Tamara Rote

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Retention Strategies for disengaged learners

The very first activity should be peer introductions. I feel it's vital to retention when everyone feels included. What I do is allow each student to turn to the student to their left and to their right and to personally introduce themselves. This is a great way to build rapport and familiarity among everyone. I do this regardless of their time in a program and notice a big difference in their attitude towards each other. This is one of the first things I do even before I hand out the syllabus. It works well and I get to see who… >>>

Tamara Rote

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Teaching online

I am also thinking of transitioning to the online learning community. Is there a market for subject matter experts who are seasoned in their field, certified, registered, and experienced on ground instructors who lack a formal Bachelor's degree? This is a vocational allied health career in pharmacy technician practicum.

Tamara Rote

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Teaching students with bad attitudes

Sometimes we have students who are used to a previous teacher's style, however when they change to another instructor, they become distant and closed to the new instructor. The students refuse to cooperate with the teacher becasue he or she isn't teaching the course the same as the last teacher. How do you avoid this from happening from day 1?

Tamara Rote

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Teaching students with bad attitudes

How do you prevent a student from infecting the class with a negative attitude?