Lirim Neziroski

Author: Lirim Neziroski

  • Division Meeting for New Semester

    The new semester at my college begins with an “all-staff” meeting and a professional development day for faculty. The day begins with a general address by the college president, information about each area of the college (enrollment, student affairs, facilities and operations, budgeting, fundraising) provided by each vice president, information by the vice president for…

  • Administrator on Duty

    My college has something called “Administrator on Duty.” This is where a college administrator serves as the point of contact for anything that may happen on campus between 4:00 and 7:00 pm. Most of the time, nothing happens – thankfully – but college guidelines say not to sit in the office during this time, so…

  • Strategies for Effective Online Teaching

    On Feb. 10, 2022, I presented at the Growing Online Learning virtual conference, which is hosted by the Illinois Community College Online Consortium (ILCCO).  The presentation was about an Orientation to Online Teaching I developed.  The orientation was a five-week online course that informed prospective online instructors about the college’s standards for instructional design, best practices for…

  • Strategies for the Humanities and Fine Arts

    I recently started a new job as the Dean of Humanities, Fine Arts, and Social Sciences at a small community college in central Illinois.  I was hesitant to apply at first because there has been so much writing about the enrollment decline and “crisis” in the Humanities (see examples in The Atlantic, The American Academic…

  • Questions to Ask as a New Dean

    In January 2022, I started a new job as the dean of an academic division.  The division includes several departments in the General Education transfer area (English, Literature, Speech, History, Psychology, Sociology, Music, Art, Theater, and more), and it has over 20 full-time, tenured faculty. As a new employee, and as the supervisor of such…