As an instructor for career school, I often wonder what is the best way to handle students who are indeed dire need of help? Missing assignemtns to missing exams due to unable to get a ride to school or can't afford to pay for public transportation ruins their grade and often fails out. Typically they are capable of handling the work load but due to unforseen circumstances, they are unable to follow guidelines of the school. Do you then allow to bend the rules for these special circumstances or stick by your gun since it is what future job demands of them?

What is the best way to handle students who think that they know the subject material and is beyond the course? Some students do actually possess that knowledge and indeed is brillant, but the attitude they act towards other students that they are superior and even they like to show up the instructors creates some problems. Best way to handle these type of situation would be?

Can anyone tell me what is the best motivator for students who enroll in career schools? Many personal issues including money, family, and other unforseen circumstances hinder the growth of career school students and often blame their circumstances as a scapegoat.

I like how it talked about making a mistake and recognizing it fixing it for the next time.

I find that telling adult students that I used to be an adult student myself really helps. I go on to give them examples of challenges I know they will encounter in adult life and it works well.

When students are disruptive I do not give them any attention as they are looking for any type even negative. It usually stops after they have not received any negative or postive energy from me. Has anyone tried this?

As a new adult education instructor, how do you achieve a balance between reminding students of due dates, etc. to encourage their success but not teaching them to rely on those reminders; instead to be responsible for their own time line as they will be some day in an employment situation where there are no reminders?

FIRST ALLWAYS FIND OTHER OPTIONS, BECOMING STRESS OUT. CHOICE THE BEST WAY TO YOUR AVANGAGE...

It is important to keep the relationship between instructor and student helpful but professional. I only talk about professional history with my students, never personal.

How to I get over the new class jitters?

How to get students to read the chapters.

How can we address students how have outside issues.

How do we balance students full time employement with home work?

As an English instructor, if I do not find myself very engaged in the readings I can assign, I have a hard time staying motivated to teach well. I get bored and bummed out. However, if I feel the structure and/or content of a reading can teach the students something, even if they dislike the reading, I do a much better job. Being forced to use readings/a textbook I don't like always causes internal conflict and stress.

I thought it odd that the first module suggests that it is not a good idea to complete tasks as one receives them. If you have time to return a student's voicemail, why wait? If students turned in papers ten minutes ago and you have nothing else do, why not start on them? I work better when I get things done right away.

What about students that have A.D.D. OR similar illnesses that can appear to be disruptive in a class room. This could come across as a cheating or angry student. I have not come across this yet, but i am sure I will.

I have a student that no matter what the discussion, she has done it, a student in the class say's her daughter's friend was burned my hot water, and the student began to tell of her little girl was burned by a cup of soup, someone else child has autism and now her child has autism, and so on, HELP ME!!

Being an instructor, students look up to us as their model. We have to show confidence in what we do. As soon as I enter the class I smile and greet them a cheerful day. I say something funny to wake up the class before anything else. If there is a game in season I try to watch the news recap so the next day I can start the day with an interesting conversation. Any new song that they are playing in the radio, I ask them what is the title of that song or who sang the song. Anything just to start the ball rolling. Some of our lectures are long so I make sure I crack a joke to keep the students listening.

When I think of cheating, it is not only cheating during quizzes and test. I really get frustrated with sutdents who think they can just copy from their classmates homework and think not get caught. No matter how much I emphasize that the homeworks, lab practicals, quizzes and tests are not just given for them to get a grade and pass. These exercises are given to students so we can see where they need help and where we can focus so we can clarify any questions that they might help. I do not think the students realize that whatever they learn in class will be the basis of their success in life.

I have found that group projects or activities and sometimes games where I split students into groups help to keep the class interesting and competitive.