Early and thorough planning, using a checklist to ensure preparedness, keeping notes of needs that arise all help new instructors reduce nervousness and stress by keeping the focus on the students and the class.
When instructors take time to organize lessons, set clear goals, and prepare materials ahead of time, students are better able to understand and stay engaged.
Being prepared and organized helps to create a conducive learning environment.
Syllabus is an extremely important resource for instructors and students. Guides both parties and sets goals.
Preparation is key and knowing every student's name
Planning and preparation are important steps for you and your students. Having a clear roadmap is one of the keys to success. Having a checklist helps to ensure that you aren't missing anything. Keeping a notepad handy for follow up items is a simple way to not miss things important to the students.
I have learned that as an instructor, I should lay out the objectives for the day so that the students know what is expected of them. Audience, behavior, condition, and degree must all be taken into account when creating objectives.
Having a plan for a class can go a long way. With proper planning your class will go much smoother.
Preparation will greatly aid in success and a great way to be prepared is with a checklist and planning the day and setting up early. It's important to provide a comfortable learning space, greet students and take the extra effort to make sure you're pronouncing their names correctly to establish respect as their instructor.
A good syllabus should both let the students know what they will learn and how to know they have learned it.
Clear objectives help prepare both the teacher and the students for what they should be getting out of the course. It is also good to make checklists so nothing is forgotten in terms of lesson planning.
As a new instructor I learned that planning and preparation stages are not just preliminary steps but the foundation of any successful project. I learned that effective planning requires a balance between setting rigid goals and maintaining the flexibility to adapt to unforeseen challenges. One key takeaway for me was the "Planning Fallacy"—the tendency to underestimate the time and resources needed for a task. Moving forward, I plan to incorporate more "buffer time" into my project timelines to account for these psychological biases. Proper preparation reduces anxiety and ensures that when execution begins, the focus can remain on quality rather than crisis management.
I appreciate the part about taking notes and having a checklist to follow. I have found those things to be very helpful when I'm not quite sure I've covered everything I intended to go over in a class.
This section here has me feeling some major guilt. Often times in class, I'm asked questions that I've answered so many times that I get frustrated. Then, I look and I don't see the answer to in my own syllabus. After that I spiral about all the teachers and professors that always answered everyone's questions with, "It's in the syllabus."
I learned about the importance of the syllabus. I have a syllabus provided for my course by my institution, but I feel additional details may be helpful for my students. Therefore, I will prepare my own "supplemental syllabus" for my course to ensure my students' success.
The lecture gives information about why I need to be prepared for the lecture in a good way, and how to be ready to help students learning process
I need to make a course and lesson plan, as well as a checklist for the Lecture.
Planning and preparation of the course shows professionalism and that you care about the students and their time. This keeps you on track of your day-to-day schedule.
i have learned in this section that if you stay ready that you never have to get ready and also that our students should know that the instructor has their best intentions on teaching them the proper fundamentals to accel in their chosen course and profession.
I learned during this course that preparation and planning are a very important part of being a nurse educator. I have always believed that preparation is the key to success. I have learned new strategies to implement in my preparation and planning process.
What I have learned from this is coming in early and speaking with the students so I can get to know them. Making sure I have a proper time to plan my day out so I have checklist and an idea of what I have planned for the day.
