Setting boundaries in the classroom: aligning your policies, values, and energy

When: March 13, 2025, 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm

Presenter(s): Leigh Jones (English), Gina Riley (Special Education), Katie Winkelstein-Duveneck (English)

Boundaries are important in a classroom, for teachers and students alike, and they take many forms. What are our boundaries around our time and energy? How do we align our policies (such as accepting late work) with these boundaries, and with our teaching philosophies and values? In this session we’ll hear different perspectives on this, creating a useful forum for figuring out our own boundaries and strategies for aligning our policies with them. This session may be especially helpful for people new to teaching. We’ll also discuss other ways boundaries come up in the classroom, such as what we bring to teaching from our other worlds (prior careers, activism, family), and how grades can affect the student/teacher relationship.