Why is it important for an instructor to organized and prepared for each class?

Why is it important for an instructor to organized and prepared for each class?

Why is it important for an instructor to organized and prepared for each class?

What are the benefits students get from taking field trips and listening to guest speakers?

What are the benefits students get from taking field trips and listening to guest speakers?

What are the benefits students get from taking field trips and listening to guest speakers?

How can keeping a teaching journal help you with instructional improvement?

How can keeping a teaching journal help you with instructional improvement?

How will being a student-centered instructor help you to have success in teaching?

How will being a student-centered instructor help you to have success in teaching?

Why is it important for you to have an understanding of yourself as an instructional leader?

Why is it important for you to have an understanding of yourself as an instructional leader?

Enshuring that the material (I.e. homework, labs) properly evaluate the student enough so that the class work grades properly reflect the test grades.

We will run a bulb preservation day where instructors are encouraged to turn off the projector and use the printed material and the boards to run the class. This is good practice for the day the bulb burns out or the cumputers crash, the instructors know the material is all about getting them to pass this knowledge on.

The first reason for most would be convience, but a close secone would have to be what method intrest the instructor. If we can not become intrested in the delivery method then how can we expect the student to stay interested.

Untill I read the diffrent types of instructors I had not realy thought of what kind of instructor I was. Untill then I didnt realize that I was in fact the Peacemaker. Now having an understanding of this I have somthing to base my streangths and weeknesses off of. I you dont have that understanding then how are you ever going to be able to corectly build up your weeknesses?

I just completed a class where the quizzes were in short answer format and the final exam was in multiple choice. The students were accustomed to receiving partial credit on the quizzes and when the multiple choice final came around, the students were in an uproar. They disputed several questions in an attempt to get partial credit to receive a better score. They really didn't like the multiple choice format and blamed me for their poor performance. What are your reccomendations?

A collegue of mine suggested that I offer workshop hours, just a few a session. So, I've decided to try this, scheduled for tomorrow (in culinary), for students to make the recipes they do not feel they have grasped. I was surprised about the number of students who plan to attend, which tells me that I might be stuffing to much material in the lesson plan each day.

I overheard some students the other day complaining that their teacher did not use ppts at all and that they "had to take notes the old fashioned way." The students were upset that they couldn't just print out the ppts and have instant notes. The younger generation of students, it seems, has come to expect this type of media in classes. It's a balance between satisfying their preferred media for learning and changing things up a bit by using white board, demos, etc. It's challenging to satisfy all the students in class with their preferred delivery of media, especially when there is a tremendous variety in age.

Adult students need stability, structure and a "clean" learning environment. I do not refer to "clean" as necessarily a lack of dirt or mess in the physical classroom, what I mean is that they need everything they do during that class time to be crisp and consistent. Adult students appreciate the instructor if they do not waste time, breaks are held consistently and learning takes place. The best instructors are the most organized and the most detailed about how each day is broken down for the students, especially in longer classes. I have found over the years that you will have much fewer complaints with "clean" instructors. If a students feels they are with someone who is in control, is well prepared and provides this type of learning environment, they will respect and appreciate the instructor's efforts to teach and share information.