Instructor Feedback
The following are highlighted feedback that I have received from students, peer observations, and faculty supervision. Each semester students are invited to provide feedback through anonymous teaching evaluations collected through Blackboard. I have have also solicited feedback through anonymous Google forms. Unsolicited feedback from students has been received through email, personal notes (sticky notes) in class, and by way of third party communications (students or faculty sharing with my supervisor of teaching).
This page captures positive feedback that has served to inspire and encourage me as an emerging educator. I reflect on all feedback, whether positive, critical, or challenging as a means for personal and professional development. As a Black woman in higher education I have intentionally sought mentorship regarding my engagement and interactions with students, recognition of systemic barriers for support, and coping mechanisms for harsh and critical feedback that may be more reflective of my identities and perceptions of those identities rather than how I actually show up as an instructor (Haynes et al., 2020). Please read/listen to this NPR article and podcast episode for more insights on the unique barriers for Black women in higher education.
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"I appreciated how the weekly class debriefing was based on questions and concerns that we had brought into the space. It had helped me to feel seen as a student."Fall 2023
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"The openness was appreciated for us to ask questions or reflect on what arose for us in session. Linzy often affirmed commonalities in our experiences as emerging counselors and provided reflective questions of different possibilities or directions for the future."Fall 2023
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"New theoretical and experiential lens from a new perspective. New lens for feedback and articulating concepts as well."Fall 2023
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"Having someone who has gone through the process and is able to give inside advice was really useful."Fall 2023
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"Linzy knows how to assert her power in front of the classroom. She knows good activities to use with clients, as shown in class."Fall 2022
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"Linzy has a great knowledge on cultural and diversity implications when it comes to working with clients. Linzy has brought up great points that may not be thought about had she not brought them up. Linzy likes to write things out which can be nice to do activities and note taking."Fall 2022
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"Ms. Andre made the class lectures intriguing and easy to speak in class. She also always offered to help us when we needed it. She was a great teacher and I loved this course."Spring 2022
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"She reached out to me to see how I was when I wasn't coming to class. She truly cares about her students and is very passionate about the class."Spring 2022
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"Professor Andre made sure that everyone in the class was very engaged at all times and this was very effective because I was able to make connections with people in the class and it made it feel less like a class and more like a family when I went to class."Spring 2022
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"She was able to provide different activities like passing papers around the class, answering questions as well as be able to create this environment that was safe to talk about heavy loaded topics without getting too much into it."Fall 2021
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"My student is in the Su OnCampus program and we didn't have to modify the work much. We kept up with the class and what was expected of all the students. We were also welcomed and my student felt like they could participate and also be accepted by peers and the instructor."Fall 2021
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"You made the space very safe to participate, despite some of us not knowing each other prior. I felt extremely comfortable and feel like I learned a lot about two important skills that are going to help me when I lead groups in internship this fall."Spring 2021
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"She gave very useful feedback on assignments and offered opinions in class that were very insightful. Also provided great resources."Spring 2021