It started with me reaching out to the Dean (who I know from my MBA) and inquiring about opportunities. Quickly he turned me on to the Marketing Chair and we met earlier this year. He was impressed by my career and experience and thought I would be a great fit. That started the process by which I was asked to teach this class.
Never having created my own coursework, my efforts quickly focused on building a syllabus and set of course work to guide the class. It took me many hours to lock on the right syllabus and plan, but I have it all settled (for the most part) and have now taught about three classes. It has been tough, especially up front, but I've been most thankful for the efforts of friends and colleagues who have come in and helped take some of the teaching responsibility off my shoulders. All in all, the students seem to enjoy the class and the feedback thus far has been largely positive.
Mostly though I'm proud that I did it. It's easy to not follow your dreams and there are many reasons why it doesn't make sense. Yet, I committed to it and am doing it and can now say that I'm a college professor! Kinda fun.
