Patricia Scales

About me

I've been a career educator for over 20 years. I currently serve as the Academic Coordinator for Brookstone College of Business and continue to be active in the classroom as a Business Instructor. My motto is "A student doesn't care how much you know, until they know how much you care." I was honored to receive the Career College Association National Teacher of the Year award in 2001. I just love teaching!

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Maintaining a professional image

Hi Peggy, Students will certainly respect you if they regard you as a true professional. Patricia

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Capturing student attention

Hi Jennifer, Students really should make it a practice every day to recap on the daily lecture so that they can stay interested or grow an interest for the course. Patricia

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Making course requirements clear for students

Hi Daniel, The syllabus needs to really be emphasized to students so that they fully understand the importance of the it. Patricia

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Showing examples of student work

Hi Dorianne, You need to fully explain how they would benefit from being shown an example. Patricia

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Avoiding common instructor mistakes

Hi Annie, Yes, these are key points! Preparation is a BIG MUST! Patricia

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Capturing student attention

Hi Carrie, Whenever the instructor is energetic students seem to be much more attentive. Patricia

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Getting buy in from students

Hi Dorianne, Whenever real-life experience is shared students get excited, and they see and understand the relevance. Patricia

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Getting buy in from students

Hi Dr. Gundaboena, Absolutely! We as educators need to refer to and use our course syllabus with our students as a guideline so that students see the importance. I refer to my syllabus throughout during the grading period so that students understand the crucialness of it. Patricia

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Making course requirements clear for students

Hi Carrie, Super list! Whenver students understand the "why" they are sold. Students need to know how the course applies to the real world. Patricia

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Creating a positive instructor image

Hi Colleen, One of the biggest mistakes you can make is to tell your students that you are a new instructor. You are really opening up a can of worms. Students will examine you carefully from this point on and will call you out on everything that don't agree with. This type of information should not be shared. It is really irrelevant that you are a new instructor. Patricia

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