Be professional. Being prepared is only one part of this. Care for your students with out becoming too friendly or sharing personal information.
Hi Ann,
I agree! Preparation is key!
Patricia Scales
Hi Garrett,
Keep being professional, and you will certainly demonstrate the professional that we want our students to become.
Patricia Scales
It is important to be well organized and well prepared as an instructor. This will create a positive image. Students know if you are not prepared and dis-organization never goes down well with any part of our lives.
I try to be professional in everything I do, from my dress to my behavior, to even the terminology that I use while in class.
To break the ice on the first day of class, I use an activity in which each student states his/her name and a food that starts with the first letter of their first name. As we move from student to student, each person must repeat the information of all others and then say his/her own information. The game ends with me stating the info. of all the students and then saying my own name and a food that starts with B. This is a great way to engage students and memorize names!
I believe you have to dress the part. You should always be prepared for class and be organized. You shouldn't have a lot of clutter on your desk as it looks messy and disorganized.
Be professional. Always follow the same rules that you set for your students. They will respect you more. Let them know how the rules relate to their career. And that you are trying to help them succeed.
Dress professionally, leave all your personal problems at home, be very positive about your course and the institution at which you work. Don't become a 'friend' to the students.
I come in with a super excited attitude about my school and class.
When my students see that I'm excited to be there with them they also tend to get excited.
I dress professinally and will not allow any bad talk about another instructor in my presense. EVER! that is my collegue and I respect them. Agreeing with my collegue or not is of no avail. I believe in respecting self, my students, my collegues and my school. Period.
Hi Christie,
No one likes chaos. We should produce an enivironment so that effective learning can take place.
Patricia Scales
The class room should be clean and supplies organized. It is difficult to work in a area that is disorganized.
Your look is a major part of your image because that is what they see first. the next thing is how you speak to the students and how you carry yourself.
Hi Debra,
I concur! Image is everything. It can make you are break you.
Patricia Scales
There are two standards that I use to create a positive image. I arrive in class early and I have the objectives and daily class planned out on the board.
These actions represent to the students that I am ready and prepared for their class to begin and this gives a positive instructor image.
I agree and i always try to remain up beat.
Appearance,being prepared for class,clean work environment,being able to handle on the spot emergencies....
There are a few things that an instructor can do to create a positive image. The first is to discuss their qualifications. For example, they can discuss that they worked in the insurance field for 20 years. This will show the students that their instructor has experience to back up their teaching. The next thing they can do is to dress professionally. The old saying is we dress for success. The last thing to create a positive image is to be organized. Have all your paperwork and materials ready to go for class.
A great image for the students to see is an instructor that portrays the professional image of the career that he is involved in. Students will respect and listen to an instructor that has the look and feel of an industry professional. It readies them for their own careers.
We all know the axiom of the importance of first impressions. I try to personally greet each new student on the first day of class, then I give the class a little grace period before I begin, for there are always stragglers and late arrivals to class. I begin, then, in earnest by doing a 30,000-foot overview of the course, then share my background with them in a very casual manner that reflects my teaching style.
