Try to keep students engaged by varying your lesson plan delivery and by adjusting your teaching style to fit different learning methods. 

Learning students' names and making sure they leave the first class with a clear expectation and level of comfortability that leaves them excited and wanting to come back and learn. 

Being prepared before students enter the class and making sure objectives and expectations are clearly communicated. 

I've learned how to effectively communicate with and to my students and how to present myself as a professional.