Meet your Instructor
Hello Students:
Welcome to our online ESL 8 class for Spring, 2021. I will be your instructor for this semester.
I know some of you may feel unsure of using Canvas for your online class. We were forced to go online last Spring, and now we are all being asked to complete our entire semester's course work fully online. I personally prefer in-person classes. I think a number of students feel the same way. I like working with students in the classroom, face-to-face.
However, I have accepted the challenge to teach online and want to make this course as simple for you as possible. Last Spring, I finished a seven-week Online Distance Learning Training Workshop and am now officially certified to teach online courses. I ask for your patience though, as I am still learning the best ways to present this course to you through Canvas. Let's all be patient with one another using this new format.
COMMUNICATING WITH ME THROUGH EMAIL:
I will respond to email messages within 24 hours Mon. through Fri - 9am to 5pm. If you don’t hear back from me within 24 hours, assume I did not receive your email and resend it. I generally check my messages on weekends, however not as frequently, so expect an answer within 48 hours, or at the latest by Monday by 5 pm. I prefer you communicate with me using the inbox private messaging on Canvas: atkinsm@laccd.edu.
However, you can email me at my campus email: atkinsm@piercecollege.edu.
INSTRUCTOR PROFILE:
If you'd like to know a little about me, click on link below. Then after that, let's get to know our CET in class tutor, Azad Azizyan in the next page.
When you are finished reading the link below on my profile, hit the "back arrow" button on your tab bar to return to this page.
Go to Next Page to meet your in-class Tutor, Azad Azizyan.