Students must recognize your familiarity and expertise with the topic, and in turn expect the "ownership" of an assigned topic from the student when they are asked to present.

Before each class, check for an operating PC and projector, internet if needed, access to the school server, markers for the wipe-board, temperature, lighting, etc. and call in any issues beforehand, especially for a later PM class when repair staff may be leaving.

From day one, make clear the advantage this course will provide the student someday in the industry marketplace.

That thought will be appreciated by the students.

teach team building and help students see how they are doing course wise

field trips give students the real life experience. It confirms their learning objectives.

Students sometimes do not like to be surprised with a variety of lesson plans. Mixing it up can help them adapt to change more readily. This will enhance their abilities in the workplace.

Seating in the classroom should be arranged so all eyes are on the instructor and the instructor is able to individually address students at their prescribed seats.

Students will often focus their attention on the negatives and what the barriers are to being successful. Leading them into how they can overcome those barriers starts to turn their thoughts into a positive direction.

I have found it, very successful for the students, when active learning tools are implemented in the classroom. They are more acceptable to learning while actually participating on activities that focus on the main objectives of class. There are a lot of resources that can be utilized, as was mentioned in this course. Thank you for your help...

Students should feel comportable asking question in class. Making our students feel secure in our classroom they do become more engaged in class learning.By encouraging all stedents to ask question will increase participation by everyone.

It is very importent to identify the learning style for each student and have the right tools and materials to help them.

Just the way you greet your students every day is KEY!In order to be a great teacher you must be able to act.You have to connect with your students! some of our students here at stratford ct. were never told they did a great job on a task,they were told they were a loser.POSITIVE ENERGY.

I think when you end the class you should tell them what they will be doing the next day

your presentation is EVERYTHING!!

I'm 50/50 on lesson plans being a must. I think they are fantastic and a must for someone starting a class for the first time. I am at the point now that I have taught the same class roughly 4 or 5 times. I find that I don't need them. I know all the material verbatim and have the stories to interweave with them.

I alluded to this in another thread in this forum. Recording a lecture, of just a monologuist in front of a camera, will take up at least the time it takes to deliver the lecture. But preparation of the set, like lighting, camera placement and focus, takes enough time on its own, plus any post-production, like editing false starts or lost tracks. and if there were enhancements, like cuts to close ups of demos, there is even more time invested. And wisely. The students need to see something that works right and is easy on the eyes or they are not coming back for a second look. There needs to be a decent level of presentation, which I find sorely lacking when I look at some much of the YouTube stuff. It is rare to find things well done. So flipping a class would probably take the same amount of time to prepare it as to teach it. If administration does not see that the teacher needs to be compensated for the time put in, and not on their own dime, most would be reluctant to proceed. I used to be full-time, now adjunct, and I would not flip a class unless I got paid for the time I would have to invest outside of the F2F meetings as I have other money-making schemes to attend to. But I would jump at the chance to write an electronic textbook implementing flipped lesson if the price were right. I have a Master of Education in Technology in Education and plenty of photography experience, if anyone is listening!

I like to open the first few minutes of the first class as an introduction. I am lucky to have smaller class sizes which facilitates this nicely. I like to gauge the student and their abilities prior to the class starting. I then normally give a quick background of myself. This has proven useful due to my perceived age. I tend to have older students in my class and this lets them know that I actually know the material. I have had issues with older students in the past but this has seemed to work.

I am quickly approaching my 4th year as an instructor and I still have classroom jitters for about the first 5 minutes of a new class. I am an extreme introvert so it takes me that 5 minutes to remind myself that they are here to listen to me regardless what I have to say. After that... I am good to move on. Not sure how many others still experience this.

Instructional style is extremely important at delivery. I try to build rapport with the students through humor. It has worked really well but I am curious how much of it is related to how close in age I am to the majority of my students.