

Professors de Roulet and Pecoraro focus on "Course Organization and Management" in this podcast featuring our new Professional Mentoring Service for Professors.

Professors de Roulet and Pecoraro focus on "Course Organization and Management" in this podcast featuring our new Professional Mentoring Service for Professors.

SC 220 Course Organization and Management

Daniel and David discuss first steps and considerations in the process of searching for a job in higher education.

Daniel and David discuss first steps and considerations in the process of searching for a job in higher education.

SC 213 Part One: Searching for a Job as a Professor 

HAPPY NEW YEAR! In the middle of our first weeks back in the classroom, we share some of the wonderful - and not so wonderful surprises we encountered.   Dr. Daniel de Roulet  Prof. David C. Pecoraro 

HAPPY NEW YEAR! In the middle of our first weeks back in the classroom, we share some of the wonderful - and not so wonderful surprises we encountered. Dr. Daniel de Roulet  Prof. David C. Pecoraro

SC 230 HAPPY NEW YEAR!

Professors de Roulet and Pecoraro focus on "Course Design - The Student Mind" in this podcast featuring their Professional Mentoring Service for Professors.

Professors de Roulet and Pecoraro focus on "Course Design - The Student Mind" in this podcast featuring their Professional Mentoring Service for Professors.

SC 223 Course Design - The Student Mind

Daniel and David discuss what not to do when applying for a job as a professor and also how to exceed their expectations.

Daniel and David discuss what not to do when applying for a job as a professor and also how to exceed their expectations.

SC 214 Part Two: Searching for a Job as a Professor

If you have ever wondered what the interview will be like for a job as a professor, this podcast is for you.

If you have ever wondered what the interview will be like for a job as a professor, this podcast is for you.

SC 216 Part Three: The Professor Interview

In this, PODCAST #4 in our series on the professor job search, Daniel and David discuss best practices to follow when you are offered the job - or not. (Listen for the announcement about our mock interview service.)

In this, PODCAST #4 in our series on the professor job search, Daniel and David discuss best practices to follow when you are offered the job - or not. (Listen for the announcement about our mock interview service.)

SC 217 Part Four: Getting the Job - or Not

At the beginning of the fall semester of 2017, Daniel and David, the Caring Professors, discuss the benefits of taking your course before teach it to your students. [PODCAST NO.228]

At the beginning of the fall semester of 2017, Daniel and David, the Caring Professors, discuss the benefits of taking your course before teach it to your students. [PODCAST NO.228]

SC 228 Taking Your Course Before Teaching Your Course

On Cinco de Quatro, Daniel and David offer action step tips for those of you preparing for your professor interview.

On Cinco de Quatro, Daniel and David offer action step tips for those of you preparing for your professor interview.

SC 215 Part Two: Preparing for the Interview

Professors de Roulet and Pecoraro focus on "Creating a Syllabus and Lesson Plan" in this podcast featuring their Professional Mentoring Service for Professors.

Professors de Roulet and Pecoraro focus on "Creating a Syllabus and Lesson Plan" in this podcast featuring their Professional Mentoring Service for Professors.

SC 221 Creating a Syllabus and Lesson Plan

In this podcast, Daniel and David discuss a very popular topic with their college faculty mentoring service: Improving Instructor - Student Communication.

In this podcast, Daniel and David discuss a very popular topic with their college faculty mentoring service: Improving Instructor - Student Communication.

SC 224 Improving Instructor - Student Communication

In this podcast, we reveal part 3 about why so many new professors quit the profession.

In this podcast, we reveal part 3 about why so many new professors quit the profession.

SC 212 Part Three: Why Many Professors are Leaving the Profession

In this new podcast series, we identify the primary causes why new professors decide to leave teaching.

In this new podcast series, we identify the primary causes why new professors decide to leave teaching.

SC 210 Why Many Professors are Leaving the Profession

In this, podcast No. 229 we expose the many paper writing services who encourage our students to engage in plagiarism. 

