A Day In The Life Of A Faculty Member At Chandler Gilberty Community College
A college faculty member's daily routine varies greatly, from intensely grading "a hundred papers in four days" to leisurely preparing classes by "reading a novel, maybe reading poetry, maybe watching a movie two or three times," or even enjoying days with "no responsibilities" and time for personal pursuits. The job offers both the rewarding experience of "working directly with students" and the flexibility to maintain a "high quality of life."
Teaching, Grading, Curriculum Development, Student Interaction, Work-Life Balance
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Robert Soza
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Chandler Gilberty Community College
Arizona State University
UC Berkeley, Dept. of Ethnic Studies, PhD
Humanities, English, Writing & Education
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HSI Grad, Scholarship Recipient, Pell Grant Recipient, Took Out Loans, Worked 20+ Hours in School, Transfer Student
Video Highlights
1. The workload varies greatly, with some days requiring intense grading and others dedicated to lesson preparation or even free time.
2. The job allows for a good work-life balance, with opportunities for personal pursuits outside of teaching responsibilities.
3. The faculty member finds the most rewarding aspect is working directly with students and supporting their academic goals.
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What does a day in the life of a college faculty member look like?
It varies. My primary teaching responsibility is writing classes, and I teach up to five sections. There can be periods where I have a hundred papers to grade in four days.
Those four or five days are pretty intense because I'm just reading papers, grading, and commenting. Those days can be pretty exhausting.
There are other days where I'm preparing for class, reading material depending on what I'm teaching. Maybe I'm reading a novel, poetry, or watching a movie two or three times. Those days can be much less intense than the heavy grading periods.
In all honesty, there may be days where I actually have no responsibilities. I can get up at nine, and if the weather's nice in Arizona, I can go hiking. Then I can come back at one and do emails from one to four or five.
As I mentioned earlier, one of the things that really appeals about this job is that I get to work directly with students and help them explore their dreams and hopefully achieve them. At the same time, it provides me a lot of latitude to have a high quality of life as well.
Again, there are days where I'm being melodramatic, and I just want to die because I can't read another paper and I have 30 more to go. But then there are other days where I wake up and have a lot of freedom to manage my time how I want.
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