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Exploring and Defining an Educator's Scope of Practice

It can be challenging to manage all the responsibilities associated with teaching, advising students, and engaging in research and service to your department, college, or discipline. Reflecting on your scope of practice can help you clarify your roles and boundaries to help you thrive.

Reflective Teaching
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Penny Edwards
Faculty Development Specialist
University of Rhode Island's Office for the Advancement of Teaching & Learning
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Updated: May 2025
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How Role Clarity and Boundaries Can Help Us Thrive, with Karen Costa

On episode 505 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast, Karen Costa shares a framework to help faculty navigate their roles in higher education.

Teaching in Higher Ed
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An Educator's Scope of Practice: How Do I Know What's Mine?

Trauma and stress are in the classroom, but scant guidance exists to help faculty understand and navigate the impact of trauma on teaching and learning. From healthcare, the scope of practice model is a tool educators can apply to help protect well-being through healthy boundaries and role clarity.

Trauma-Informed Pedagogies
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Toward a Scope of Practice for (Un)Graders

What are we qualified for? What are we responsible for? And why do we assess student work anyway? Emily Pitts Donohoe explores these questions via Costa's scope of practice framework in this Substack post.

Unmaking the Grade
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Karen Costa's 🤎 Scope of Practice Template

This is Karen Costa's original Scope of Practice Template for Educators laid out in five steps.

Karen Costa

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