Eight Tips On Luring Students to Office Hours
Make the most of your office hours, and help your students get the most out of your time, by luring them into the office. Try these tips:
- Tell them that office hours are free private tutoring for the course.
- For GTFs: Tell students to take advantage of your status as an experienced and successful student in this discipline. You know how to read the texts, make sense of the lectures, and prepare for the tests.
- Bill your weekly office hours according to some aspect of the course which has been difficult for students. For example, you could say, "This week in office hours we will be reviewing the . . . which has been causing a lot of confusion for people."
- Give participation points for coming to office hours.
- Require at least one visit to your office at the beginning of the term. You may or may not give participation credit for this. Make sure this visit is positive and helpful.
- On the first day of class, end five minutes early and walk your class over to your office. This may sound incidental, but for some just knowing where you are will make a difference.
- Always keep your office door open. It's friendlier, and you may avoid possible sexual harassment issues.
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