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ANNE ABRIAM
ANNE ABRIAM

Keeping student's enthusiasm

Instructor's humor about class topic, students' involvement in relating class topic with their life experiences and guiding them to succeed in class are most of the ingredients to student retention.
Michael Bachman
Michael Bachman

Building rapport with students

Building a rapport with students should be something that an instructor strives to do. If we can build a rapport, then we can build trust. If the trust is there they will reach their full potential
Michael Bachman
Michael Bachman

Respecting our students

I have found that simply respecting our students often build rapport. Even when I don't agree with how they dress, act or other. Young men and women are seeking respect (think back to how we felt at that age). If we don't respect them as human beings and individuals then we loose their respect and everyone looses.
Michael Bachman
Michael Bachman

Motivating young students

As an instructor, motivating 18 and 19 year olds can be challenging. I have utilized all the techniques taught in this module at one time or another. Understanding what motivates the individual is the key.
Kelly Titus
Kelly Titus

Motivation

sometimes it the students, not the subject matter that motivate the instructor
Kelly Titus
Kelly Titus

Keeping your lecture exciting

Students need to feel motivated, and that can be achieved by an exciting and engaging lecture.
Kelly Titus
Kelly Titus

student involvement

Student involvement is vitally important to retention.
Kelly Titus
Kelly Titus

Students with disabilities

With online courses they feel more at home.
william hoffman
william hoffman

Student comprehension

Over the last few years I have noticed an increase in the amount of students unable to read and write. I understand some of the career change students, but students fresh out of High School unable to spell or formulate a sentence! When the students turn in their lab sheets I truely have a hard time understanding what they have attempted to write. Have others noticed this or is it a region thing?
Ronald Kapusta
Ronald Kapusta

frustrtion

how do you get student to care
Ronald Kapusta
Ronald Kapusta

vacation

how many week vaction should instructor get
David Gilbert
David Gilbert

Fun!

I find that if you can have a little fun in class,this helps every one relax it dose not have to be all pain all the time.
Kimberley Blackmon
Kimberley Blackmon

"The Briefing"

I teach Crime Scene Technology, which is a very hands-on aspect of forensic training. Much of our curriculum is geared toward what feels like on-the-job training. In keeping with this, I like to begin each day by conducting a "briefing," just as is done in a law enforcement setting. This way, the students feel as if they are coming to work, not to class. By treating them like professionals and calling them crime scene technicians, they have responded as such and our briefings get better and better!
Robert DiLenge
Robert DiLenge

Breaking the boredom

During my classes we cover a large varity of topics in a short time. I find that by adding a "real life' situation or story that actualy happened in my past tends to drive home the point of that particular lesson. Students connect better to something that is real and not just words from a book.
Robert DiLenge
Robert DiLenge

Disability limitations and job realities

WE SOMETIMES HAVE STUDENTS WHO COME THROUGH OUR CLASSES WITH DISABILITIES THAT WOULD PREVENT THEM FROM EARNING A LIVING IN OUR FIELD. WE DO OUR BEST TO TREAT THEM AS WE WOULD ANY OTHER STUDENT IN THE COURSE, SHOULD WE STILL ENCOURAGE THESE STUDENTS, OR SHOULD WE BE HONEST AND COACH THEM MORE TOWARDS TREATING THE COURSES AS HOBBIES
Rachel Finona
Rachel Finona

Student motivation

Any facilitator will tell you the ability to motivate anyone, much less a student, is easier said than done. Motivation can mean something different for individuals, some are motivated by the challenge and others by the potential of getting a better job, while others need more tangible motivators, like a nice home or a bigger car.
Rachel Finona
Rachel Finona

Keep your focus

In today's learning environment, there are many innovative tools available to assist both student and instructor to remain focused. With such an excellerated environment, students expect to be engaged constantly, which is a challenge for any facilitator.
Rachel Finona
Rachel Finona

Student retention

In my current place of employment, student retention is everyones responsibility. It is very interesting to observe several methods utilized by the instructor staff to encourage students to "stay the course", but I think all methods have one common thread, and that is genuine concern. The students feel that their instructor truly cares are generally the students who remain in school.
Rachel Finona
Rachel Finona

Understand student characteristics

As a student working towards my undergraduate degree in business, I have the unique ability to view both sides. It is in my opinion that the classification of "student" has evolved over the years, it is no longer uncommon to see an older student learning side-by-side with a student who just graduated from high school. I think it benefits all because it always students of different generations learn how to work with each other.
Michael Bachman
Michael Bachman

Understanding our students

Attempting to understand our students is not always easy. Not only do we have the cultural, and other obstacles that come naturally. We are sometimes faced with the student that has grown up economically disadvantaged. I have had students that were gang members and came from an environment that I simply could not comprehend. Drugs, Violence, absent parents,sexual abuse, ect, ect. Sometimes getting in touch or at least understanding these students can be very fullfilling both professionally and personnally. Just something to think about.