James Jackson

phillip, great post and points out the importance of mental preparation is just as important as knowing the material. For some reason there are a large group of instructors that are actively involved with students that have no understanding of learning disorders and how the number of students today with some form of learning disorder is larger today than any other time in our history and all indications suggest the number will continue to rise. What this means for us as instructors is we need to read up on the best practices of knowing when we may want to direct… >>>

Patricia, I tend to disagree with your statement. I do agree we need to treat all students equally but not all situations are equal. What this means is we must take full advantage of our ability to be human and not robots. A robot simply reads lines of code and never alters the direction unless the code changes. In live the code changes all the time so it is difficult to treat each situation equally as the circumstances will be different. If one student meets the same criteria as an other then the same result should occur but different circumstances… >>>

Cynthia, great post and just remember that the Guide knows when to control and when to have an intelligent heart. Nothing wrong with students feeling comfortable around you they just cannot see you as an easy target to get something they want because they feel you are too nice to engage in confrontation. Be fair but firm and above all treat all your students equally. Equal treatment does not mean everyone gets to break the rules of one situation calls for a change in how you apply a rule. It does mean that you will review each students needs and… >>>