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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Reducing student cheating

Hi David, What do you make known to your students about he presonal, professional, and public consequences of cheating? Patricia

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Interacting with students

Hi DJ, Student involvement is a must. An instructor should make it a point to interact with all students on a daily basis. Students need to feel a sense of importance, afterall they are important. Patricia

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Using guest speakers as resources

Hi Beth, Students really do enjoy guest speakers. It is an awesome time for the student to pick the guest speaker's brain. A guest speaker really does add a lot to the course. Patricia

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Getting buy in from students

Hi David, Money is a great motivator. Students automatically become engaged when you talk about money. After all, we all love money. Patricia

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Maintaining a professional image

Hi Steven, You are on point! Many of our students really do look up to us. We are some of our students only role model. We must display professional behavior because we are watched. Patricia

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Capturing student attention

Hi Warren, It is always exciting and motivating to others whenever a student can talk about direct work experience based on the concept being taught. This makes for a very good discussion. Students really become engaged. Patricia

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Showing relevancy of course content

Hi Vicki, I love guest speakers! They are great! Guest speakers really validate those concepts that have been taught or will be taught. Students enjoy hearing from someone else other than the instructor all the time. Variety is good for everyone. Patricia

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Managing angry students

Hi Gregory, Absolutely, as an instructor the nature of the anger must be determined. If the anger is directed toward the instructor, other personnel should definitely be involved. An instructor should never put themselves in danger. Patricia

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Showing examples of student work

Hi Sara, I understand your point. You must emphasize to the students that it is only a guide, and they must use their own creativity, and that no example is to look exactly as the shown example, otherwise..... Patricia

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Creating a positive instructor image

Hi Linda, I like it! You want your students to surpass you. This should be the mentality of all educators for their students to be better than they are. Patricia

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