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Charolette Brown
Charolette Brown

Setting the Stage for Student Success

As an instructor, I believe it is best to provide students with meaningful material that would aid in their success in the classroom as well as in their future career goals. Students need to know that the information that is being received is the information they will need when they apply the knowledge they learned.
Michael Tryon
Michael Tryon

Managing stress

As a parent with a child who has had life long medical problems that continue today I have had my share of stress. Remedy? Stay busy, keep your day full of activities that don't allow you time to feel sorry for yourself. You are not the person with the medical problem. This keeps me focused on life and I find I am a much better parent with more energy and support for my 36 year old son. Work can be a cure especially for depression and stress. This is how I cope!
Michael Tryon
Michael Tryon

Leadership

When administration pretends to know the topic I teach but are glaringly clueless the choices they make can be thunderously ignorant. This is where I am required to do their job for them by teaching students content that was clearly designed to be taught after they were given basic concepts. Stress!
Michael Tryon
Michael Tryon

Organizing your space

I try to put everything into a plastic file cabinet for each course I teach. It is portable, easy to organize and I have all the tests, answers, quizes, hand outs and assigments all in one quick and easy access. I keep only the originals and copy them for distribution as needed.
Michael Tryon
Michael Tryon

Allow students time to comprehend and understand

When assigning completion times to tasks I consider how long it should take then allow a litle extra time for those who just don't quite get things so quick. I find learning new topics very difficult and need time to focus and understand the material. Students learn at different speeds just like me.
Bogdan Gieniewski
Bogdan Gieniewski

Share your experience

Another method of getting students interested in a class is to share your experience with them and show what they are learning is relevant.
John Cassidy
John Cassidy

stress eliminator

With the introduction of ebooks, I make sure to have a copy of a good book with me at all times. Reading a chapter or two will help eliminate stress.
Douglas Whittet
Douglas Whittet

adult learning

I was wondering how to best reach the adult learner? Is it cognitive thinking skills, hands on learning? Sometimes to learn material, like for example anantomy classes, the student just needs to memorize the material, is it best to include hands on demonstations?
Adam Green
Adam Green

Energizer Icebreakers to help with Names

I associate something to a person, I remember that George has a football trophy, or that Sally has just had her 3rd baby - I invite my larger classes adn on the first day have them particpate in an energizer icebreaker where they stand up and state something special and their name, I write this down and it helps greatly to remember 80% of their names - this takes a lot of work out of simply memorizing everyones names.
sarai Dieguez
sarai Dieguez

Students names

It is important that we take the time to learn our entire student’s names by the 2nd week of class. Students will feel that we care. Don’t underestimated yourself as an experienced instructor. Our experience is based on all the years we spend in our field.
Mike Holley
Mike Holley

common instructor mistakes

How to re-group after making an error?
Mike Holley
Mike Holley

Chesting Student

How to impart understanding to students on the impact on them?
Mike Holley
Mike Holley

Tardy Student

How to emphasize professionalism to a student that doesn't find the concept relevant?
Mike Holley
Mike Holley

student motivation

How do you motivate a student who doesn't want to be in class?
sarai Dieguez
sarai Dieguez

Cheating students

We must be very careful when accusing a student of cheating. It also learn how to make every student feel part of the class
Jennifer Bohne
Jennifer Bohne

rational

I always set long term goals and short term daily goals for my students.I have seen beter time managment in the classroom less time for talking more time for learning.I will take from this training to more in the WIIFM.
sarai Dieguez
sarai Dieguez

Students with attention problems

Start with yourself first and then the student.
Robert Kile
Robert Kile

Too friendly

IMHO I'm one of those "likeable" teachers, but I don't TRY for it. My grades are usually a bell shaped curve and those who don't get A's usually know why. Should I remain concerned or get tougher/stricter?
Robert Kile
Robert Kile

One every three years?

Only one incident of cheating in three years. Identical wrong answers including identical misspellings. Of course, teaching an ethics class helps to cut down on the incidence.
Robert Kile
Robert Kile

Retention

I keep butting my head against attempts/desires for retention that severely interfere with steps at correcting problem students. If a student knows they can stick around, why work?