With treating every student fairly, I also feels there is a reward for that. I enjoyed the instructional process for personal attention to all students. Being fair and caring to each student can help with you own values in life. Not everyone is the same, but we all have a heart.

Most students crave 1 on 1 attention from an instructor. It can be difficult depending on the size of the class, but on occasion, you can convince a student you didn't know had problems and was thinking of dropping out to not drop out. Just talking about it with their instructor is enough to give them renewed hope and confidence that they made the right decision. It also makes them feel like they matter as opposed to being a faceless number. That all being said, is there a better way to remember names than some of the ways listed in the previous chapter. I sometimes struggle with this as out classes are only 3 weeks long. I sometimes find that I don't get their names memorized until the end of the second week.

I teach an engine building course and I regularly have students that there goal is to blow it up. I ask them, did Lingenfelter, Roush, our Saleen make their names by blowing thinks up? Earn some bragging rights by being the best group out there, make the most power, and see if you can get done and help another team. That's taking pride in your workmanship.

with so many differant ages and backgrounds an instructor must continue to use differant methods of delivery

When i allow the students to teach me, they have more confidence, are more positive in attitude, and i learn something which makes me better as an instructor.

Sometimes just pointing out the reasons they made the decision to come to UTI and receive an education in their career choice brings out their best efforts. Keep it all positive.

Seems students just want to get the learning part over with so they can get into the field. They need a little more patience, but they don't see it.

I feel that using personal stories about past experiences promotes excitement and interest in learning more on the part of the student. It also triggers enthusiasm in the instructor to make his/her lectures more fun for the students.

I have found that showing your students that you are "HUMAN" by sharing a personal "FUNNY" is a good way to keep them on track and awake. Eg. "Please don't sleep in this class! It tells me that you think I am boring! I already know I am boring, my wife told me so. I don't need you people backing that thought up! This always gets a laugh and keeps them awake.

Regardless of age, gender or experience level, UTI is a new beginning for each and every student. It is very important that, as instructors, we get them off to a great start in their new chosen profession.

It poses an interesting challenge for the instructor when the class has multiple or a wide range of ages, backgrounds and experience levels. Making sure that the novice is taught while keeping the more experienced students interested.

Motivation comes in many forms, but the students have to be them selves motivated to bethere not just stuck there but family or relatives.

with all that is happening to them it is hard for them to focus on their education and career paths.

We have to be on the lookout for signs of student frustration, because each student is different this may be more apparent in some students than others.

Step back and think about the lesson you just gave! Was it something that would have motivated you? If not why!! If you wouldn't want to come back what makes you think the students would feel any different. Also remember they probably know very little about the subject. Did you overwhelm them or make them feel stupid? If you did you probably won't see those student again. Keep them motivated so they WANT to come back.

I've seen to many instructors forget why they are where they are. To many get in an ego trip. They want to show the students just how smart they are compared to the students. Just remember with out the students you wouldn't have a job.

Reminding students to look back,and see how much knowledge they have gained so far,will help them re-focus on their goals....

There are some students who are so shy that they won't raise their hand to answer a question even if they know the correct answer. I never call on a student and "put them on the spot" if I think they don't know the right answer but you can often tell from a student's body language, the eye contact and maybe slight smile on their face, that they do know the answer. If I'm convinced that a shy student does know the correct answer to a question, I like to call on them so that they have that moment of "mini-success" and recognition. Sometimes their fellow students recognize the accomplishment with a nice comment or maybe even a round of applause. This might be a little bit embarrassing for the shy student but I think it makes feel like they are now really part of the group.

Students are frustrated when they are told one thing at the admissions department and find out they are not told the truth. Or, they bend the truth to sign them up.

motivation is strictly the students desire to learn . Are they there because they want to be or are do they still don't know what they want to do