I learned the importance of establishing expectations and sticking to them. How important it is to have rules and be consistent with the students.
Always act like a role model. Keep all expectations and repercussions available and written for all to see. Keep all expectations and repercussions fair and equal for all. Engauge students by answering questions with questions.
Syllabus is very important for students complaints and guidance
that the biggest motivator for students as they start a new course, is teamwork,
always be opened for your students.
I plan to revisit my syllabus and update my policy on late work. I also plan to revis the policy on resubmissions. I will lilkely ad an icebreaker exercise to new classes.
It is important to go over the syllabus on the first day of class. It gives clear expectations of the student and course!
I tend to second guess my deadlines as too harsh or unfair. I never questioned teachers when I had deadlines and am always surprised by excuses students give for missing a quiz or assignement.
The explanation regarding the 'Whats In It for Me' was very helpful. I find that students do like to get down to the "nitty gritty" and know exactly what they will get from the course and how we can help them exceed in their career field.
I love the iea of icebreakers-so valuable. I really liked the airplane one-never heard of that one before. Also very important to have clear guidance about late assignments and stick to it for all students
This course helps to understand the importance of having a Syllabus. To give students clear direction and understanding of their school course and expectations.
Student want to know what the exspectations are and that you will enforce them. If student find that you are inconsistent with the exspectations they will not respect the exspectiations
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I loved the video regarding how it is my obligation to show students it's okay to share without expertise. Students tend to learn from how I relate the topics we are learning to my personal clinical experience, however I am going to also start to ask them if they have seen the disease we are learning about in their experiences. This will allow students to share and correct any misconceptions about what they have learned.
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As a teacher, I need to make the student “sound better” by using phrases like, “do you mean this?” or “ it sounds like you’re contemplating this vs this?” then to expand on the topic, validate correct thought processes then expand on students experience and expertise in personal world view.
I learned how important it is to be clear and set expectations and boundaries for students on day 1.
From the beginning, I will be clear about expectations and late assignments. I need to improve on deadline reminders. I also have to remind them of the golden rule of real life and that there are no excuses for late or missed work. The students are going to be future nurses and there is no such thing as providing half the care to a patient or not providing any care due to caring for another patient. Thanks for these modules, very helpful.
I really liked how it stressed the importance of a syllabus and setting expectations for the class, both what I expect of the students and what they can expect from me, the lectures, the responsibilities outside of class, etc. The syllabus is a "road map" for the students who often are nervous, especially at the beginning of the term.
The ice breaker is such a great activity for not only the instructor to get to know the students, but for the students to know each other. Through this the students will team work and release tension during the first meeting.
Reply to Marquita Scott's post: Reply to Marquita Scott's post:that is a must or the class start out bad
I have learned in my classes, if you give the students a finger they will take the whole hand, that means late assignments, they complain if I take points off. But a good point is if you give a precise deadline with points taken off per day that is good. Also when you print all the deadlines for them before the go home for the weekend.
