Gearing Up to Teach
The UIS Department is ready to help you acclimate to teaching at NYU Libraries. Below are steps you can take to ease into classroom teaching. You can decide which steps make sense for you, depending on your existing knowledge of NYU Libraries and your prior experience and comfort level with teaching.
- STEP 1: Review all the content in this guide.
- This guide has the information you need to prepare for your teaching role. If you'd like to follow up by meeting with someone from UIS to chat about teaching and/or clarify any questions you might have, please contact us at lib-instruction@nyu.edu
- STEP 2: Observe library colleagues' classes
- You're welcome to sit in on classes taught by members of UIS and the Core Instruction Team. Contact us at lib-instruction@nyu.edu and we will help you identify scheduled classes that meet your availability.
- Feel free to reach out directly to colleagues in Research & Research Services, Special Collections, and Data Services to ask if you can observe one of their classes.
- Check this list of library class observation opportunities and sign up to observe.
- STEP 3: Team-teach with a library colleague
- The first few times in the classroom, it might be helpful to team up with a more experienced library colleague. To find a partner, be encouraged to reach out to the UIS librarians and/or a colleague in Research & Research Services or other department.
- STEP 4: Teach solo
- When you begin to teach solo, remember that UIS remains a support by providing resources such as lesson plans examples, learning objects, and advice.