In this, podcast No. 229 we expose the many paper writing services who encourage our students to engage in plagiarism.

SC 229 F U - Professor Pecoraro!

Daniel and David share some commencement ceremony survival techniques in this podcast.

Daniel and David share some commencement ceremony survival techniques in this podcast.

SC 218 Commencement Survival Techniques

In this podcast, we continue to identify the primary causes why new professors decide to leave teaching.

In this podcast, we continue to identify the primary causes why new professors decide to leave teaching.

SC 211 Part Two:  Why Many Professors are Leaving the Profession

David and Daniel discuss the benefits of teaching our students how to help each other.       We welcome your comments, feedback and guest post submissions. Email:  General Information   |   Prof. David C. Pecoraro Thank you! Daniel &amp; David

David and Daniel discuss the benefits of teaching our students how to help each other. We welcome your comments, feedback and guest post submissions. <a href="mailto:info@studentcaring.com">Email:  General Information</a>   |   <a href="mailto:david@studentcaring.com">Prof. David C. Pecoraro</a> Thank you! Daniel &amp; David

SC 207 Teaching Our Students how to Help Each Other

In this Post &amp; Podcast, we introduce our professional mentoring services for professors.   Podcast Outline: The origins of this service:  Throughout our careers we have observed many of our colleagues who had nowhere to turn for help and ended up leaving the teaching profession. Our research and reporting on the disturbing statistics about why so many professors are leaving the profession. Reference: Podcast Series on  Why Many Professors Are Leaving the Profession: 210 , 211, and 212. Our research and podcast series on professor burnout, base on the work of Dr. Dike Drummond’s book, Stop Physician Burnout. In his book he reports that teachers experience the second highest rate of burnout. Reference our Podcast Series on Burnout Solutions:  193, 194, and 195.   Also see the post: How To Avoid Burnout as a Professor.  1. Why is this service necessary?  At most colleges and universities, if a professor is having trouble, there are few (if any) confidential sources to turn to. Teaching and class management are not taught to the majority of professors. For professors on tenure track who are struggling, immediate intervention is necessary. Confidential, useful advice helps all professors, as the demands of their jobs and the needs of our students change,  2. Why are we the ones to do it?  We have a combined 50 years in the college classroom at both four-year and two-year schools. We have written, spoken, and have produced over 200 podcasts on teaching effectiveness. We have significant administrative experience in hiring, evaluating, and helping professors in our college careers (department chairs, hiring committees, faculty development chairs, dean, assoc. provost, student success representatives, student equity projects and committees) We are confidential. We honestly assess for each individual case whether we are the best people to help.  3. What does the program look like?  We begin with a careful evaluation of the needs of a professor. We arrange a skype session to address the evaluation and answer further questions. We discuss needed resources and direct clients to the best places from which to gain them. We schedule a follow up session to check on progress, offering further advice and proposing fine tuning.  4. How is it arranged?  Initial contact Collection of materials and flat fee Sessions scheduled  We are very enthusiastic about this. These services are something we believe in and think can be a great help to our colleagues. ~ Completely Confidential ~ Professors David C. Pecoraro and Daniel de Roulet, with over 50 years of combined teaching, faculty development and administrative experience, provide professional mentoring services for professors wishing to improve in the following areas:  Course organization and management Syllabus and lesson plan construction Creating successful examinations, assignments, projects, and field trips Improving instructor-student communication and rapport Constructing a career plan Mock job interview Other areas? (Let us know.)   You E-mail us with a one page narrative of your current situation and the area(s) where you want to improve. We'll reply to you with a list of available dates and time for your one-hour appointment and payment information.             Start Step 1.   1. You select a date and time, provide us with your contact information in the form of a telephone number or Skype account name. 2. Deposit $200. USD (One-time-flat-fee)  into our PayPal account. 1. We'll reply to you confirming the date and time of your session and your paid fee. 2. We begin an analysis of your narrative and prepare for your mentoring session.   We'll telephone / Skype you at the scheduled time and conduct your session. During this one precious hour, the two of us focus on you - your vision, your goals, and your personal and professional development. We find this most effective when it becomes a shared conversation between us.  Within 5 business days, we will E-mail you with an action plan and accompanying materials. Available to you, is a thirty-minute followup session within 4 months from the first session. Just contact us to schedule that meeting. ### Completely Confidential: We understand the personal and sensitive nature of these important areas and promise to you that we will never discuss them with anyone, ever. We retain your information only for the purposes of the above steps. When our communications are concluded, we delete all information. Biographies Professor David C. Pecoraro, M.F.A.I have been a teaching college professor since 1980 and am passionate about all that I have learned about the profession of teaching, which I love. While I teach general education requirements in the arts, my department home has always been in the theatre. I teach courses in the area of design, management and production: Stage Management, Lighting Design, Introduction to Theatre, and others. I have taught at the undergraduate level at a community college and a private university and at the graduate level where I taught stage management for a large university. I am passionate about interacting with my colleagues, globally, about the profession of teaching. Within that, of course, “Student Caring.” I have been teaching long enough to have observed how, when integrated with excellent instruction, can make all the difference in the world for the student. Within that scope, I am especially passionate about course design, in-class instruction, and the transition from college to career. Dr. Daniel de Roulet, Ph.D.After receiving a Ph.D. in English from the University of California, Irvine in 1992, I have been a college professor and administrator, and currently teach writing and literature.  I have led revisions to general education and first-year curricula, worked with developing educational assessment plans of student learning, and received undergraduate teaching awards. I have also coordinated a writing program for at-risk students. My experience is at four-year universities, a four-year college, and at community colleges. My desire is to bring a sense of personal care into each class I teach, helping students to become adult thinkers and to be equipped for the world after college.  Nothing is quite like participating in a student’s discovery or rediscovery of education—this, and my continued learning in a community of students, motivates me to teach.  I also realize that we college professors are often woefully unprepared for the dynamics of the classroom.  My hope is to produce work that will encourages professors to take on as a life-long project the understanding of students and how to best teach them.  Prof. David C. Pecoraro ~ Dr. Daniel de Roulet Frequently Asked Questions: Can a colleague or colleagues join a mentoring session?No. We want to focus on the needs of one individual at a time. Moreover, it is a good confidentiality practice, which we take very seriously.  Can I record the mentoring session?Yes.  What languages does your mentoring services provide? At this time, we only offer the English language. If you have a translator available to you, we can work with them. Do you offer small group or faculty-retreat / in-service mentoring? Yes. The sessions include:  A presentation on our most the most pressing needs for professors today. Guidance on creating action plans. Post-retreat / group evaluation of action plans. Optional individual post-retreat / group progress evaluation.  Group/faculty-retreat mentoring: $750. per half-day session; travel and lodging expenses; materials cost at $20 per participant; optional progress evaluations at $100. per participant Contact Prof. Pecoraro for information about booking a group session. E-mail: david@studentcaring.com         Professional Mentoring Services for Professors

