Teaching Development for DBAs

TEACHING DEVELOPMENT for DBAs

Mastering Teaching – A Program for Executive DBA Students

The DBA program provides students with an opportunity to participate in a three-day workshop on Mastering Teaching. Several B-schools seek Professors of Practice - professionals with industry experience and a doctoral degree. DBA students and alumni interested in transitioning from industry to academia either part-time or full-time, or simply in improving their knowledge of adult learning, will greatly benefit from this opportunity.
The workshop presents you with a framework for teaching backed by empirical research that will help you to continuously improve teaching skills throughout your career. We will discuss all aspects of teaching, including course organization, interactive lectures, active learning methods, testing, and evaluation. DBA students successfully completing all modules will receive a certificate for successful completion of the Teacher Development Program at Georgia State University.

Participation in this course is voluntary in students’ fifth semester and is not part of the Executive DBA curriculum or tuition.

Meet Your Instructor

Dr. Satish Nargundkar is a Clinical Professor of Operations and Analytics, and the Asst. Dean for Professional and Flex MBA at the J. Mack Robinson College of Business, Georgia State University. A recipient of multiple awards for teaching and research, he has over 30 years of experience teaching and conducting research in the areas of Analytics, Supply Chain Management, Process Improvement and Pedagogy. He has published in journals such as EJOR, DSJIE, OMER, and JEFE and is a Senior Editor of OMER. He has conducted Master Teaching workshops around the world, and mentored junior faculty members. He also conducts executive training programs in Lean Six Sigma and Analytics. He enjoys traveling, photography, martial arts.

Tentative Schedule

Note: The residencies are conducted by Dr. Satish Nargundkar. However, the practicum will be with a faculty member that you are paired with (Faculty Partner).

Prior to Residency 1: August-September
You will choose a course/topic you are interested in teaching. You will be paired with a faculty member teaching that or a related course (your Faculty Partner), and get access to the syllabus and the iCollege material for that course.
Residency 1 Design: Thursday, September 26

Morning

Course Organization

Teaching Philosophies, Learning Levels, Writing Objectives

Afternoon

Making lectures interactive and engaging

Active Learning Methods – Cases, Simulations, Games, etc.

Practicum Part 1: September to October

Student participant arranges with the faculty partner to sit in on one of the classes (with mutual agreement). The Participant will provide feedback/recommendations on the syllabus to the faculty partner.

Residency 2 Delivery: Thursday, October 24

Each student will choose a business topic they wish to teach, and make a 15-minute teaching presentation to the class to achieve some learning objective. The class will provide constructive feedback in a safe environment to help improve teaching skills.

Morning	Student Presentations with Peer Feedback
Afternoon	Student Presentations with Peer Feedback

Practicum Part 2: October to November

You will present a session in the faculty partner’s class on a topic mutually agreed on between you. Your faculty partner will provide written and oral feedback to you.

Residency 3 Assessment: Thursday, November 21

Morning

Testing and Grading

Improving test questions – relate to objectives

Writing clear questions in all formats

Achieving fairness in evaluations

Afternoon

Classroom management, Student feedback, Conclusion