Creating a plan/road map for objectives is essential to maximize student learning. I feel that I have a small amount of time to impart a great amount of information. When I am focused on the learning objectives and come to class with my outline/checklist, I am able to successfully stay on task and get students back to the learning goals of that day regardless of distractions. I am a Culinary Educator and we call this mise en place, or everything in it's place. It's our mantra and way of organizing and planning our physical and mental work/tasks/objectives for the day.
I also appreciated the reminder to develop syllabi and other materials, and the learning environment, with the student perspective in mind; making it the most clear, direct and conducive to the learning process.
