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Antowan Batts's avatar

Im loving these collaborations! Very sound advice and it is important to communicate your value. Especially since productivity comes in many forms.

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Phillip Tussing's avatar

First of all: CONGRATULATIONS on "future Dr. A"!

Second: This is a post to students -- I very much recognize the value of addressing the needs and concerns of your intended audience, and it would be possibly hard for them to deal with the implications of market power as currently manifested in the USA (to say nothing of office politics) -- not everyone can be an employee who earns GREATER THAN their actual market worth, like "stars" -- executives, sports and film stars, etc -- but I do hope you explain in your courses the forces that create this reality -- as well as the concurrent point that other workers receive LESS than their actual market worth. I have experienced both in my time.

Third: I am intrigued by your reference to a "mentor" -- is this a formal aspect of management at your educational establishment or a personal relationship? Something we are considering developing at Houston Community College is a way of enabling peer-to-peer talks (and possibly even classroom visits!) that can help instructors improve their pedagogy without damaging their often fragile egos or involving the dreaded Administration -- if you have any pointers I am all eyes and ears!

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