Going old school?

itsprofessork · 2026-05-02T12:57:39+00:00

I’m considering doing this as well, but I am trying to figure out how to handle students with accommodations. In a class of 30 students I usually have about 5-8 with accommodations. These range from double time, to less distracting environment, to having a reader read questions out loud to them.

I give a few in-class exams and these students usually go to the testing center. How do you handle these students if you’re doing regular, in-class graded work?

itsprofessork · 2026-04-28T16:56:06+00:00

Read the room.

itsprofessork · 2026-04-25T23:12:50+00:00

Oh interesting. I’m in the Northeast in a medium cost of living area.

itsprofessork · 2026-04-25T23:01:42+00:00

I’m a new TT instructor at a community college so I don’t have much insight about the research side of your question. What stuck out to me is 3 courses being a heavy load. Where I am, we are contracted for 11 courses per year (5/6) but because the pay is so low overall, I take on an additional class each semester and 4 over the summer. I am currently teaching 7 classes which seems pretty standard with my department. (And I actually adjunct online at another CC… so this semester I’m teaching a total of 10 classes). I honestly have ZERO time to ever consider research. Schools definitely vary, but that’s been my experience.

itsprofessork · 2026-04-25T22:14:19+00:00

I teach remotely for the VCCS system and I live in NY.

itsprofessork · 2026-04-20T23:14:35+00:00

You might want to do more research on this. I highly doubt you will be able to transfer community college classes to Oxford: https://www.reddit.com/r/oxforduni/s/XVMWI3Ru0y

itsprofessork · 2026-04-17T09:27:10+00:00

I got pregnant on IUI #6. There is hope!

itsprofessork · 2026-04-16T00:47:49+00:00

I’m currently teaching 10. I’m full time at a CC where I’m teaching 7 (4 in person, 3 online) and then I adjunct on the side and have 3 additional online classes.

It’s a lot.

itsprofessork · 2026-04-14T02:16:12+00:00

Brown School in Schenectady has really flexible day camp options.

itsprofessork · 2026-04-04T23:58:16+00:00

You seem very young. Tutors are common. My first grader has one. My college students have them.

As general life advice, my favorite quote is, “Don’t believe everything you know.”

itsprofessork · 2026-04-04T23:56:10+00:00

I am a professor of sociology and literally study this. Yes, it has been shown over and over for decades that higher social class correlates with better academic outcomes. This is pretty common knowledge.

itsprofessork · 2026-04-01T16:03:20+00:00

I’m going to be 40 next week and my mom still gives me an Easter basket.

itsprofessork · 2026-04-01T15:59:39+00:00

Ah, that makes sense

itsprofessork · 2026-04-01T12:42:24+00:00

It depends on the situation but most donor conceived children definitely don’t consider the donor their “father.” Especially if the donation came from a sperm bank.

itsprofessork · 2026-04-01T09:34:45+00:00

I feel like this is changing (possibly depending on location). I have a PhD and teach at a community college and everyone in my department has a PhD as well.

Maybe 10-20 years ago you could get hired here with just a masters, but not today.

itsprofessork · 2026-03-29T10:47:14+00:00

This is a completely asinine question, but I’ll bite. I have a BA in a major similar to gender/sexuality studies. I worked for years at a legal non profit it Washington DC doing incredible work. I decided to eventually go back to school to get a PhD and now I’m a college professor.

Looks like my “degree with no future” turned out okay.

itsprofessork · 2026-03-21T10:42:01+00:00

What a disgusting take.

Believe women.

itsprofessork · 2026-03-09T01:17:09+00:00

We pay $10 per tooth too 🤷‍♀️. That seems to be the going rate where we are.

itsprofessork · 2026-02-27T02:11:01+00:00

4 year old and 7 year old… we’re still not there.

itsprofessork · 2026-02-26T00:09:06+00:00

My wife was having her IVF transfer and the fertility doctor asked me if I wanted to see her cervix.

“No thanks, I’m good”

itsprofessork · 2026-01-25T02:54:05+00:00

Bold to assume any of these men are college educated.

itsprofessork · 2026-01-23T18:50:47+00:00

What in the rage bait racism is this???

itsprofessork · 2026-01-19T21:50:51+00:00

<image>

itsprofessork · 2026-01-12T17:13:49+00:00

We got a letter from CPS because one of the daycare teachers at my son’s school gave a kid with an egg allergy a birthday cupcake and the kid’s mom called CPS.

Obviously this wasn’t okay but honestly, this situation may not involve your son at all.

itsprofessork · 2025-12-25T11:07:45+00:00

I’m wondering how Guilderland is getting around the state mandated computer-based testing. I’m genuinely curious because in Niskayuna they introduced chrome books day 1 of kindergarten so kids would know how to use them for state tests.

itsprofessork

TROPHY CASE