Provide more than one solution when explaining how to solve a problem to the class to emphasize that there is never just one way to do things.
Point out why a concept is important, useful, and interesting to show students how the content they’re learning connects to higher-level concepts.
Use the World Wide Web Consortium’s (W3C) resources for evaluating the accessibility of a website to ensure that your course website is accessible to all of your students.
Create a program where local high school students come to your elementary school to teach younger students computer science in order to give your students relatable role models.
Make all students say “I don’t understand” out loud, in front of the class to show them that nothing bad will happen to help them feel more comfortable saying something when they don’t understand something in the future.
Have your research students maintain a weekly blog so they can share what they complete each week and serve as an example for other, curious students.
Publicize positions for undergraduate research through formal channels so that they’re accessible to a wider variety of students.
Have students complete a weekly log about what they accomplished this week, what they hope to accomplish next week, and what might hold them back from accomplishing these things.
Stretch your students to help them improve their skills by asking them what they are most struggling with and making them do that regularly.
Follow up the question “How are you?” with asking your students deeper questions, like “How’s your stress level?”, to show you care and to dig below the surface-level small talk when you bump into your students.