Welcome to our latest essential resource for educators, administrators, and support staff! We’re thrilled to introduce our comprehensive guide, Responding to Student Concerns, Challenges, and Disruptions.
In today’s educational landscape, understanding and effectively responding to student issues is more crucial than ever. Whether you are dealing with academic challenges, personal issues, or classroom disruptions, our guide offers practical strategies and insights to foster a supportive and productive learning environment.
In this guide you will find information about:
- the pressures students face today,
- how to listen to student concerns,
- strategies you can employ to resolve disputes,
- techniques to prevent disruptions before they start,
- how to calmly and effectively handle disruptive behavior, and
- interventions to meet diverse needs.
Ready to transform your approach to student interactions?
Click the button below to download your copy of Responding to Student Concerns, Challenges, and Disruptions.
Cynthia Korpan, PhD
Director
ITeach: Certification in Higher Ed Inc
About me
I have over 18 years experience in Educational Development in Higher Education and over 35 years related to workplace learning. As the former Director of Teaching Excellence at the University of Victoria, I garnered significant experience in developing programs and courses, teaching undergraduates, graduate students, and professors, and mentoring many about learning and teaching in higher education. In 2017, I was honoured with the Educational Developers Caucus Leadership Award for my national work related to educational development. My research focuses on early career academics’ first teaching in the academic workplace. This work and my expertise has been and continues to be shared with institutions around the world, such as Canada, the United States, China, Uganda, Pakistan, and Ghana.
Testimonials:
The courses I have taken from Cynthia have provided me with a theoretical foundation that I use to better understand how to design classroom environments that promote learning. That foundation gives me an improved capacity to articulate pedagogical concepts so that I can perform effective literature searches to continuously improve my own teaching methods. Being able to engage literature effectively then gives me more confidence to take risks and evolve my courses at a faster rate.
Former faculty member student
Dr. Korpan is very skilled in online teaching and learning, using many effective options for learning in that environment and was able to give fulsome and helpful feedback to all students. Cynthia’s knowledge of learning and teaching in university settings is extensive. Her skills as an educator ensures that her courses and classes are organized, interesting, interactive, and engaging.
Peer colleague
Cynthia is a great instructor. Very knowledgeable about the subject matter. Good choices for assessment. Highly student–centered (i.e., not lecture–based) course activities. One of the best courses that I have taken or observed. Overall, she is a fantastic instructor and role model for teaching.
Former graduate student
Dr. Korpan is a delight to work with and is genuinely sincere, open, and considerate. She brings extensive research experience to her work and simultaneously helps others thrive in their own teaching and scholarship of teaching. Above all else, she understands educational excellence from a variety of perspectives: her extensive understanding of the research in the field; her own research studies and editing experiences; her program-building capabilities; and her hard work and innovation.
Peer colleague
