new instructor mistakes
Most new instructor's mistakes can be minimized with good pretraining. this should include teaching infront of a class. the newbe should do just a small lesson at first. This will allow him to become conforable in front of a class. Good supervision during his/her training will benifit the instructor and his students.
Hi Mark,
What type of mistakes have you made as a new instructor?
Patricia
I try to get student involvement. When they start asking questions and answering each others time passes and content is enriched
Hi Miles,
Do you have a free entry and exit in your room or do your students or anyone else has to get permission for entry and exit?
Patricia
I also think another way to manage the room is for the instructor to be sure to have a view of the door so that they can monitor who comes and goes from the class.
Hi Rami,
It is always better to have too much information rather than not having enough. The more for students, the better.
Patricia
If I prepare extra information for the lesson, not only are my students getting more information, but I am able to slow down the lesson little bit as well.
I found this to be a problem when I first started teaching. The way I solved my time managment issues was to use discussion based, student led reviews of each section. I find to ask the students to explain to you how they percieve the section just covered, and how they would apply it, helps to slow things down, and shows me the soft spots in my explainations. This does require the ability to guide the conversation though.
Hello Nathaniel,
You shouldn't feel rushed. Move at a nice pace that is comfortable for you and your students. You will get the timing down packed, the more you do it. the better you will become.
Patricia
A common mistake for new instructors is to speek too fast and rush through the material. It is far better to over prepare for the course and run short on time, then to not have enough material. A lesson I learned from day 1.
When instructors make a mistake, they should not try to cover it up, confess and move on.
A great way to manage time is to have a clock mounted on the far wall behind the students. Make sure its big enough to see from anywhere in the class room but this way you can monitor time right down to the second.
One mistake that I have made is to rush through the material. Some of the ways I have helped alleviate that is to over prepare as well as set a timeline for myself. If I prepare extra information for the lesson, not only are my students getting more information, but I am able to slow down the lesson little bit as well.
