being able to manage and deal with stress is very important to the health of and instructor

the more you prioritize the more time you will have for yourself.

I think that having control of your time and managing is a crucial element in the success of the students.

I really liked the concept of this. Has anyone tried it and what were the outcomes.

In the Culinary field; sometimes we gat student who try to undermined the instructors; and go around the room telling other students to do things differently. What should we do?

I have taught my classes in approximately the same manner since i started teaching. I have my game plan in mymind and follow it as closely as possible, allowing questions from the class to lead me in the direction that particular class needs even though I continue to present all the subject matter. As time has passed,I have been accused of not being prepared for class. I have been told that I should take a notebook with the lesson plans with me to show that I do have an agenda, but with or without it, I am still accused of not being prepared. Do I make the game plan and stick to it no matter what questions I get or do I continue to let the questions guide me while covering the subject matter?

I had a situation once in my class where my grading rubric prevented a serious argument. A student came to me after a midterm exam to contest his grade. He was not satisfied with the points he had earned and believed that his answers deserved a better grade. I had structured the questions for the exam very carefully and as a result creating a rubric was easy. Each essay question had 7 components, and each component required an accompanying example. Because I had such a specification, I was able to demonstrate to the student that he had ignored certain components in his answers and as a result received the grade he had. This defused what could have be a serious situation, as he clearly saw that the method I used to grade the exam was unbiased and objective.

good idea to take notes in the little margin of the lesson plan about something you forgot to mention so that next time you remember it

right, if all the ways has been used with this student to have him compliant and respective the best way is to ask for other people help from the administration for example. If no way he has to be removed from the class as he will affect the learning environment of the other students

wonderful idea to have that kind of student to be an observer to keep him focus on something like taking notes to be ready when you call on him and minimize the instructors distraction

a student should understand very clear and abide with the dead line and date required to turn in his assignment since this is preparing him or her for the work force where there is no room for late work

tudent who had several drug offenses and then a thefe from motor vehicle charge. In all cases, he managed to get away without jail time. It gave him a sense of authority in that he felt that he could do whatever he wanted whenever he wanted to do it. No matter how I listened to him or tried to tell him that this was not the way things would go forever, he just assumed s smug, silly smole signifying that he was right no atter what. Eventually, at the Program Director's suggestion, I began giving him things to do whenever he tried to disrupt the class as if he volunteered. He began to act a little more civilized. Then he was evicted from his trailer and he left the school. We have no idea where he is today.

Time management is an individual task. Attempting to put it into simple and regimented terms is a stressor on an employee. Many new employees are more concerned with following a format than they are in getting a job accomplished.

I have an instructor who teaches 4 sections of the same class. A few quarters ago - she and I had to come up with a "stress-reducing" plan to help her better facilitate her four courses. She found that when she went into her first and even second section - she was feeling "fresh" and ready to tackle the discussion board, grading, etc. However, depending on the issues w/students in those first or first two courses, she found herself feeling stressed out thus losing energy for the 3rd and 4th session. We eliminated this "snowball" stress by coming up with a great time management routine - she would do 2 classes, then take a break, and come back and go into the two other courses. This helped a lot. Thanks, Toni

this can get a new instructor in deep trouble because that is not the reason you are there even though you may want to make the student more at ease about you as an instructor.Keep it professional

As I worked my way through this module, I found myself saying that one of the stressors in my life is the lack of time to do everything I want to do. I work a full-time job and serve as an adjunct at two online schools (teaching one class at each at a time). I feel that I need to continue doing this in order to have the lifestyle that I have/desire. I really don't want to change this. On the other hand. I love teaching and want to teach full-time. At my current full-time job, I am waiting for a full-time professor to retire any day now) and take his job. I would then leave my current full-time job. Now that we have all that background, I want to address my real issue. I love being involved with the students and I also teach a one-hour course in our first-year experience. In this capacity I get to advise and work with new freshmen. While this is not in any way financially rewarding, it is personally rewarding. In other words, I don't want to give it up. In the Fall of 2011, I have been asked to teach a masters' level class in our Education department. Again this will not be as financially rewarding as my online courses, but it could be intrumental in my future teaching at this institution. On the side I keep statistics for our university men and women's basketball teams. While it does not pay at all, I love doing this. What it all comes down to is that the two areas that I see that I can eliminate and they would give me more time are the First-Year Experience and the basketball stats job. When I evaluate these two "jobs" using the yes/no criteria of the effect they would have, they really affect no one but me! BUT I want to keep those!!!! Do any of the rest of you find that you have these type of stressors that you just don't want to give up????? What do you do? I guess I am using you as "my gradmother in Florida"!!!! Dolores Kiesler

I had a class last term that attended the first day, then six of the fourteen were absent the next three days. When I reminded them of the attendance requirement, they told me thay had been told that they did not have to attend class. When I enforced the requirement, they decided that I was a lousy instructor. We have student surveys at the middle of each term and they gave me a very poor rating. I have them again this term and they gave me one of my higest ratings. I have not changed my instructional method or the way I treat them. Any ideas why this happened?

when a student is constantly interrupting I ask him if he could take notes on all the information that will be covered so that the class can have a quick review before class is over

heat will always move to less heat. more heat-more resistance, less heat-less resistance. just like pressure, 100psi will not move into 200psi but would move into 50 psi.

How do you deal with the students that think they know it all and try to take over your class without being rude or embarassing them when they are only trying to help but are really causing a problem.