In this Post &amp; Podcast, we introduce our professional mentoring services for professors. Podcast Outline: The origins of this service: <ul> <li>Throughout our careers we have observed many of our colleagues who had nowhere to turn for help and ended up leaving the teaching profession.</li> <li>Our research and reporting on the disturbing statistics about why so many professors are leaving the profession. Reference: Podcast Series on  Why Many Professors Are Leaving the Profession: <a href="http://studentcaring.com/sc-210-why-many-professors-are-leaving-the-profession/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">210</a> , <a href="http://studentcaring.com/sc-211-part-two-why-many-professors-are-leaving-the-profession/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">211</a>, and <a href="http://studentcaring.com/sc-212-part-three-why-many-professors-are-leaving-the-profession/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">212</a>.</li> <li>Our research and podcast series on professor burnout, base on the work of Dr. Dike Drummond’s book, <a href="https://www.thehappymd.com/about" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Stop Physician Burnout</a>. In his book he reports that teachers experience the second highest rate of burnout. Reference our Podcast Series on Burnout Solutions:  <a href="http://studentcaring.com/sc-193-burnout-solutions-1/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">193</a>, <a href="http://studentcaring.com/sc-194-burnout-solutions-2/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">194</a>, and <a href="http://studentcaring.com/sc-195-burnout-solutions-3/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">195</a>.   Also see the post: <a href="http://studentcaring.com/how-to-avoid-burnout-as-a-professor/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">How To Avoid Burnout as a Professor</a>.</li> </ul> 1. Why is this service necessary? <ul> <li>At most colleges and universities, if a professor is having trouble, there are few (if any) confidential sources to turn to.</li> <li>Teaching and class management are not taught to the majority of professors.</li> <li>For professors on tenure track who are struggling, immediate intervention is necessary.</li> <li>Confidential, useful advice helps all professors, as the demands of their jobs and the needs of our students change,</li> </ul> 2. Why are we the ones to do it? <ul> <li>We have a combined 50 years in the college classroom at both four-year and two-year schools.</li> <li>We have written, spoken, and have produced over 200 podcasts on teaching effectiveness.</li> <li>We have significant administrative experience in hiring, evaluating, and helping professors in our college careers (department chairs, hiring committees, faculty development chairs, dean, assoc. provost, student success representatives, student equity projects and committees)</li> <li>We are confidential.</li> <li>We honestly assess for each individual case whether we are the best people to help.</li> </ul> 3. What does the program look like? <ul> <li>We begin with a careful evaluation of the needs of a professor.</li> <li>We arrange a skype session to address the evaluation and answer further questions.</li> <li>We discuss needed resources and direct clients to the best places from which to gain them.</li> <li>We schedule a follow up session to check on progress, offering further advice and proposing fine tuning.</li> </ul> 4. How is it arranged? <ul> <li>Initial contact</li> <li>Collection of materials and flat fee</li> <li>Sessions scheduled</li> </ul> We are very enthusiastic about this. These services are something we believe in and think can be a great help to our colleagues. ~ Completely Confidential ~ Professors David C. Pecoraro and Daniel de Roulet, with over 50 years of combined teaching, faculty development and administrative experience, provide professional mentoring services for professors wishing to improve in the following areas: <ul> <li>Course organization and management</li> <li>Syllabus and lesson plan construction</li> <li>Creating successful examinations, assignments, projects, and field trips</li> <li>Improving instructor-student communication and rapport</li> <li>Constructing a career plan</li> <li>Mock job interview</li> <li>Other areas? (Let us know.)</li> </ul> You E-mail us with a one page narrative of your current situation and the area(s) where you want to improve. We'll reply to you with a list of available dates and time for your one-hour appointment and payment information.             <a href="http://studentcaring.com/professional-mentoring-step-1/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Start Step 1. </a> 1. You select a date and time, provide us with your contact information in the form of a telephone number or Skype account name. 2. Deposit $200. USD (One-time-flat-fee)  into our PayPal account. 1. We'll reply to you confirming the date and time of your session and your paid fee. 2. We begin an analysis of your narrative and prepare for your mentoring session.  We'll telephone / Skype you at the scheduled time and conduct your session. During this one precious hour, the two of us focus on you - your vision, your goals, and your personal and professional development. We find this most effective when it becomes a shared conversation between us. Within 5 business days, we will E-mail you with an action plan and accompanying materials. Available to you, is a thirty-minute followup session within 4 months from the first session. Just contact us to schedule that meeting. ### Completely Confidential: We understand the personal and sensitive nature of these important areas and promise to you that we will never discuss them with anyone, ever. We retain your information only for the purposes of the above steps. When our communications are concluded, we delete all information. Biographies Professor David C. Pecoraro, M.F.A.I have been a teaching college professor since 1980 and am passionate about all that I have learned about the profession of teaching, which I love. While I teach general education requirements in the arts, my department home has always been in the theatre. I teach courses in the area of design, management and production: Stage Management, Lighting Design, Introduction to Theatre, and others. I have taught at the undergraduate level at a community college and a private university and at the graduate level where I taught stage management for a large university. I am passionate about interacting with my colleagues, globally, about the profession of teaching. Within that, of course, “Student Caring.” I have been teaching long enough to have observed how, when integrated with excellent instruction, can make all the difference in the world for the student. Within that scope, I am especially passionate about course design, in-class instruction, and the transition from college to career. Dr. Daniel de Roulet, Ph.D.After receiving a Ph.D. in English from the University of California, Irvine in 1992, I have been a college professor and administrator, and currently teach writing and literature.  I have led revisions to general education and first-year curricula, worked with developing educational assessment plans of student learning, and received undergraduate teaching awards. I have also coordinated a writing program for at-risk students. My experience is at four-year universities, a four-year college, and at community colleges. My desire is to bring a sense of personal care into each class I teach, helping students to become adult thinkers and to be equipped for the world after college.  Nothing is quite like participating in a student’s discovery or rediscovery of education—this, and my continued learning in a community of students, motivates me to teach.  I also realize that we college professors are often woefully unprepared for the dynamics of the classroom.  My hope is to produce work that will encourages professors to take on as a life-long project the understanding of students and how to best teach them. <a href="http://www.studentcaring.com" rel="attachment wp-att-6636 nofollow" target="_blank"></a> Prof. David C. Pecoraro ~ Dr. Daniel de Roulet Frequently Asked Questions: Can a colleague or colleagues join a mentoring session?No. We want to focus on the needs of one individual at a time. Moreover, it is a good confidentiality practice, which we take very seriously.  Can I record the mentoring session?Yes.  What languages does your mentoring services provide? At this time, we only offer the English language. If you have a translator available to you, we can work with them. Do you offer small group or faculty-retreat / in-service mentoring? Yes. The sessions include: <ol> <li>A presentation on our most the most pressing needs for professors today.</li> <li>Guidance on creating action plans.</li> <li>Post-retreat / group evaluation of action plans.</li> <li>Optional individual post-retreat / group progress evaluation.</li> </ol> Group/faculty-retreat mentoring: $750. per half-day session; travel and lodging expenses; materials cost at $20 per participant; optional progress evaluations at $100. per participant Contact Prof. Pecoraro for information about booking a group session. E-mail: david@studentcaring.com   Professional Mentoring Services for Professors

