Setting Boundaries with Students and Other Questions

Kerry Moore joins me to answer a question about setting boundaries with students, along with a few other listener questions, on episode 156 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast.

Quotes from the episode

What am I like in the classroom and does that feel authentic to who I am?
— Kerry Moore

I would challenge the idea that having difficult conversations isn’t compatible with being a positive and supportive teaching presence.
— Kerry Moore

What are the ways that I’m going to make sure I’m available for connection to students with different personality styles?
— Kerry Moore

We can be friendly with our students … but if we call it a friendship, we’re setting up the students and ourselves for frustration and disappointment.
— Kerry Moore

Resources Mentioned

Question #1

Shawn asks about transitioning from being a practitioner to being more of a teacher.

• Episode 101 on public sphere pedagogy with Thia Wolf
• Planet Money podcast

Question #2

Lydia asks about setting boundaries with students.

• Episode 099 on Encouraging Accountability with Angela Jenks
• Episode 117 on The Balancing Act with Kerry Moore
• April Fool’s joke by a Biola professor

Question #3

Steve asks about continuous course-improvement.

Question #4

Loic asks about getting things done without hierarchical power.

• Loic pronunciation 
• Episode 080
• The Empowered Manager* by Peter Block
• French and Raven’s Bases of Power (1959)

Question #5

David-John asks about quality management for online programs.

• Quality Matters
• Online Learning Consortium