RACHELLE HAGENAUER

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Somtimes I get so into my work I forget to give my students a break. Once I realize I've lost there focus I know it's time to let them break.

RACHELLE HAGENAUER

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Dress for success

I believe that you never get a second chance to make a first impression. So I tell my students that every day they should look as if they were going to a paying job.

RACHELLE HAGENAUER

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Planning your class

I try to always have something new and interesting for my class, I think it makes the students realize that you care and that you are completely prepared to teach that particular class.

RACHELLE HAGENAUER

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being professional

I think that being professional with students is very important. There are just certain lines that should not be crossed. You must give and demand a certain level of respect in order to keep the teacher student relationship professional.

RACHELLE HAGENAUER

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grading tests

I love to review the day before a test with my students I feel it gives them encouagement to go home and study a little more. As soon as they are done with the test we grade them as a group and I discuss whatever they got wrong so they can learn from it

RACHELLE HAGENAUER

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more important than technique

I try to teach my students that there attitude and personality is even more important than there techique. I treat each day in the class as if we were on a paying job. Attire, being over prepared,and ariving before time is on time. I think these skills are the most important in and out of the classroom.

RACHELLE HAGENAUER

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group discussions

I try to engage all the students into group discussions, I find that it is helpful to everyone, especially the shy ones it make them feel more comfortable in their own skin to be able to adress a class.

RACHELLE HAGENAUER

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Learning styles

Teaching a class should incorporate all learning styles, auditory, written, visual, and kinestheic. I don't think anyone is completly one type of learning style. Having different activities for the class such as, reading outloud, participation in class debates, and group demos, gives everyone a chance to learn and even come out of there shell a bit.