Provide a little bit of background about your professional and personal life to allow your students to get to know you. Allow students a few minutes to talk about their goals for school. This also gives you a chance to learn their names and correctly pronounce their names.
Setting the tone on the first day, intoduce yourself and have students do the same, name cards might help in a face to face class. be on time and encouraging
It is important to find strategies to learn students names. Also make sure the course requirements and objectives are clear on the First day.
To be friendly have a smile on your face, greet your students. Remember your students names. What I do is I call my new students names at least 3 times through out the day to remember their names. By remembering a student name it make the student feel value.
Its important for the students sccuess to allow them to feel at ease.
At the beginning of the course instructions should open up with an introduction about themself.
THe instructor should then allow students to provide some information about themselves.
This will allow everyone to get to know each other a little better.
As the course goes on instructors should greet students at the door of class/lab with a friendly smile and "hello".
First class impression makes a big impact on what the students can expect from the instructor and the class.
1. Take the time to get to know your students and let them get to know each other. Cover the syllabus.
It is vital to set clear expectations and encourage student participation
It is vital to set clear expectations and encourage student participation
I will learn my students name before the first class. That will give them sense of not being astranger.
I learned the importance of being early to greet your students and getting to know their names
Being early , prepared and engaging and relaxing the students with your professional experience and some personal information makes you relatable and the students more comfortable. Familiarize yourself with the students and repeatedly learn their names to let them know you care and are listening .
1. Get to know students and share personal connection
2. Alleviate anxieties and nervousness
3. Start and End classes with purpose
The importance of getting to know your students and letting them know more about you and your background.
When we take the time to learn students names that instantly makes them feel part of the class and lets them know we SEE them.
The learning environment should be comfortable and anxiety-free. The instructor has the ability to set the tone of the course with the first meeting. Utilizing all these suggestions will help me make a differrence in the way my students respond. As the old saying goes, "You get one chance to make a first impression." I plan to make it count in a positive manner.
its inportant to have student feel comfortable in knowing where their future is going and how they will get there and that the end is attainable and within reach to everyone. Also its good to share some personal history so that they can have a sense that you as a teacher are skilled and passionate about your field.
Preparing before class allows you to relax during class and get to know each of your students.
Reply to Michael Daub's post: do you think it would be easy the first day to ask them for a group photo?
Reply to Jackie Cloman's post:Good summarize. Thank you
