I teach in a kitchen which is very hands-on. There are so many oppurtunities to do fun activities or group exercises when you are around food. whether it is butchering a hog, making pasta or playing "the Price is Right" to demonstrate ingredient cost awareness, there are so many ways to approach the lessons in an interesting way. I got some great ideas for shaking things up in my class room. I liked the idea of bring in former students as guest speakers.

I gained some pretty valuable information from this course! I also soon realized how much of a "disruption" that I created by reacting inappropiratley to adult students behavior. Staying focused and addressing the disruption or mis-management does not have to come with a heavy hand, yet staying professional.

It is so hard to enjoy the class when you are so tired.

I am taking less classes to enjoy it as much as I did in the beginning 15 years ago.

Although I have been teaching for a little over a year, this particular course gave me some new insights. I found it remarkable, all types of student behavioral characterisitics were addressed and as I was reading the material - the thought of "yes I have had this type of student" came to mind quite frequently. The advice on how to handle different students is very helpful and I am grateful for it. 

My students tend to come up with excuses on why they could not attend class and failure rates are mostly related to attendance and subsequently missing exams. I… >>>

This was motivating and inspiring. Will be a fun to pass that enthusiasm on to my students.

This online class was great i really enjoyed doing this class it was very imformative, I learn alot about how to deal with my students,

I just finished the max knowledge a couple days ago and already I can see a difference in my work prioritizing of my to do list.  I am organizing my desk top differently according to what is most important to finish and it feels like I am getting more items finalized and completed.  I guess I was procrastinationg about finishing projects.   This has helped me alot. 

During my time as an instructor for the Dept of Defense, I found that some of the lower ranking military personnel lacked interest or participation during training. I found that when time to break them up into groups for hands on demonstration and application, I placed them with some of their superior ranking personnel and that seemed to help them act accordingly and focus more on tasks at hand.

One of the techniques that was presented for angry students was to listen without interrupting, but to also take notes while the student is talking. I am going to try this. I find angry students to be the most difficult students to work with, especially if their expectations for resolution are not realistic. I also liked the suggestion about asking the student about their idea for a solution. It gives the chance for discussion about a solution that will work within the school's or department policies.

It is noted in one of the courses I teach, that no late homework is accepted. I have made exceptions in emergency situations, but the syllabus does not state that exceptions can be made. I would like to hear how other instructors handle late assignments.

After completing this course, I am reflecting on areas that I can eliminate or reduce stress. I am an "immediacy" instructor. I am also fighting the urge to not constantly check my email or voicemail. I like the idea of having designating one or two times per day to deal with email. I also need to limit and communicate to my students when it is okay to contact me after hours or on weekends.

I would like to hear more real-world techniques for coping with stress.

I believe that it is always important to work on improving your classroom management style.  No matter how long you have been teaching, you want to change things, stay fresh and be able to adjust your style for a particular group or classroom.  It was good being refreshed on classroom management styles here.  

I believe no matter what - everyone has stress.  The focus is not to get rid of it, because some stress has positive effects.  The goal is to minimize the stress to ensure it does not turn full circle and have negative effects.

I believe the course was right on target with keys and goals for student retention. I use alot of the same methods day to day but I believe the most important item mentioned was empathy and caring for students success. I beleive if you cannot be compasionate for your students then your enthusiam for topics tuaght may be overlooked. 

I will be very clear with my syllabus on day one.  I will include "minute papers" into my teaching to assess progress and boost class attentiveness.  I will address problem areas with definitive actions, deadlines, and grading consequences.  I will try to remember cognitive, psychomotor and social skills in setting up my lectures and group activities.

I am new to teaching.  I have found that there is a rush to submit assignments at the end of the term.  I think I can better manage this by making sure to stay on top of grading and posting grades. I might consider an earlier final deadline at the end of the term.  Still a work in progress!

Great module I was able to relate to the information and how it can be used in the class room.

This was a great module. It had great suggestions on dealing with different types of students. It also addressed many mistakes that new instructors make and how to correct them. I have suggested this module to my team members. I know it will be a good motivator course.

Previous to this position as an career college instructor, I taught in the public school sector as an Technology instructor. We we required to sit through hours of of Inservice training that was irrelevant to career training to young adults. This section was on point, informational and not bulked up with useless fluff. I will be able to take this information back to the classroom and use it to hopefully improve my teaching skills and rapport with the students. Great Content