Classroom teaching is an art form. Coming to class ready to present requires the same skills that an actor uses when the curtain goes up. When the time of need arises, it is too late to prepare.
If you come to class unprepared, then you might as well put on the red bozo wig and learn to juggle. That will work for a few minutes but you are cheating your students.
Al Sharon
Serves as a model for students to be organized and prepared for class as well as making good use of time in the classroom.
This is a vital and necessary asset to have when teaching. It not only benefits the student it also benefits the instructor because they have a clear and concise track that they are going to take. There will not be any stuttering, stumbing and wondering over materials and words. This will help instructor plan and organize their thoughts in advance.
If we are expecting are students to be on time for class and to have assignments ready to be handed in on the posted due-date, then it is equally important that we start the class on time, have instructional material ready to be passed out and explained and have enough course material prepared to fill the entire course time-line. We should also be prepared for any unforeseen events that may cause us to shorten or switch to, another material source to keep the class room flowing!
Hi Adam:
Great point. Comfortable students will be more apt to be at ease asking questions and receiving information from their instructor. We can be good role models of professionalsim by being ready, and presenting our lessons systematically. This shows thought and planning has gone into the class preparation. Organization is conveyed in the seamless way the class topics are presented.
Regards, Barry
Hi Sean:
We are examples to our stufdents and there's no better way to demonstrate that than to be ealry for class, prepared with a solid lesson, resources gathered, materials ready, and an attituide of enthusiasm, interest and anticipation for an enjoyable, meaningful learning environment.
Regards, Barry
It is important for an instructor to be organized and prepared for class because insturctors should lead by example. It also helps you to have well-thought out ideas to present. It serves as preparation for new ideas. It can also serve as a study mechanism for questions that may be presented by the students.
organization and preperation help the instructor by many ways. The number one way is that when the students see that the instructor is organized and ready for a day of class it makes the students more comfortable. When the students are comfortable they will ask questions and stay focused on the task at hand. this also helps the instructor go from one task to another in a more fluid and smooth motion.
It's all about setting an example for the students. If the instructor is not prepared, how are the students going to learn anything from them.
If the instructor doesn't take the class seriously enough to be prepared why would the students? This is especially true in a career college. These students are there on their own dime, not Mom and Dad's. They want more "bang for their buck" so to speak. It also says a lot about your institution when the instructors are raring and ready to go for each class session.
Karen
Hi Tom:
Yes, we are role models. Tha's a basic expectatation.
We can be be better prepared by assuring we have given the needed time, planning, thinking, gathering resources, reviewing material, so that when in class, we can deliver dynamic, interesting, and enjoyable lessons. This doesn't happen by accident and requies the effort to make these outcomes a reality.
Regards, Barry
Hi Georgie:
We can be good stewards of our own time and be examples to students what makes for preparedness and good organizatioin. These skills will undoubtedly be useful in their work setting.
Regards, Barry
Hi Georgie:
A prepared teacher has organized their materials, prepared their lessons, gathered the needed media resources, and is available to the student to both present the lesson material and to answer unanticipated questions. Preparation leads to respect and trust in the teacher.
Regards, Barry
Hi Melody:
Being organized saves time and demonstrates to students the teacher has prepared for the class. Preparedness involves assuring all resources and materials are ready, and the teacher is equipped with the resources to convey the course learing objectives.
Regards, Barry
It is important for an instructor to be organized and prepared for each class beause it shows discipline for the students. If an instructor is constantly late the stusents will think it is okay for them to do the same. Organitaion is crucial because students need to be organized as well as the instructors.
Your absolutely right! We as instructors must practice what we preach. We cannot expect something of our student that we do not demonstrate.
It is important because a teacher's readiness for class conveys her dedication to her profession. It also sets a standard and impression to her students. An unprepared instructor usually never have a good communication or feel with her class.
Hi Richard:
I believe each instructor has their "must do" list and methods of organizing the materials needed for their lessons. When they fail to follow their own system, difficulty achieviing desired results is the likely outcome.
Regards, Barry
Hi Barbara:
Yes, in part, we are and can be good stewards of role modeling the aspects of preparedness and organized in our approach to work.
I think, like you, good teachers are able to reach all of their audience; those that need a lot of attention along with those that "get it" pretty quick and need more creative "push" to stimulate their thinking to satisfy their feeling they received something of value from the instruction.
As an example, we can teach organization by involving stronger students as helpers of weaker students, thus maximizing our time, and all grougs of students getting their "share" of need course content.
Regards, Barry
Hi Barbara:
I know when I'm fully ready for a class, and so do the students. Each component has been planned (even interruptions or student quests can be integrated into the flow) and topics move seamlessly from one to another. Prepared teachers earn trust and respect from their students. We can't please evryone all the time but we can always be organized with needed resources ready to serve the class.
Regards, Barry
