Liked the idea of giving a DIFFERENT test for make-ups.

tests should be presented as a learning opportunity to the student and not the final evaluation of the course. tests give a student gauges and not finality

by identifying the processing levels of your students it is absolutely necessary that you understand their way of learning IE auditory, visual, and kinesthetic

power point is only a way to highlight specific points ones who read off power point limit themselves to being successful beyond themselves

I like to give weekly quizzes just to see if the information that was presented that week was absorbed.

If you constantly change how you present material to your students this will keep them from becoming bored. Show a movie one day, have a group assignemnt the next class; then do a powerpoint presentation for the next class. Using different techniques keeps it interesting and caters to all different types of learning.

You should always speak positive of your career. Students that are hesitant or on the fence and ready to give up, are searching for one reason to give up, and any negative feedback may give them what they are looking for..Do you agree?

Ask your students what they want out of the class. Find out where they would like to go if a field trip is an option, and who they would like to see come and speak to the class as far as a guest speaker. You would be amazed how many students have relatives or friends that work in the same or similar field that they are going to school for and you can utilize their contacts for a guest speaker or perhaps a field trip.

I try to never use the powerpoint slides from the publisher, they are totally disconnecting from the way I use adult learning principles in he class. I did like the way that the Harvard faculty use the whiteboard and I am a big fan of flipcharts to recognize students comments.

Chefs, It never ceases to amaze me the negative and condescending attitudes many chef instructors bring into the class room. Many chefs in the field and class room have bad attitudes and pomp us approaches. This yields little room for learning and retention of instruction; be it demonstration or theory based on their pomp us and condescending attitude towards students or future culinarians. Students in any given field will embrace your views, be mindful of your instruction and retain what your preaching if you just humble your approach and talk to them as humans on their level. Humble yourself, your approach, and you will be amazed at the students retention of your given topic/course of study.

There are several assessment tools to assist the instructor in understanding what they do best with groups of peoples...my school uses Insights. I have taken and am certified in MBTI, DISC, and a host of others. This type of activity would be best served in an all faculty meeting

When evaluating students, I feel an instructor must use a variety of methods such as multiple choice, true or false, matching choice, and essay questions to make sure the student are being assessed in different ways.

I feel that if an instructor is having issues delivering materials to the class, having anonymous report card given back is a great way to assess what is happening. Especially when students don’t feel as though they’re being targeted.

I found it interesting to read through this course that the maximum number of points should be five on one slide for power point presentations. I guess it makes since that too many points can make things appear cluttered.

I pride myself on being firm but fair. That is how a live my life. I have young children and manage people as well as a classroom. When you are constantly trying to accommodate people it creates more problems than you ever dreamed of. Establish an understanding early on and remain true to your commitment to the student and they will respect you more for it.

finding the correct evaluation method is good for instructors. they should use a variety to meet the expectations or learning methods of all students.

make sure you are always observing your class, getting feedback and making real time corrections to your class.

make it fun and students will be engaged and learn.

always be on time and organized, it will make the class smoother ans students will begin to gain respect for the instructors role.

I find this job especially challenging when it comes to the varied Skill/Knowledge level of my students. At any given time I could be teaching to an audience which includes students with a Masters Degree sitting next to a student that has a GED. To find that pace or flow that keeps the advanced student interested without losing the struggling students can be a challenge indeed.