Charles Trenk

With the nature of the subjects I teach, compression is always a concern.  Some groups of students are able to comprehend the material more quickly which leaves an excess of extra time during the lesson.  I have found having shop projects which go with the material a good way to fill that extra time while allowing the students to stay engaged in the material.

Not only the importance of safety but also the importantance of documentation of safety training.  If an unfortunate event should happen in your lab, it is very important to be able to show why it happened.  Very important to keep all documentation of safety quizes, briefings, etc.  

Examples examples examples.  It is very important to keep the student learning from what they can see in addition to what they hear.  All students have different learning styles and it is important to be aware of that and adapt to what the student needs.

I find that when teaching laboratory sections of the class it is critical to be able to relate it to what the student is going to be doing in their work.  Students today (at least students I have seen over the last couple of years) are more interested in the end result than the process.  This attitude presents a unique challenge when dealing with education because some students fail to grasp the importance of learning the methodology of learning.  Through labs it is possible to make the student understand the journey...performing the core concepts taught in theory in order to… >>>