Peter Van Dyk

About me

I am new to the instructor community. I have been working with a youth group for the past 10 years as a volunteer instructor and recently started volunteering in a search and rescue team. i recently got a job as an instructor at the colorado school of trades instructing refinishing of firearms and basic tool usage.

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Peter Van Dyk

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Giving time versus a dead line

Students with learning disabilities need more time to complete assignments or tests while it does work in the classroom to a point. In most real world applications almost every job had some sort of dead line. If a student gets to used to getting extra time in the classroom I feel that would be a disadvantage if they get a job and the employer is less understanding of that persons disability. I think a possible solution for this is to gradually decrease the extra allotted time through out the course. for example. If a program has 6 projects you give… >>>

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The language barrier and getting assistance.

Being new the to instructor community, I have yet to come to a situation with ELL. All of the learners in the facility are all english literate and seem to have little to no problems with the language barrier. that being said when I do run into that situation would it be helpful to myself or the learner to get a translator? When I do give that student additional instruction where do I draw the line so as not to single that learner out and ignore the rest of the class?

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Are groups a good option?

In my experience in both the work place and the military, there are few projects that require group participation where all voices are considered equal. With different leadership styles learners may assume command of the group or attempt to. One learner may try to take charge in a Democratic leadership style and others will assume an autocratic style. Other learners will take a group project as an opportunity to skip out on work forcing the others to pick up the slack. The lacking work will bring the group grade down. How is that fair to the other students? In a… >>>

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Movement through the classroom effective?

Moving around the classroom is important however is it really productive to roam the entire classroom? Many times I was in class and I could not concentrate on what the instructor was saying due to the literal pain in my neck trying to look at the instructor in the back of the class room, making it difficult to take notes. My solution to this is turn the class into a semi circle if possible. All eyes would be on the instructor regardless where they are in the room and also gives all students the ability to take notes without shifting… >>>

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