If an instructor is not clear about the course expectations, we can not expect a student to have a clear understanding and be successful.

I am a firm believer that by spending as much time as necessary on the first day of the course and having a "course introduction" with the class is allowing everyone to get off to a great start and be on the same page. It eliminates excuses in the future because we go over the syllabus line by line as well as classroom rules, requirement, attendance policies, etc; We also discuss and answer any questions that are asked so that all students are well aware of what the course expectations are.

I find that when I have a student who is experiencing "many" obstacles which are not allowing them to be in class, on time and preparred to learn, simply asking them to stay after class and having a 1 on 1 discussion with them helps but you must be preparred to have given alot of prior thought to the particular issues at hand and be able to offer solutions to each of the reasons behind what is causing the issues leaving no room for excuses on the students part.

I find that by knowing all of the students by name on the first day of the class helps make students aware that you took the time to prepare as well as being able to call on them by name creating student engagement when a particularly quiet student may have trouble coming out of their shell.

It is so important to never cross that fine white line with your students between instructor and friend because once you have broken that boundary, you have lost the upper hand and it is hard to regain control of the situation.

I have taught a class with an Asburgers student - where the social component of the brain isn't fully developed. These students are incredibly bright, but it doesn't relay well to the class. They can be disruptive and impinge on other's learning goals. However, the student has just as much of a right to be there as the next student. What is the best way to move forward when you are put into a similar situation where classroom management and dealing with social disabilities?

when i show respect to bad attitude behaviour after few days they start to change their behaviour. keeping respect them is important

We are all going to have stress but we can eliminate alot of it with in ourselves. Make sure to excerise, eat right, dont smoke, dont drink, and most of all make time for the ones you love!!! This is so much easier said then done sometimes the ones we love the most are the same ones that stress us over the top (my kids)!! I have to take the time to look and reflect alot and put into groups stuff I can fix, cant fix and simply do not want to deal with... This has help be a better parent, instructor and coworker.

Stress is something we all live with in our everyday lives. This is normal to a extent. We all need alittle stress to be productive such as deadlines, schedules ect.. But over the top stress day in and day out 24/7 could be life threatning. The body starts breaking down from the inside out, it could start with a cold and end up with a long term death sentence. Juggling personal and professional life is hard but I feel we have to take time for ourselves to rest, eat well and excerise to beable to keep up with this fast pace life. Sheryl Kiser

the to do list allow you priorize the task to allow you to see the entire list and to place the more important tacks above the others

day one i divide the grade and i explain to the students each part of the grade.

Dealing with stress head on is key to a comfortable workplace and home life!!

preping your course ahead of time will make things run so much better!!

Time management is important so you don't leave unfinished business with your class or admin!!

I have found that having numerous versions of tests takes care of this problem. It is more work for us as Instructor's, but it is more beneficial to the student's and much easier to clarify and have concrete evidence if a student is actually cheating.

In my classroom, every student has a laptop. Now a days, they also have smart phones which have internet access. During my lectures, and anytime I am speaking I have them all close their laptops and leave their phones in their bookbags. Walking through the school one day I peaked through the window of another intructors room and saw that he was lecturing and all of the laptops were open to Facebook, Yahoo, whatever. During lunch, I took him to the side to tell him this, and he was surprised to hear about it. He made a point to have all of them close them from then on and noticed an improvement in grades. : )

Starting my class at 8 a.m. makes it difficult to sometimes get the students involved and motivated to start learning. One thing I like to do is to get them laughing a bit. I find that this helps wake them up a bit and tends to get them focused on what I will say next. I do not embarass them by any means, but I like to get everyone involved in some way or some how.

Having many responsibilities from different jobs at once makes me multitask in order to be effective in every one. Sometimes I count on that to save time and meet dead lines and when I can't multitask I feel the stress and I can't get to chose what to leave undone, everything seems important.

This was really a great class. I have been working with adults students for 10 years. This class is an excellent refresher on working with adults. Here are some of the ideas I have gleaned here: 1) Adults need to know why they are learning something: This means that they need to know the value of learning the idea or concept 2) Adults need to be self-directed. When it comes to education, they need to feel that they have control over their educational outcomes. Often they are making a choice to go back to school and therefore they want some control over what they learn and why. 3) Adults have their own experiences to bring to the classroom. These experiences need to be valued by the instructor. At times adults come in with formed expectations and perceptions. These need to be taken into account as the classroom dialogue ensues. 4) Adults need to be brought to a place where they feel their education is paying off now. This is achieved when the goals are more present-focused than future focused. It is important for instructors to connect a goal in the classroom with a skill that can be immediately translated into the real world. 5) Ultimately adults are motivated by their own internal drives. The way knowledge is presented to an adult needs to meet with their inner drive to succeed and feel that they are that they are growing as an autonomous, competed and relational human being.

instructor or psychologist how do you get mentally challenged students with attention disorder to buy in..