The adage : "If we fail to plan, we plan to fail," is true for every learning arena. As a new instructor, I will be prepared for the course I will be teaching ahead of time. Being early for class every day is in MY personal syllabus. I will post daily objectives and ensure students know the relevance of applying those objectives, to their future career. Syllabus will provide the course outline and I will teach the CORE or trunk of the learning tree, with assignments being the branches.