Look for good teachers in State and community colleges, and competitive high schools. Clark Kerr's labeling of the 'cruel paradox' that "a superior faculty results in an inferior concern for undergraduate teaching" is both decades old and evergreen.
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Yup. Stanford and Berkeley are a total bust. That's good advice.
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Then how do you decide? It'd be great to know your thoughts on the process.
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Finding people from industry that can teach is easier than finding professors that can teach something practical
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What do you mean by objectives-based?
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"If the student has not learned, then the teacher has not taught."
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Pretty sweet deal for the student.
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Look at the pool locked out of good university positions- adjuncts, visitings, people finishing PhDs where there are 100 great candidates per position. They're hungry, qualified, and just need the right pitch to open their eyes to other ways of teaching/making an impact.
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I found that the best instructors at college were adjunct professors
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The guys at
@acloudguru get it right. Hire from industry, experience doing seems to always outway experience teaching...Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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We only recruit from industry professionals. That’s what makes sense for vocational training. CS only peeps generally lack basic professional grade things like using a linter.
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Actually, I can see that. They have lived so long with a different set of criteria. But they may know of younger ones, or currently-employed folk, who would be great for this.
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I've been preaching "teaching contracts" to my friends still teaching in universities for a little while. Thanks
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Not that surprising considering that is exactly the problem you’re solving
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perfect for your narrative
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By objective based you mean there is stuff the person should be able to do the end of a piece of the curriculum?
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lol no fucking way
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would you think that?
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