Managing the Class & Students

Public

Ask a question from your peers to help you in your professional work. Seek different points of view on a topic that interests you. Start a thought-provoking conversation about a hot, current topic. Encourage your peers to join you in the discussion, and feel free to facilitate the discussion. As a community of educators, all members of the Career Ed Lounge are empowered to act as a discussion facilitator to help us all learn from each other.

Cory Oppold

silent bob

breaking students into small groups allows the silent students to peak their peace and allow them to be involved into discussion.

Billy Raibourn

Records

When dealing with Challenging students, weather it is missed assignments, late/absent, or cheating at our school we document it on a Student Advisement Form to monitor and if needed to advise, retrain, or send the student on his way. I any case we record everything going on in the class room and with the students for our records.

Shandra Menifee

Positive Classroom Experience!!

How can you avoid the students that want to take over what the teacher says, does and has classroom managment over there class.

Shandra Menifee

Cheating Students!!

My solution to avoid cheating in class is to make four test versions and every fourth person gets the cycle of test all over again!!

Shandra Menifee

Students that want all the Attention!!

What if a student is still craving the classroom attention after you have used all of the techniques.

Shandra Menifee

Students Cheating!!

What if students dont care if they are late and you take points off of a test then whats the next step?

Cory Oppold

focus

When unfocused students present themselves, take a look at the teaching style. Keep them involved, put yourself in their shoes and anylize the assessment

Cory Oppold

Envolvement

Icebreaking first day should get them involved emotionally to draw them in and keep them connected

Sonny Chang CHEP

Bending the rules...

As an instructor for career school, I often wonder what is the best way to handle students who are indeed dire need of help? Missing assignemtns to missing exams due to unable to get a ride to school or can't afford to pay for public transportation ruins their grade and often fails out. Typically they are capable of handling the work load but due to unforseen circumstances, they are unable to follow guidelines of the school. Do you then allow to bend the rules for these special circumstances or stick by your gun since it is what future job demands of them?

Sonny Chang CHEP

Handing students who thinks they are too good for subject material and other students

What is the best way to handle students who think that they know the subject material and is beyond the course? Some students do actually possess that knowledge and indeed is brillant, but the attitude they act towards other students that they are superior and even they like to show up the instructors creates some problems. Best way to handle these type of situation would be?

Sonny Chang CHEP

What is the best way to motivate students?

Can anyone tell me what is the best motivator for students who enroll in career schools? Many personal issues including money, family, and other unforseen circumstances hinder the growth of career school students and often blame their circumstances as a scapegoat.

kelly presser

Mistakes

I like how it talked about making a mistake and recognizing it fixing it for the next time.

Lisa Sacco

Adult students

I find that telling adult students that I used to be an adult student myself really helps. I go on to give them examples of challenges I know they will encounter in adult life and it works well.

Lisa Sacco

Students

When students are disruptive I do not give them any attention as they are looking for any type even negative. It usually stops after they have not received any negative or postive energy from me. Has anyone tried this?

Wendy Boer

Reminding adult ed students of deadlines

As a new adult education instructor, how do you achieve a balance between reminding students of due dates, etc. to encourage their success but not teaching them to rely on those reminders; instead to be responsible for their own time line as they will be some day in an employment situation where there are no reminders?

Harold Farley