Utilizing various forms of assessment can assist in creating a class that serves the students to a greater degree. 

Comment on Radha Reddy's post: Yes! I took the same thing away from this section. Many times I'm afraid that the rhythm of the class will slow down and the class will lose focus. However, it's our responsibility to create a safe place of learning and working through things with students. 

What I learned that being confident in your teaching and maintaining a professional demeanor to show what leadership truly is. 

Typically when I teach anything I meet them where they are on their understanding. I know that someone with no medical background at all will not initially understand medical terms and I need to provide clarity or frequently stop and ask them do you have questions. Paying attention to facial cues to see if something said may not have been understood and maybe approaching them after class 

I liked the points on effective design of groups, and different ways to evaluate individual students within a group.  I also appreciate the cautions on re-assigning group members and the destructive effect this can have on one or more of the affected groups. 

Comment on Jason Mattos's post: 

Time management, competent, professional = model, manager, motivator

i have learned that i should execute as many teaching ways possible for the variety of students what i mean by that is reading videos hands on lecturing etc.....

I thought for this forum, i would take the individual "Reflection Questions" and address each one in response to this forum.

1.     What is your opinion of competency-based education?

From a military point of view: competency based education trains a high school or college grad from knowing little to how to fire a rifle, drive a tank, fly a military jet, or operate a navy nuclear propulsion plant on an aircraft carrier or submarine in the shortest time possible, by “untrained” educators who went thru the identical training before them, and doing it effectively so that the military… >>>

I was an instructor in the US Nuclear Navy, teaching high school and college grads how to operate a naval nuclear power plant.

6 months of high intensity 8-4 pm classroom instruction, with studying from 4 to midnight and 6 - 8 am; Followed by 6 months of "prototype" training operating a land based nuclear power plant under instruction on swings-mids-days shiftwork. The prototype training was "Competency Based" in a student learning environment (self learning required systems) in a one-on-one instructor checkout signing of a qual card (equivalent to "badges"). 

I didn't learn educational theories... I taught how i was… >>>

I have learned that the instructor must be proficient in many areas in order to be an effective educator with students in the classroom.