SC 219 Professional Mentoring Services for Professors

Professors de Roulet and Pecoraro focus on "Creating Successful Exams, Projects, and Field Trips" in this podcast featuring their Professional Mentoring Service for Professors. Professors David C. Pecoraro and Daniel de Roulet, with over 50 years of combined teaching, faculty development and administrative experience, provide professional mentoring services for professors wishing to improve in the following areas:  Course organization and management Syllabus and lesson plan construction Creating successful examinations, assignments, projects, and field trips Improving instructor-student communication and rapport Constructing a career plan Mock job interview Other areas? (Let us know.) 

Professors de Roulet and Pecoraro focus on "Creating Successful Exams, Projects, and Field Trips" in this podcast featuring their Professional Mentoring Service for Professors. Professors David C. Pecoraro and Daniel de Roulet, with over 50 years of combined teaching, faculty development and administrative experience, provide professional mentoring services for professors wishing to improve in the following areas: <ul> <li>Course organization and management</li> <li>Syllabus and lesson plan construction</li> <li>Creating successful examinations, assignments, projects, and field trips</li> <li>Improving instructor-student communication and rapport</li> <li>Constructing a career plan</li> <li>Mock job interview</li> <li>Other areas? (Let us know.)</li> </ul>

SC 222 Creating Successful Exams, Projects, and Field Trips

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