Good teaching is continually reinforced by an overarching vision that transcends the entire organization from full professors to part-time instructors and is reflected in what is said, but more importantly by what is done. Effective teaching should also be rewarded, and poor teaching needs to be remediated through training and development programs. It s about the former student who says your course changed her life. It s about another telling you that your course was the best one he s ever taken. Good teachers practice their craft not for the money or because they have to, but because they truly enjoy it and because they want to.
Good teachers couldn t imagine doing anything else.