Charles Elliott

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I am an automotive instructor and teach about the importance of customer satisfaction, csi scores, language, appearance ect. to students who want to fix cars, but these above qualities are very important to todays employers. Trying to make them realize that they may be the best technician ever, but if they can not communicate with a customer it is all for not now is very hard for some students to get

Charles Elliott

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Phones

We do not let phones out at all during each period which last 2 hours. Some students can not deal with it and they try and sneak a check. We have to give out infractions to get them to stop. We need to come to some kind of an understanding on this issue. The phones are part of everyone's life now.

Charles Elliott

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Info over load

I have noticed that even though these gen y students think that they can do it all, the ones who are multi tasking with their electronics do not get all of the information needed when doing theory. They basically get all of the electronic info, but loose out on good old listening

Charles Elliott

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Lectures

I have found that plenty of planning for the lecture is fine, but every lecture is always different. Some times many questions come up during it and they need to be answered or if I can tell that the lecture is loosing their interest then you have to move off the planned lecture and get it going in a better way for them.

Charles Elliott

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First Time Impression

As an automotive instructor I have an interesting course, service writing, because it is the only course that the students take here that really doesn't involve cars, but the people who own them. I am aware that this is a hard course to get the students motivated to care about so I am taking the approach that on the first day of the class I make sure that they are having fun, but the fun is really hitting on just how important this area is with todays customer. Bottom line, it creates a great first impression and really seems to… >>>

Charles Elliott

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Adding to the topic.

being an automotive instructor I feel that the best thing to do is add your experiences in the field to your daily teaching. The provided course material is great, but telling them about personal experiences that directly relate to what is being taught seems to really hit home for them.

Charles Elliott

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Role Models

We all need to be role models, but we need to do it in a way that the students stay engaged. There is nothing wrong with being a role model, but also be fun and exciting at the same time.

Charles Elliott

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eye contact

Eye contact, but just for that period of time, taking a few seconds to pause and make it. Very interesting

Charles Elliott

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Life experiences

I have always felt it a good idea to share life experiences in the classroom. Just be careful, don't go too far.

Charles Elliott

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groups

I love the idea of groups, but how do you know that you have them separated correctly. The right mix in each.