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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Making course requirements clear for students

Hi Jody, How thorough! You really make things clear to your students. I have found the clearer the requirements, the smoother the class runs. Patricia

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Getting buy in from students

Hi Jeff, How do you get them to be open to learn, if they aren't? Patricia

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Reducing student cheating

Hi Emily, You are right! They are harder to grade, but we have to do what's best for the students, not what is easiest for us. Patricia

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Capturing student attention

Hi Emily, Absolutely! The course should be challenging enough to make the students think and work hard, but it shouldn't be too difficult so that students are unable to understand. Patricia

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Avoiding common instructor mistakes

Hi Luke, It is best to have too much information for a lesson than not to have enough. Over peparation definitley eases nervousness. Patricia

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Maintaining a professional image

Hi Kimberly, Lead by example. Students want and need the instructor to be the dictator. Patricia

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Creating a positive instructor image

Hi James, Students do not want to hear about nonrelated class issues. Students want to learn what they need and move on. The whole idea should be strictly business. Patricia

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Capturing student attention

Hi John, I like to get everyone involved in the question/answer session. I do not want any student to feel left out. Patricia

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Showing relevancy of course content

Hi Gretchen, Whenever you can make the example applicable to the real world, students generally understand the relevancy. It makes more sense to the students when it is real. Patrica

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Getting buy in from students

Hi Scott, I do the same thing. This is a great psychological approach that generates immediate excitement for a topic in the future, therefore the students are waiting. Patricia

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