We all have students that want two weeks to attempt their project but then either wait till day 13 to start of miss entirely. I commonly will not assign a project in total with one due date but rather break it up into smaller pieces with a succession of due dates. A little done here and a little done there can lead to the entire project 's completion before they know what hit 'em. It is also easier to stay on top of those that need closer attention this way. I know if they are making an honest attempt or not. It has been much more successful compared to my earlier, more traditional assignments.

I think it is important to learn student names.

i feel you must look at class as a whole,and then set up your educational setting and physical setting to match the abilities of the class and be able to get the information of the class subject matter across to them.

You have the perfect opportunity to set the class right where you want them. Tell them your goals for them in the course, set ground rules for them, let them know what is expected of them during their stay in your course, be friendly not friends, and if you say something they should not do, tell them what concquences they might have to bear.

I have found that by listening and talking to students camly even under heated situations they usually understand there fault and realize you are not trying to single them out, but you are serious about maintaining order in your class.

When beginning to teach, it is vitaly important to develop an image as the instructor. At first, I believe, it can be as simple as respectful. Fairness may take several classes to define. Also, I believe the image should be tweaked occasionally, nothing major, just small minor adjustments because class dynamics change by virtue of us aging and the students getting younger! The core image, respect, fairness, etc. should not change.

Taking Control of Your Time It is very helpful to create a “To Do” list. Once you have created the list and prioritize the items, I find it v very helpful to include “Me Time.” Me time will be something that I want to do to relax or exercise to help relieve some of the stress in my day.

You may be the problem, being humble enough to relize you're the problem is a big advantage to keeping the classroom moving along

Certain instructors have mural issues and can easily drag others into their half empty mentality. I found the best way to deal with this is too surround yourself with a positive influences not a negitive ones.

I find that sharing my to do list with my maniger gives me a sence of confidence when it is completed and lets him know that I am using my time wisely.

I fing that including student interests to tweek the lesson can really help to keep interest in the lesson plan.

Most new instructor's mistakes can be minimized with good pretraining. this should include teaching infront of a class. the newbe should do just a small lesson at first. This will allow him to become conforable in front of a class. Good supervision during his/her training will benifit the instructor and his students.

one of the ways I approach the problem is to use multiple tests foe the same test. Using an "A", "B", "C" TEST with the exact same questions on the test is fair to the students. They all answer the same questions just in different order. Any cheaters will only effect their score.

I always treat people (students ) the way I expect to be treated with respect . even with proplem students I never talk down to them. Dan Butler

I like to include storys about the success of former students that I keep in touch with that are now successful in thier jobs. It helps reenforce the value of the material and skills I am teaching.

The students are ready to give up i try give encouragement to on keep on keeping on. I tell them that nothing good comes easy.

To keep my students interested in class i have tried to learn some of the types of cars they love. I reference these cars during the lecture.

In order to kep learners learning you need to keep it fun and up beat

students that are ready to quit can be save. If you can identfy the condition before he or she leaves for good, you can talk to this person and just talk. Talking will sometimes bring out the actual cause of the problem that is leading him or her to want to leave. the problem many time has nothing to do with school and if identfied may be able to be resloved. this might lead to a save.

I like to use a little story I call "The Buffet". I will tell this story right after lunch on the first day of class. I like to start by asking the class if they had a good lunch. Then I start talking about how much I like going to a buffet for lunch because I get to eat as much as I like. In short, the story goes on about how I can never leave the buffet without overeating because I want to get my money's worth. I then relate that information to the school and how we are a buffet of knowledge. I tell them "It's your money, you paid for the buffet, it's time to overeat, grab a second plate."