Get Your Students Hired
Present yourself as a person first and then as an instructor. Use a checklist will help ease the first-class nerves and make sure that all of the important items have been covered.
Be thourough with course outlines, objectives, expectations, grading criteria etc in the syllabus.
Teh five steps in creating a new course are to select content, set ambitious bt realistic goals, write strong objectives and a compehensive syllabus, and select the best presentation format. Being prepared, checking your classroom to ensure it is adequate comfortable and equipped with the necessary technical equipment and supplies helps to meet the students emotional needs for comfort, security and acceptance and helps them be ready to learn. Organization is key to help you keep track of small support tasks for which students rely on you. I will ensure I arrive early at the classroom to ensure all is ready, and greet my students to develop, rapport and get a feel for the overall mood of the room and keep careful notes of the small administrative tasks I must do to keep the classroom running smoothly.
The need to be prepared is not just for the first class but for each class. It is important to keep a notepad handy to be able to follow-up on questions, support needed or supplies needed.
First day checklists to make sure you spend time highlighting the most important areas of the syllabus
I have learned the importance of how; the curriculum, course outline, lesson plan, goals, objectives, learning activities, methoids of instruction and resource materials.holistically blended, make excellent instruction.
It is best to be as concise and specific up front to avoid obsfuction, by preparing and publishing documents such as a course outline and syllabus containing acheivable goals, objectives and comprhensible details of what is expected of each student.
Engage with students as they enter the classroom. A connection with students is important.
I get that by my preparation for class, I will be the competent and accessible instructor for my students. Checklists are my favorite go to to keep up my own accountability.
Some takeaways for me that will be extremely helpful are some of the different teaching strategies, necessary components of instructional objectives, and using checklists to keep organized and on track.
Creating a plan, hold self and students responsible to syllabus, offering adequate support and resource materials will lead to success.
The take away from this module is that planning and preparation are time consuming but rewarding activities which must take place ahead of the actual bloc of instruction.
this module has defined the importance of the syllabus and how it can be used to assist students and instructors alike.
I agree that it is very important to arrive earily and interact with the students, it puts you and them on the same team. I am also a serial syllabus lover. It leaves no ambiguity for course landscape and expectation and is a contract between the instructor and the students and it helps keep both on task together.