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dealing with a sneaky student

I have a student that will smile and talk very nicely, but will conplain to the dean about staff. How to handle that. This student does it to many teachers

A student refuses to take careof a patient

A student left a patient's room and was hard to locate because she refused to take care of that patient. How can I stop that type of behavior

How tomotivate students in clinical setting

I teach clinicals for RN. Some of the students that are strong academicaly are sneaking around and do the minimal work to pass the clinicals. Hw can I make them stop it and make them give good nursing care for their patient?

stress free work place

How do you deal with a boss that make life impossible at work?

Cheating and Technology

It just seems to me that with the progression of technology (text messaging and web enabled cell phones, mini laptops, PSP's, Play Stations, XBox etc.); it has become too easy for a student to squeak by and cheat. Even when they purchase these new computer/video games, they are encouraged to "find the cheat codes" to make the game easier, and in some cases they can not solve/complete the game without them. How do we reprogram these students to show them that there are no cheat codes in real life?

Communications can make the difference

Establishing priorities in your life and letting others know where you are commig from and trying to include them in your life and your work can help to illiminate stress and build relationships.

Communications can make a differenct

You can not please all of the people all of the time

In a busy life one can only do what one can do. However, good communications with schools, family, friends and associates can help not only maintain good relations but relieve stress.

My Space

Defining your space is critical. Others will try and "max" their space without regard to yours. A clasr understanding right off the bat will help develop mutual respect and a good relationship

There is never enough time!

The more I do the more it seams that I want to do. I have always had the problem of wanting to accomplish more than I have time to do.

Preperation = Success

Just like your students with the right amount of preperation you can be successful teaching anything.

Making Silent Student Open Up

I usually have small classes because I am at the end of the program so this is a luxury for me but i give them my personal and professional life story and ask that they do the same I find although painfull for some this helps them open up a great deal and I personaly know each and every student which helps me to be a more evective teacher.

unfocused students

I find that if you pin point a student who is having difficulty focusing, if you talk to him or her one on one and explain why that was importent to them and there career maybe throw a couple of real life examples out there they will start to be more attentive in class.

Review Syllabus

I find that if in the beginning of the first day of class you extensively review the syllabus show students page by page where to find the information they need to be successful in the class and what is expected of them I have a better success rate as a teacher.

Syllabus Key to instructor student expectations and CHOICES!

I find the course syllabus as the key to many of the discussions posted: late assignments turned in, student motivation, etc. I am a student and found one of the best syllabus seen allowed adult student choices in work with each one have a point value and out of all the choices you needed 40 points to complete the work. The student could choose to write papers, find 5 websites that supported the material discussed, post online discussion similar to what we are doing here. The key was the student had a choice and each choice empowered the adult learner by choosing his or her best way of learning. I have also had a syllabus that was 35 pages long and took me two days to determine the expectations and when and what was due to the Professor.

students behavior

I let my students know that I have expectation regarding their behavior in my class I ask them ack in the some professional manner that I try to hold myself to I explain that during my thirty years working in the field that I am teaching now I have had tto learn to behave in a more professional manner and I am willing to help them to work to achieve the same goal. they seam to respect and work to follow my lead.

Electronic TD Lists

I've always used a To Do list to manage my time. My downfall sometimes was taking the time to rewrite the list, and possibly reprioritize. Since I work at my computer most of the day, I decided to convert my TD List to a Word document. I keep that document open but minimized. When I complete a task it's easy to simply click on it, erase the completed task, and see what the next one is. This obviates the need to stop and rewrite the list. I also keep a modicum of a calendar in a second section of my TD list. Important events, which are usually associated with a task or some action on my part, are kept in chronological order. As these dates move closer it's easy to simply move them up into my TD list. Of course I keep a more detailed calendar in the normal fashion, but this method keeps my calendar synchronized with my TD list.

Create an enviorment the makes cheating less appealing.

Inform your students that when they cheat they are only cheat themselves.My students know I am available for them for additional tutoring. In fact I use my lunch or breaks to provide that service. The ultimate goal is to have students suceed.

Lead by example

The key component of gaining the respect of your students is by leadership.It the old cliche "Lead by example". Of course we discuss professionalism, but showing and setting it in play is the best way.

Make course requirement clear to students

Read through course requirement answer question at the end