I feel it is part of life and one's needs to learn to deal with it in a positive manner.

I recently took my ADULT class on a field trip to see a movie. It was during class hours and was medically related to the course. Everyone drove themselves and we met in front of the theater. I believe they were drinking before I arrived, however, I have no proof. Also several of them "got up" in the middle of the movie and went to see the movie next door. I have only been teaching for 8 months and I am unsure how to address this.

Sometimes dealing with unruly or disruptive students can be very taxing and time consuming. I can usually tell after the first class who my disruptive students will be. It is often helpful to talk to these students ona one-on-one basis to try to come to some type of an understanding about these students and to try to find out why they are they are the way they are. It us often useful to give them small group projects to work on. I try to never let them take charge of a class and disrupt the class. I will pull them out and talk to them individually if need be.

When I look at testing & timing, I feel it is important to use different methods of evaluating because it not only helps me assess the "students more accurately" but also plays a direct role on time management.

I am a believer that creating "to do lists" and reviewing them on regular basis is an important aspect of managing one's time. I feel it helps me manage the class more effectively because I can prioritize and organize my students learning needs within given deadlines.

if you a positive person instead a negative person you will cut down your stress level a lots

get plenty of sleep

I find by keeping everything real by explaining how the classroom is operated is a real eye opener to our students. I always explain in detail how things are in the real workforce and what employers are looking when hiring new employees in the kitchen. I feel that it's imparative to lay down the law on day one while going into great detail on the expectations in the classroom. Glenn

I know this may not work for every type of class but each term I have been working on converting 1-2 tests to online format. I have found that even the essay tests are easier to grade and the students appreciate getting to type them instead of write them. Then, I develop a "best" answer in the feedback and if the student is missing something I can just give them the answer that I developed. I don't have to rewrite the same feedback for each student that got the same question incorrect. I love it! Colleen

Just curious about what people think about giving homework points for completion and not accuracy? I teach a fundamental mathematics class and I toy with how to correct homework each term. I feel that the homework (at least in this class) is a time for the students to learn and master the skills from the course objectives and I don’t want to take points away from them for trying to learn things. I only assign homework that they have the answers to so they can validate their understanding, I start each class and “Fix” whatever the class didn’t understand from the homework, and then every meeting the class takes a quiz over the objectives we learned from the previous class. I would compare this system to a professional athlete getting paid to practice. Ultimately the only thing that matters is that they win the game, but they are still required to practice and penalized when they don’t.

Just a heads up, if you allow soda bottles in class watch out for the labels, I've seen students pull off the label, scan to a computer program and type in a cheat sheet where the ingredients and nutritional facts are. Makes you wonder why they don't put this effort in to studying huh?

Under the section "Strategies" this topic states that the angry student will be almost exclusively male, I found this to be the exact opposite. Maybe this is because I come off as intimidating to male students, maybe this is the nature of my industry and those types of people it attracts but, my position is one that deals with problem students that get out of their instructors control I can say definitively that 95%+ of what I consider angry students are female. "(the pronoun "him" is being used here because hostile and angry students will almost exclusively be male)."

I try to keep all of my students engaged by making personal connections with every student, every day. At the beginning of class we do a "line up" at which point I speak to the students on a "how are you today" basis, these daily discussions evolve as i get to know the students and can help with problematic students by adding an element of personal expectations. Once the students know that I truly care about their personal lives and that I am truly willing to assist in any way possible to help them be successful they develop a sense of pride and will do whatever it takes to be successful in my class at the risk of not letting me down.

The way you carry youself is important,it shows confidence.

I let the students know that the grade is important.The test is to help them figure out where they need to study/where they are lacking

Alot of students watch the clock, put important/interesting information at the end of class. The students forget about the clock and the last 30 minutes of class fly by.

Talking to the students weekly on the assignments that are due keeps them on top of what they need to do.

I was wondering if any of you have worked with these types of students and what methods you have found useful in dealing with them? How do you control them with regards to their impulsivity when it comes to answering questions, procrastination, etc? Thansk in advance.

I truly believe that having a glass or two of wine and beer can be beneficial to relieving stress. That's not to say one should abuse alcohol by any means, but there is much to say about the happiness and relaxing qualities a fine adult beverage can foster. There are also inherent health benefits, such as the French paradox and antioxidant qualities associated with red wines and dark beers specifically. Any thoughts on that?

Had a instructor that was hired on a saturday and started instructing on Monday ... students was very hard on her.