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Evaluating Materials

Teaching Medical Billing and Coding requires the texts to be up to date as the coding changes every year. I make it a point to review the texts each year to make sure they will be applicable for the courses.

Experience helps

I have found that when I staarted teaching, that my prior profession as a consultant helped me in the classroon - All of the items mention in this module also applied to working with clients as well.

Participation

Sometimes during active learning some students are still not motivated to learn. I would break them up in groups and let them all participate competiting against each other for a few extra points towards their lowest exam grades which they find very fun and educated at the same time.

"The whole world's a stage"

Course content, always written on the white board prior to the student arrival should put an instructor into a certain mindset re:delivery. I can identify with one of the other comments that the total coverage of the subject matter is essential, and add that yes, the manner in which an instructor does this is just as important. Conveyance via a lifeless monotone, listless nature won't capture the student's attention.BE VIBRANT! Additionally, the longer an instructor has taught the subject, the better the delivery. He/she can make adjustments to course reference the style; what works? what didn't work? "Before a student can put education into life, an educator must put life into education" -Rick Costello, 2001 My quote was delivered to the graduates at their commencement exercise in 2001.

Different teaching styles for diverse population

Be sure to not only assess your students learning styles but be sure you use enough variety in your instruction as possible. Use feed back to determine if you have achieved your teaching goals, do not be timid to change your instruction method if your initial attempt has not been successful.

Delivering Course Content

It is important to touch on different learning styles while teaching class; that way, you will be able to reach each student's need.

Meeting the Class for the First Time

The tone you set on the first day of class determines how the rest of the class duration will be. First impressions is our last impression of who we are; it's important to leave a lasting impression on our students.

Planning and Preparation

We as instructors must plan and prepare for our courses; we have to have all our ducks in a row in order for our instructional process to run smoothly. If we set the tone with our class, the students will realize that it is important to come to class prepared as long as they planned to pass the course. Once again, we set the tone from the beginning to the end of our courses. We determine our destiny and outlook of our class.

Developing as an Instructor

As an instructor we must lead by example. Our students are looking at us a role models and we must present ourselves in front of them as people who are professional and take our jobs serious and wanting them to become successful in their endeavors. By doing this, we must practice what we preach and lead our students to success.

Info chunking

I use this technique to memorize meat subprimals, it is a very effective tool.

Useing music as a class management tool

I use music as a reward during the clean up part of class to motivate the students. If they don't get the assignment done in time they loss the music privilege.

Learning styles

Instructors that can incorporate all four learning styles are well prepared for class.

Learning styles

How can we adapt to all the different learning styles when classes are only 4 weeks

Organization

Can organization prior to the first class have a impact on the first impression

Syllabus

Is the syllabus has enough material to describe the class objectives?

testing

types of test should reflect the goal of the course

assessment

ongoingg formative assessment is key to providing proper instruction

questioning

it is important to make sturnts feel comfortable

learning styles

so important to engage all learners

Total Communication

Communication is speech, body language, emotes, and most of all expression of emotion.