Patricia Scales

About me

I've been a career educator for over 20 years. I currently serve as the Academic Coordinator for Brookstone College of Business and continue to be active in the classroom as a Business Instructor. My motto is "A student doesn't care how much you know, until they know how much you care." I was honored to receive the Career College Association National Teacher of the Year award in 2001. I just love teaching!

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Maintaining a professional image

Hi Erica, I agree! It is way too risky when an instructor befriends students. The student/instructor relationship should be all about business. Patricia Scales

Patricia Scales

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Maintaining a professional image

Hi Jeff, I concur! The distance must be maintained between student and instructor. The student/instructor relationship should be strictly about business! It is way too risky to become personal with students. Patricia Scales

Patricia Scales

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Class management for student success

Hi Tammy, That's right! As adult learners, most of our students are extrememly serious about their education, and they look to the instructor to fully control the classroom so that effective learning can take place. Patricia Scales

Patricia Scales

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Class management for student success

Hi Kimberly, Absolutely! As instructors, we must control the classroom and create an environment that is conducive for learning to take place. Patricia Scales

Patricia Scales

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Avoiding common instructor mistakes

Hi Bruce, You are fortunate to have someone with years of many experience to guide you. I am the DOE at my institution, and my instructors tell me all the time how fortunate the are to be uder my leadership because I can help them with almost anything. Patricia Scales

Patricia Scales

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Avoiding common instructor mistakes

Hi Shawnte, What a great way to gain professional growth. I can tell you take your career seriously. Patricia Scales

Patricia Scales

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Reducing student cheating

Hi Carrie, This was fair punish. I especially like how you had a firm converstion with the student and together you all came up with a revised schedule that will allow her time to study. Patricia Scales

Patricia Scales

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Identifying challenging students

Hi Jeanette, A discussion type setting is a good way to get uninvolved students involved, and the smaller the setting, the more the uninvolved student becomes involved. Patricia Scales

Patricia Scales

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Capturing student attention

Hi Darlene, Everyone likes to make a contribution. This is a good tactic to get uninvolved students involved. Patricia Scales

Patricia Scales

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Capturing student attention

Hi Jennifer, Sometimes you do have to give your students little icebreakers to real them back in. Patricia Scales

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