Claire Bates

Claire Bates

Location: nashville

About me

I am a general studies instructor at Miller-Motte Technical college. I teach Foundations English through Comp. II. 

Interests

career writing, technology, linguistics

Skills

teaching, writing, photography, visual arts

Activity

Time management can be difficult in basic classes where students are having difficulty mastering the material. I find this is true often in my grammar classes. My students tend to freak out and think they will never master the material and think I am going too fast. I often have high expectations of what I think they can do. After teaching this class a few times though, I find I have to meet in the middle - sometimes I have to bridle my expectations a little and push them a little more. 

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I teach general education and I have lots of different types of students in my classes with varying degrees of ability. I find it difficult to tailor my classes to be able to suit all these different students at once.

I enjoyed this course. I would, however, like to see more time/material donated to dealing with difficult students and more concrete advice on how to diffuse them.

Time management can be difficult in basic classes where students are having difficulty mastering the material. I find this is true often in my grammar classes. My students tend to freak out and think they will never master the material and think I am going too fast. I often have high expectations of what I think they can do. After teaching this class a few times though, I find I have to meet in the middle - sometimes I have to bridle my expectations a little and push them a little more. 

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