Getting to know your students can be very helpful in planning your course. Students are interested in the instructors sharing things about themselves. Sometimes this allows student to share more freely about themselves. Gaining comprehensive knowledge about our students will help us as instructors to deliver best practice course studies for our students. Vernise

I think the imporatnce of rationale can't be underestimated. I think it helps having students "buy into" the subject matter at task. Many times when I teach my class, I encounter subjects that are a little obscure, plain, hard to comprehend, or flat out old school and boring. I personally take a little of the class time (typically when I introduce the subject) to explain the relevance of the subject, and its relation to the overall picture. I normally don't include this explanation in my lesson plan, but I think its a good idea to have it as part of it.

As part of my introduction to class, I always make time to find out who my students are, and a little bit of their background. Many times I find out that, -although my class is a required class-, many of the basic principles are forgotten, or have not been applied in class enough to understand their relevance. By asking simple questions, I try to understand the reason for that, and how I can best deliver the information to that individual group, as well as identifying at the same time, how much my students know. typically, Age, and their work experience are the main factors that individualize each group.

Enjoyed learning about the concept of the A-B-C-D learning objectives. Thought it might be appropriate to add "E" and "F": "Establishes the Foundation" to add to the learning objectives.

our school policy is that missed assignments must be made up or turned in the very next day the student is on campus.

My program does not have any pre-requesites. Often I get students who lack basic skills needed to be successful in class. I have often thought about our school offering a basic computer class for example to students who wish to enroll.

I generally stick to Power POint and internet videos. My power points tend to be very generalized so that students aRE ENGAGED IN LECTURE TO GET ALL THE INFO.

At my school I often do informal ops to see what other instructors are doing and how it relates to things I have done or may try.

Taxonomy is a new term for me. I am looking foward to using it in various levels of student learning.It will help me in writing lesson plan objectives.

What is the best way to get the students organized for a field trip?

I have gone through the Program and has worked in the field for 8 years and to present the cirriculum makes teaching easy & fun, my delivery system makes clas time / learning fun.

I prepare myself a week in a advance the day before I make sure i have enogh handouts,and extra projects that I want to incorpaorate.

I allow the student to make up a test the next time they come to class but I let them know that it is their responsability to come to me to make it up.

Sometimes what you have planed to do such as using the overhead, it may not work.

By using different techniques I find that each student learns in different ways.

I find that if you are early for class and have everything you need prior to class, then the students are more relaxed. And to them it seems that you know what you are doing and teaching.

Test should challenge students but also be used to gage the overall comprehension the student has acheived from the material. This tells me whether or not I can move on or are there students that still need additional help or clarification.

A lesson should touch every different learning style throughout the entire session. This will help to engage each student. Some students may seem to not be engaged, but when check point questions are asked, the student can answer the question. So are were they engaged or do they have a prior knowledge of the material?

The biggest key to have a successful power point is to remember that your slides are just summaries and should not be over crowded. The presenter should expand from the key points on the slide.

My favorite quote for students and instructors is "Failing plan means you are planning to fail."