Jordan Frye

Lesson plans are essential to keeping a solid course pace.

Time management is essential for creating a lesson plan that works in the allotted time of the course.

Prepare and practice your demonstrations beforehand. Try to utilize the 5-7 rule when lecturing or giving a demonstration to increase comprehension. 

An introduction that outlines your experience in the field, but also humanizes you, is important to set a tone. Pretesting can be useful to gauge students existing knowledge on the course content.

Creating a comfortable environment for learning is crucial to being a successful educator.

The "5 C's" lead to an overall better teaching model.

Intrinsic motivators vary from students to student. The instructor should identify each individuals intrinsic motivators, and create extrinsic motivators that complement them.

Security and Autonomy are both needed in a balance to provide a motivational environment where students can progress and succeed. Pausing between thoughts or responding after a short pause allows for well formed responses and better overall questions.

Showing up early and ready to work shows the ethics that you need to make it through the program, and continue the journey of post-graduate education in the field. This display of motivation will undoubtedly be noticed by students and lead them down the same path.

Sharing stories of real life experience that relates to the course is a key tool in allowing students to see a clear path forward on their journey of education.