Positive 1st Impressions
Tell your students about you and have them tell about themselves.
Tanya,
Student do like to hear stories from the field. These stories bring value and relevancy to the content. Combine these stories with enthusiasm and you have the combination needed for student engagement.
Gary
Gary Meers, Ed.D.
I agree showing enthusiasm is so important. If you are not excited why should they be? They love hearing your stories from the field. Let them know you are human and made mistakes too.
Patricia,
You hit on the two essential elements of instructional proficiency. By bringing passion for your field to the classroom while showing the students you are excited about sharing your content you are setting the stage for learning success. From there on it is a building process between you and your students.
Gary
Gary Meers, Ed.D.
I believe that good positive energy is contagious. As an educator showing your students that you are passionate and exited about the course, will automatically make them approach your class with anticipation and happiness.
Patricia
I agree with introducing yourself to your students. This builds rapport and trust with your students. It builds a comfortable environment that students need to feel.
Edward,
Personal goals can be a source of motivation. Knowing their goals and how you can help them achieve them is the foundation for the earning of their respect and developing rapport.
Gary
Gary Meers, Ed.D.
Cory,
This is a part of being a role model for your students. This way they know you have worked hard to get to where you are and that you can relate to their struggles because you have worked through being a student.
Gary
Gary Meers, Ed.D.
find out what is there motivations are for choosing there fields and find out where they are hoping to go in the future
dont forget to include your own personal goals and explain how you got to the point that you are at so they have a road that they can see for themselves
I share my clinical and educational background. I also dress like a dental hygienist as a role model for my profession.
