Aaron Hubbard

Aaron Hubbard CHEP

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In the culinary environment it's a particular challenge to have students respect the uniform as something other than just something to get dirty in instead of clothes.

Aaron Hubbard CHEP

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Mentoring

We used a program where faculty at all levels connected with a small group of incoming students and tracked them through the duration of the program.

Aaron Hubbard CHEP

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Fears

Running a restaurant with many students who have never worked in one I find that breaking down the "big picture" in to manageable bites helps them be less apprehensive about the bigger picture of how day to day operations actually work.

Aaron Hubbard CHEP

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Learning Disabilities

I've found that speaking to classes about my own personal past difficulties in school, and the tools I used to overcome that helps in making them feel less self-conscious & more willing to seek assistance with their own issues.

Aaron Hubbard CHEP

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English as second language students

Once a feeling of trust is developed it is much easier to hold review sessions where everyone feels comfortable speaking up about content that they may not have understood in the context of the main lecture / demo section of class.

Aaron Hubbard CHEP

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class monitoring

As Chef's we can use the classroom monitoring to teach multi-tasking when multiple projects are in production at once.

Aaron Hubbard CHEP

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Name Calling

I've found that making a game of learning everyone's (and each others) names in the first couple classes helps everyone feel more connected and personally involved.

Aaron Hubbard CHEP

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Classroom Prep

I like to keep a open close spreadsheet, as we would in a real kitchen, to keep the classroom consistantly set up for classes.

Aaron Hubbard CHEP

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Career Goals

"Career goals need to be based upon informed decisions, realistic aspirations, and meaningful outcomes" Suggestions on best ballancing enthusiasim for these points while being realistic & honest about some of the un-realistic information givin to incoming students.

Aaron Hubbard CHEP

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Mixed Learning Styles

Best method of delivery for a classroom of vastly mixed learning styles?