9: Successful Teaching in Higher Education: How Experience as a Public-School Teacher, Outdoor Educator, and School Counselor Helped Set the Stage for Teaching Success

This chapter outlines several important skills and training ideas to enhance the effectiveness of both new faculty members and those well into their professional careers. I discuss the importance of recognizing skills developed even before formal training. Those skills can include previous experiences and training tangential to teaching experience within graduate programs. I also discuss how to uncover teaching support once you are a faculty member, including mentoring, peer evaluations, outside training and training focused specifically on pedagogical issues.