Knowing what your students already know helps in time management. At the same time, it will help you determine better ways on how to keep them engaged with the lessons.
Using assessments early and often to gauge student knowledge, learning and to assist in pacing the course.
What I teach is more technical and practical, but I do have to be very organized in how i lay out the content. The compression factor is definetly something I deal with, but I keep a detailed calendar and plenty to keep the students busy and moving forward.
Thank you for the great presentation.
Flexibility is key. Also structure the interrelated topics for not only logical flow, but to illustrate their interrelation, and perhaps to refresh previous topics or prepare for upcoming topics.
Be flexible with your students.
Prepare tour classes with enough time in order to have your lessons ready.
Understand your position, your strengths and weaknesses.
Decide what to teach and be competent in the subject matter. A good instructor should be able to remain flexible and adaptable while being aware of the compression factor. Know your audience so you can identify instructional deliveries that work with the CURRENT class setting. Each and every class will be different!
