Our small planet has some big problems. Luckily young adults want to tackle these challenges and make their own dent in the world. Now is the time to use your experience and expert judgment to help the next generation of project managers and business leaders develop and perform as highly as possible. Whether it is as an adjunct professor, a guest lecturer, or an online tutor, this session will jumpstart you on your journey to becoming a master teacher.

1. Turning to Teaching
Go from Industry Leader to
Classroom Teacher
#ExperiencePMI
J Scott Christianson
Associate Teaching Professor
University of Missouri
9 September 2020

2. WHY

3. Big Problems
for a Small
Planet

5. Climate Change

6. Fault Lines in Our Global Society

8. ~20-21 million post secondary students in the US

13. Students are
ready to do the
work

14. The Missing
Ingredient?

15. You!

16. WHO

17. Being a
college
student today
is not the
same as
when you
were in
college

18. Questions to Ask Prior to Class

19. Questions to Ask Prior to Class
• What are your expectations from me
as a teacher?

20. Questions to Ask Prior to Class
• What are your expectations from me
as a teacher?
• What do you think my expectations
are of you as my student?

21. Questions to Ask Prior to Class
• What are your expectations from me
as a teacher?
• What do you think my expectations
are of you as my student?
• What should I know about your life
right now?

22. HOW

25. Active
Learning
Using Brain/
Learning
Science
Multiple
Pathways

26. Planning vs Reality
BUILD THE TOWER TRACK PROGRESS
PLAN THE TOWER

27. KANBAN AND SCRUM: LEGO CITY
SWIM-LANE SIZING KANBAN BOARD

28. SCRUM FRAMEWORK
SPRINT REVIEW READY FOR RELEASE
PRODUCT OWNER

29. CELEBRATING YOUR WORK!

30. Innovate, Adapt and Overcome
SLACK

31. Innovate, Adapt and Overcome
TRELLO MINECRAFT

32. Multiple Exercises
INTRODUCTION TO SCRUM FIELD TRIPS
LEARNING CURVES

33. What determines student success?
#ExperiencePMI - Virtual Experience Series
Relationship with a teacher/mentor

34. What determines student success?
#ExperiencePMI - Virtual Experience Series
Clear Expectations
Detailed Syllabus
Clear Rubrics
Learning Objectives (the Why)

35. WHAT
LEVEL

36. What Level
#ExperiencePMI - Virtual Experience Series
• Guest Lecturer
• Adjunct Instructor
• Full-Time Instructor

37. #ExperiencePMI - Virtual Experience Series
ACTION PLAN – WHAT’S NEXT?
• What Experience or Subject Do You Know
Best?
• Outline a Lesson.
• Reach out to local colleges, universities,
and technical schools (start with
departmental chair).

38. #ExperiencePMI - Virtual Experience Series
ACTION PLAN – WHAT’S NEXT?
Reading
Assignment

39. #ExperiencePMI - Virtual Experience Series
ACTION PLAN – WHAT’S NEXT?
• Student Evaluations?
• Try a Start-Stop-Continue Exercise. If
you are sincere about trying to get
better, students will try to help you.
• Use anonymous surveys.
• Ask a great instructor to be your mentor.
Continuous Quality Improvement

40. #ExperiencePMI - Virtual Experience Series
ACTION PLAN – WHAT’S NEXT?
• It is an honor to get to teach.
Last Piece of Advice.

41. THANK YOU!
Website: christiansonjs.com
Newsletter: frt.news
email: christiansonjs@missouri.edu