try not to let little things take up so much of your time and stressing you out, try breathing are a short brisk walk.

I used to want every new student to like me. After my first year of teaching I realized this was impossible. The sooner you accept this fact, the easier you will be on yourselves regarding your teaching talent.

i have a problem sometimes with students who work full time. the have conflicting hours with work and school. Any suggestions that have worked for any of you?

I was always taught that the first thing a student, especially adult students, wants to know is Whats In It For Me? WIIFM. It's pretty hard to try and be taught something you feel you do not need or will never use. If it's clear how and when a student would use the information possibly on a daily basis then they are usually more open to learning new thing.

it is common fear, to solve this problem..as an instructor you have to be focus and prepare, give them an example of one of the experiences..in order to making the student feel comfortable that the instructor have a knowledge and experience.

if student is shy, try to making a smaller group in order that the student feel confidence and being involve in class..

In order to make the subject very interesting, using an interesting examples not so much that they will be out of focus and not interested any more..that way believe me they will understand and like the subject.

I find it pretty easy to make time for what is necessary, ? what is necessary?????

I exercise 3 days a week, and do streching daily.

Does anyone have time-saving tips on grading workbook assignments. I assign my students to complete their workbooks for the current chapter. The workbooks are due at the end of the week (which for us is a Saturday). I'll either walk by each students' desk and check their work or have them turn the entire book in. When grading the workbooks I grade them according to how much of the assignment is complete vs the correct answer. (Note: I do ask if anyone has questions about the assignment before moving along.) Many of the chapters are lengthy, some have 22 or more pages that require fill-in the blank, short answers, etc. Can anyone think of a quick(er) way to grade these? Thankfully, we do use an online gradebook. However, I still have to go through each book as well as all the pages to tally the actual grades.

I am a master at organizing and managing my time and tasks. Then why do I find myself sometimes running out of time? The answer is simple. Because I'm doing other people's jobs. Why? Insecurity, micro-management, lack of knowledge, plain laziness, extreme talent in over-complicating things, the "whim of the day" effect, lack of those above me completing the tasks described in this lesson and doing things like prioritizing, and managing effectively. It would also be awesome if my boss knew my job. This is a situation I've encountered in almost every organization I've worked for, and regretfully I always end up feeling that my talents and resources are not fully exploited.

They need to know that their chosen career and that this knowledge will help them on their career path.

I really enjoyed this subject just as well as I have enjoyed all the other topics. I was able to identify myself and style of classroom management. And now I understand what areas of classroom management I can keep and what I can develope into my management styles. I don't know if I expressed it well, but I do know I'm glad I had the opportunity to evaluate myself.

As a fairly new instructor I face the fact of do I prepare for one more hour of lecture, or call it a night and take the additional hour to sleep. This has caused a fair amount of stress in my life. I find myself being inconsistent. Sometimes I choose the sleep and wake up more rested, but feel overwhelming stress due to lack of preparation. Sometimes I stay up and prepare, but feel drained by the end of the week. I think I will try to reduce stressors in other areas to try to free up some time.

Keeping it simple is a natural way to streamline or organize things. The tools presented in this module are wonderful ways to simplify one’s life. The more efficient one can perform a task, the more time and less stress you will have. With more time and less stress, we can become better instructors for our students.

Even if an instructor has taught the class many times previously, it is always a good idea to decide whether or not the course materials are still up-to-date and utilize innovative instructional methodologies.

It really does save time to ask fellow instructors for their course materials and then streamline them for your course. Then, you have time to modify the materials to accomodate your style of teaching.

I believe that many instructors feel the need to get things done yesterday. It should be in our nature to always be thinking of priorities in past, present and future deadlines. Sometimes this innate need exstinguishes our ownership over how to creatively accomplish tasks.

I agree with the module that task immediacy can make a career school instructor extremely tired by the end of the day. These types of instructors need to make to do lists and prioritize the items in their lists.

As instructors we have daily routines and we just go through the motions. Some of the day to day tasks have certain sense of urgency because of our policies. That being said, it is always good practice to revisit the BASICS! From time to time we may have the tendency to deviate from our duties as instructors. This becomes a challenge when the deviation becomes normality and the behavior or practice is out of compliance with policy. The choices we make the behavior we exhibit most often will determine our perception. Because behavior is learned, therefore, it can be modified to take a different perspective on our daily tasks. This will have a positive effect on our student’s perception. What modifications can you make to your daily routine to break the cycle of repetition and maintaining company policy?