I wanted to pass along a resource brought to my attention today that consists of a series of videos that can be viewed for free online that were developed at Syracuse University. You can view the videos at: http://gradschpdprograms.syr.edu/resources/problems.php
As stated in the home page for the videos, "Deemed by participants as one of the most beneficial sessions offered during our orientations, Critical Incidents in College Teachings is a video of fifteen vignettes designed to facilitate a discussion of challenging teaching situations. The challenges represented by the vignettes include such topics as relationships with advisors, peers, and students, issues of sexual harassment and ethnocentrism in the classroom. Ideally, this is shown to a group so that ideas about how to handle the roles and responsibilities of a teaching assistant/instructor/faculty member can be shared."
The videos would be great to watch with several faculty at at time as part of a brown bag lunch or faculty retreat and few some then discuss the proper response. They could also be used to help train new faculty on how to properly react to the situations that arise when their level best to teach class and cope with distractions.
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