Modeling & Teaching Professionalism

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Greg Drakulich

Controlling Student emotions

Hello: I work in a very small school. Many of my students have strong emotions and often bring them from one class to the next. I ask that they refrain from openly criticizing instructors-- as this leads to a volatile situation many times. I will ask them to stop it and then after my class. I will see if they need to vent some frustration. I will encourage them to stay focused on their goals. If this does happen I will alter my lesson plan some to bring in a motivation tool to lift up the spirits in the classroom.

Yamil Guevara

Why?

Why do so many people who are extremely smart have no soft skills?

Robert Kile

Time Management

THIS has long been my Achilles heal. I'm a procrastinator. The tips I've learned as an instructor have me improving here but I'm not there yet. Is anybody EVER really "there"? How will I know?

Marviet Bowman

Soft skills

Soft skills as we know is a very important skills to have in the workplace as well as other areas in life. How can you effectively attempt to relay this to students and colleagues who aren't really interested in this skill in there profession without being redundant?

richard rosado

managing emotions

it is very important tomanage the students emotions eapecially in a new enviornment. it is easy for them to lose control and not learn effectively.

Julie Sions RN

How does the soft skills affect your jobs?

Will try to add some skills to my job and see if things improve.

Philip Campbell

Important Soft Skills

What do you think the most important soft skills are for success in any workplace?

Philip Campbell

Highly Effective Instructors

In your opinion, what is the most important quality that sets highly effective instructors apart from others?

Philip Campbell

Teaching Soft Skills

In your opinion, what is the most difficult soft skill to teach to students?

Philip Campbell

Teaching Teamwork

What are some of the techniques that you use in the classroom that promote teamwork and help the students to further develop their soft skills.

Philip Campbell

Understanding Diversity

In addition to cultural and ethnic diversity, briefly discuss the other types of diversity that instructors must be aware of to be effective teachers.

Philip Campbell

Motivating Students

Briefly discuss effective ways to motivate students during instruction by tapping into their emotions.

Related Learning Opportunities

ED115R - Soft Skills for Instructors

ED205 - Enhancing Students' Professional Skills

ED402 - Fostering Soft Skills in the Classroom I

ED403 - Fostering Soft Skills in the Classroom II