Get Your Students Hired
I know this is going to help me a lot. Very often in class I get tied up with rules and procedures. Although important, if only a few students need attention in this area, I will schedule time to meet with them to discuss expectations for improvement. It's sort of like not addressing emails instantly, and should not be a first priority.
Michael,
Preparation for class is almost as important as the delivery during class meetings.
Jeffrey Schillinger
When teaching more than one course a day that contain differing subject matter I find it good to prep my material at least o day or two in advance this allows me time to adapt to unexpected interruptions without having it effect the course goal.
Robert,
This is an excellent way to address "non-urgent" issues. How do address issues students perceive as urgent while you see the same issue as less than urgent?
Jeffrey Schillinger
I have found that a lot a students believe everything should be right now. In order not to waste class time I require non urgent issues to be handled immediately after class so as to not waste valuable class time. This usually results in the matter not being so urgent to the student anymore as now it is handled on their time instead of wasting class time.
Thomas,
Standing office hours are very effective, especially if they are right before and/or right after classes. This is especially true if classes are offered in blocks because students may not be on campus at other times.
Jeffrey Schillinger
The balance between meeting class requirements and dealing with student issues can be a struggle at time. I find by asking to speak to students after class has concluded allows me more time to work on lectures and demos.
Mary,
I have found setting aside time for emails, at times students are not typically on campus, works well for me.
Jeffrey Schillinger
I agree with Donald in that I believe this is going to help me a lot. Also, when I attempt to follow the rules I feel as though I neglect the students. So, often times I don't take the time to check my emails in a timely manner. I'm usually lecturing or speaking to a student about his/her grades etc.
I'm in agreement that as an instructor we need to plan and organize what it is we'll be spending our class time on. As long as we know how much time we need for certain topics, questions, examples, going over rules and procedures, I believe we can effectively run our classroom to our students' benefit.
Donald,
You are correct. Everything does not have to be "right now."
Jeffrey Schillinger