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How we deliver our material is the most relevant to our instructional capabilities. We can be prepared as much as possible and fall flat on our face when it comes time to delivery. Be confident. Know your material backwards and forward. Make sure you are updated on current information. To ease into the first class, review the polices, class ohjectives and most important, your expectations. Every instructor has a pet peave. Mine is following APA wiritng style and putting your name on every assignment. By covering these initial goals, you will feel comfortable, once again, engaging your class. As the… >>>

Anthony Nici

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First impressions

A smile breaks the tension. Be in the classroom, dressed appropriately. Be organized. Talk with students one on one. It is not about you, it is about the students. Intorduce yourself and explain your background. Reinforce the fact that you are there to help them suceed. Reinforce that you are therre to learn with them and from them as they from you. Next, insure everyone is in the correct class. Explain teh objectives and how you plan to help them absorb the material. I frequently explain my teaching practices and this relaxes the students knowing they will have fun learning.… >>>

Anthony Nici

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Planning and preparation

Knowing your material comes form age, wisdom and experience. After 30 years, I still need to update my skills and prepare as if the class is brand new and I am teaching it for the first time. This process keeps you sharp and prevents the rote and boring lecturing. Positive preparation, as I call it, is necessary to make each and every class exciting and interesting. Remember, it is the the student's class.

Anthony Nici

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Be excited

I have sat in classrooms and been bored. It hasn't been that long ago. Now it is my turn to make the material exciting...to be excited. Show enthusiasm each and every class. Never have a bad day. treat everyone with dignity and respect.