Teach a Class for Osher? How to Launch a Course!

Teach a Class for Osher? How to Launch a Course!

Fall (4-8 hours) | This course is completed

13 South Street Hanover, NH 03755 United States

Murray Room

New

10/25/2019-11/15/2019

10:30 AM-12:30 PM EDT on Fri

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Do you have an idea for a course you would like to teach? A skill, a hobby, or a subject you are passionate about? Join our course and learn how to become an Osher Study Leader.

We will help you discover your natural teaching style, write your course description, develop planning templates, and organize your course. You will observe Osher classes, attend a panel of experienced Osher Study Leaders, and understand the course proposal process. You can exchange ideas and learn from other potential Osher Study Leaders in a fast-paced class filled with information to focus on your teaching skills and build your confidence.

Participants are asked to meet two requirements:

• Bring a draft course proposal to the first class. It can be a proposed course, an existing one, or a bit of a fantasy.

• Make arrangements to observe one or two Osher classes between the first and second scheduled class meetings. We will supply names of available courses.

Each participant will leave this class with improved self-knowledge of their personal teaching style, a completed course description ready to propose, and a clearer idea of how to communicate course content.

  • There is a required reading packet.
Lorden, Martha

Martha Lorden is a food writer, culinary historian, and instructor. Her articles and cookbook reviews appear in Publishers Weekly and New England-based food and culture publications. Martha is also a personal chef. A graduate of Princeton with an MAT in the social sciences from Brown, she is a retired educator who also consults on curriculum design, adult education, and teacher training. This is her 10th Osher culinary history course.

A member of OSHER@Dartmouth’s Curriculum and Study Leader Support Committees, Melinda is a retired public school educator who taught various subjects and levels for 37 years in five states. Her interest has always centered on student learning and successful teacher planning. Over the years, she has mentored many student teachers and taught Secondary Teaching Methods at Dartmouth College. She holds an M.L.A.S. Degree from Dartmouth and was a licensed Media Specialist (school librarian) in VT and NH.