Teaching Resources

On this page you will find documents, videos, and links to resources that will be beneficial when teaching our first-year courses and learning communities.

K-State First Book Resources

Fall 2026 Callings Resources:

Callings - Fall 2026 Teaching and Activity Guide

K-State First Book Event Resources:

Information Slides for Author Talk and Find Your Calling
- Slides include information on the K-State First Book Scholarship, Dave Isay Q&A submissions, and the Find Your Callings Event (with RSVP link). Share with your students in class as applicaple throughout the fall semester.
Canvas Announcement Drafts
- Provide details and clear directions on the expectations for the Author Talk and Find Your Calling events for your students on your Canvas page.
Author Talk Informational Flyer
Find Your Calling Informational Flyer
Reflection Assignment Drafts
- Consider the ways in which your students reflect on and further their understanding of the book and their experiences with it through dedicated reflection assignments.

K-State First SLOs and TEVAL/SLO Assessment

K-State First Student Learning Outcomes:

Below are the K-State First specific programmatic learning outcomes. You can copy and paste the example below into your syllabus, or if you'd like to add more specifics related to the content of your course, you can do so as well.

Example Syllabus Statement:

What we're learning as a K-State First CAT Community or First-Year Seminar:
This course is unique in that it is dedicated to first-year student success. As part of that, the learning outcomes embedded throughout all of our work are below:

Think Critically: engage in critical analysis, expand close-reading skills, and develop effective interpretations of the works
Communicate Effectively: Express your own understandings of course content in respectful dialogue with others with engagement, imagination, and self-reflection
Build Community: Interact effectively with faculty and peers both inside and outside of the classroom
Apply Learning: Use the skills and knowledge learned in the class to solve new problems, answer questions, identify areas for further investigation, and collaboratively create

SLO Assessment Guidelines:

If you are participating in the K-State First SLO Assessment process, below are instructions on how to do so. We will also hold a workshop in October to go over the processes and expectations.