Get Your Students Hired
Joseph,
I like your concept of getting the students' expectation and using that as feedback for yourself. Thank you for the suggestion.
Hello! This is one of my favorite things to tackle in my classes. I teach Visual Communication. Many of the suggestions presented in this section I use a lot. I would like to share a special "chain of success" I like to use. First, at the beginning of class I show examples of the projects we will do in the course. I use two types of examples: instructor-made examples and student-made examples (or artifacts). This always gets the student's minds going. Once we finish the project and complete critiques, I revisit a student-made example in a senior portfolio. Finally, if at all possible, I invite that senior or alumnus to take part in a end-of-course critique or a guest lecture. This drives the project's purpose home. Having a senior or alumnus as a guest speaker is a powerful tool.
Hi David,
You continue to be enthusiastic and cheer on even the disinterested students. Some students are simply not going to buy in, but you keep motivating and encouraging.
Patricia Scales
Hi Sean,
That's the sermon to keep preaching. You have to work for what you want.
Patricia Scales
I like the student to see cause and effect. They want a better financial life for them and their families. I try to instill in them that anything worth having isn't free. They have to put forth the effort to reap the rewards.
Hi Robert,
These are sure ways to get buy in from students. We have to help our students keep their eyes on the prize. Students need to fully understand the benefit of the course.
Patricia Scales
I have a vast amount of professional experience and I have a real passion for my profession. I get very excited and have a great time and share that with my students. however I alway have students who just don't get excited about being in school. Even though I do bring real world practical relevancy into the daily curriculum. Does anyone have any suggestions on how to reach out to the these disinterested students?
I ask what each student is looking to obtain from the course. What they are aspiring to become when they finish and How can I help them obtain their goals.
Hi Jason,
Awesome! You are my type of instructor! Students need to know that we genuinely care about them. A student does not care how much you know until they know how much you care.
Patricia Scales
In order to get students buy in, its important to sell them why the information is important for their career. Give examples, stories or videos as a part of your opening.
I find that clarity and total transparency in grading go a long way to gaining trust among my students.I like to address time management in the first few weeks and speak about the 80/20 rule as well as show short video clips on time management. I will encourage students to call, email and even text if they need any clarification on the subject matter. Above all else my students know that I care about them because I tell them and I demonstrate this by my passion and my availability.
Hi Jeff,
I like it! Students need to take full accountability for their own success. I love how you give them this responsibility.
Patricia Scales
Hi Albert,
When you talk about experience that is applicable to the course content you get students to understand the relevancy of the course, thus buying into the course. Students want to and need to know how the course is going to be helpful to them.
Patricia Scales
Hi Charles,
Absolutely! Students need to know how useful the course is going to be to them in order to understand the relevancy of the course.
Patricia Scales
I ask for there support and input. I let them know, as the Instructor, I have the knowledge, skills, and education, but that their personal experience will be used in class. Most of my students are adult learning with years of world experience and I used all of this input to get buy in.
Hi Kim,
Students really love hearing our stories that are applicable to the course content.
Patricia Scales
Use your experiences to share with the students. They seem to be very interested in what kinds of things happen in the field and how it affects you.
Hi Laura,
That's right! It will definitely come a time when students have to put book theory to full use in the workplace. We have to do our due diligence to prepare students for the real world.
Patricia Scales