I have found that asking a difficult student to leave the classroom is something I have avoided to reduce uncomfortable outcomes. However, If not dealt with the impact and message sent to the students who are committed to learning is far to negative and creates additional problems for my overall class objectives and course goals.

I really liked the idea to use the Observer role with the students that have a need to be the center of attention at all costs. I am going to incorporate this into my class outline ASAP! Thanks!

I feel the suggestions this module are very helpful. When I started teaching I had not realized how important getting the students motivated by getting them in small groups and working together really was. By using some of the examples given I found that both the students and myself felt class time was better used.

Something I've learned about teaching over the years is that it is never great to teach things as "the only way". Stick to the curriculum, but invite your students experiences into the class room and show how the basic techniques influence each other.

I know this is fundemental, but another way to prevent cheating is to ensure that the desk is cleared of all outside objects except for the nessecary implments for testing.

Isolate what is causing stress in your life. Find a solution to reduce/eliminate the stress. Stress that you can not reduce/eliminate can be managed with exercise, breathing, laughter, positive environments, etc.

Learn to meditate. Join a Yoga class. Exercise 3 to 5 times a week. Practice breathing exercises. Laugh as much as you can.

Work smart not hard. Learn how to multi-task. Monitor your 24 hour day by documenting what you do.

You can use programs like Microsoft Outlook to manage your time effectively. It has a calendar and tasks you can use for this purpose.

Showing the students that the instructor is unprofessional and not prepared is not a good way to start any class.

Once an instructor shows organization and right at the start explains what is expected. makes it easier on the instructor and the stuidents knowas what is expected without excuses

I thought it might be helpful to use the "use it wisely cards" in a different way. Give students a set number and they have to use so many during the class period. Would help me not to just randomly call on them if they know talking is "required"

My mistake in teaching for the first time was... being too friendly. I treated the student as a patient. Now I have really learned but I want them to succeed!

Now I know how to approach this better. Some kids talk so much but I now think I need to have projects in class and make the talkers present the ideas?

I am told to keep the student happy yet, the real world isn't going to care why a project is late. If I draw a line and dock points I think it is a fair grading process! What do you think? I need to keep students from dropping out?

In the profession I teach the penalties for not doing things usually means getting fired. So it is a tough thing to give points off so to speak. Sometimes, I feel with things it should be all or nothing or they are going to end up losing their jobs.

For a test, use different unlabeled versions of a multiple answer test and take note when a student is cheating. After the test are collected compare the cheater's answer sheet to their neighbor. Write a description of what you've witnessed and with an administrator confront the student after the evidence is collected.

Typically, an angry student situation hasn't happened in that very instant. As the course brought out, there are a multitude of other factors outside of the classroom that start the anger/stress beforehand [ affecting all of us, not just students ]. "That one thing" in class can detonate the powder keg of internalized anger/anxiety/stress all at once.In the moment, maybe that "last straw" is what is focused on [ and all we see ], but in actuality that's not the root problem. That's where--when possible--it is good to listen. Hopefully, the angry student will see the respectful concern from the instructor,realize they just blew up, and collect his/her thoughts to get a handle on the true source of the behavior. As instructors, we don't want to "throw fuel on the fire" as a first response to anger.

I really enjoyed how the four teaching styles of the instructors were catagorized and explained. Very entertaining way of presenting the information, while also making it entertaining. Helps us be able to re-evaluate our own teaching style.

I guess I was living in a dream because I wanted all my students to like me I was nice and open and made myself easy to reach for all my students. I remained professional at the same time! But when my end of the clinic surveys came back not everyone was happy with my bubblie smile and chipper mood each day! It hurt my feelings some but this course has helped me.