This week’s offering from the Teaching and Learning Collaborative is actually a question that super hardworking professors committed to their students’ learning and success might ask themselves as they address the 87th email asking “what exactly are you looking for in this assignment?” or “what can I do to make up the points I missed when I overslept and missed the quiz last week?” Is there such a thing as a “Helicopter Professor?” Spoiler alert if you don’t have time to read the whole precis: Yes, actually, there probably is. Author Kristie McAllum offers some warning signs, explains why failure should not be avoided at all costs, and provides some tips for hovering a little bit further away in the article cited in this Teaching Tip of the Week.