Evelyn Abrajano

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This course really helped for the new instructor like me! It helped me a lot to prepared, planned and how to gain respect from students! It teaches me how to build my self-esteem in times that some students were under estimating my confidence because of my age!

Evelyn Abrajano

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Clinical rotation

For clinical rotation, I have my student paired up with the employee in the facility! They shadow them what the employee is doing and probably assisting the employee with their task! As an instructor, I'm making my rounds making sure the students are doing their procedures/skills that they learn from class and not violating any rules/policies like infection control! And if I know that one student is not being productive, I worked with that student and focus on her/him making sure he/she will learned the skills/procedure the right way! And if I know that the students is doing well, I… >>>

Evelyn Abrajano

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First Time teaching

Its very hard in my situation because some of them were saying that this is the first time that they have an instructor with my age! So they treat me differently

Evelyn Abrajano

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First Time teaching

Thanks Gary, that's very helpful! I need to be firm, fair and consistent so I could have the control of the class!

Evelyn Abrajano

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First Time teaching

I'm newly hired instructor and no experienced at all. I'm only 28 yrs. old! Most of my students were the same age as me so they treat me as their buddy although I'm keeping distance! I feel like I don't get the respect that I wanted like If I asked them to perform certain skills that I thought them, I feel like I need to beg them just to do it! What should I do? Is it because of my age?