LOSINS STUDENTS
OFTEN STUDENTS THAT LOSE TIME OR DON'T SHOW UP TO SCHOOL HAVE NO GUIDANCE FROM THIER PARENTS OR GARDIAN AND HOME LIFE HAS NO STABILITY
THEY NEED TO KNOW THAT THEY CAN COME TO SCHOOL AND THAT THE SCHOOL WILL HELP THEM ANYWAY POSSIBLE TO MAKE THEM SUCCESSFUL
Sounds like a very versatile, useful grading software. Does it retain a copy of the messages for future reference?
I have had some of my students come up to me saying they have no support at home from their spouse. I even had one student tell me that their spouse thought the idea of school was "stupid" and a "waste" of their money. This student needed positive reinforcement. I find that it helps, at the beginning of every class session, to ask my students how their other classes are and what is on their class agendas for this upcoming week. I talk to them about ways to manage their stress for this upcoming week. This seems to foster and build a positive rapport which makes students seem more comfortable about coming to me with other issues and concerns.
In addition, we use an online grade book which has the capability for messaging. Most students will message me on this website instead of through my instructor e-mail. I find it easy to respond to their messages in a quick manner. This grade book provides students with a continual update of their grade in the class. I'll even send congratulatory messages to students who have improved on quizzes and tests to give additional positive feedback.
It is incredible ... but also true in the sense that they haven't learned what it means to be a responsible adult. It doesn't necessarily mean that they blame mommy and daddy.
Time management is frequently a key metric that some students have never learned. In their world time is not a precise unit of measure and unfortunately, it is often a painful process to learn the consequences of being absent or tardy.
To be a responsible adult you have to know what that means to the person expecting certain behavior.
Wow, I find the first part of this statement to be really incredible. As I tell my students, "as I look around the room I see no children only adults and I will treat you as such and I expect you to act as such." Our students ages range from 18 to over 60. At what point are they expected to act like responsible adults and stop blaming mommy and daddy for their problems?
As for the second part, are the students expected to put forth any effort to achieve success or am I asking too much? I tell my students, "I will give you all of the information you need to be successful but I cannot make you remember it. That part you have to do on your own."
Let's not forget learning is a two way street.
Thoughts determine what you want ... Action determines what you get!
Sounds simple enough. Could you share some examples of techniques that have worked for you?
Watch for signs of students loosing interest and help them help them find ways to remotivate them in learning.
I've actually had students tell me about their lack of home life or support from families and had those sames students try to develope a relationship with me of some sort because they, like all of us, need to know that someone cares. I helped out a student a few times who was living in his car and sending almost all of his money back home to help his wife and child. Often he needed to just talk. I wasn't really equiped to help him out with much advise, but just having someone know they cared about his situation seemed to help him. He's still here!
