Chris Fersch

Chris Fersch CHEP

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I had a teacher in C.I.A that taught french class she was crazy and rambled for 2 hours about french words and there meanings she linked stories to the words and spoke very quickly the first day of class I thought that I was going to learn nothing in her class never experiencing that type of teaching methology but found out going home and studying for her test I new everything she talked about and the stories that went with them and everybody in my class experienced the same outcome. Ive often wondered about here methology and what it was… >>>

Chris Fersch CHEP

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Journal

I teach a culinary class one of my class end assighnments is to write in a daily journal. I believe this is a form of debriefing it gives them a chance to write about what they saw did right, wrong and or how they would do it different.

Chris Fersch CHEP

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Personal Hurdles

I find sharing my own hurdles in the education system and how I overcame them helps relieve the anxiety of the student to approach me with there own hurdles. It I believe also motivates them, showing them they can overcome and reach there goals with hard work.

Chris Fersch CHEP

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Open Door

I find truly focosing and fostering an enviroment that the student feels comfortable communicating to you helps you as an instuctor pin point strugles that the students might have and gives you the opportunity to help them.

Chris Fersch CHEP

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Team Sport

As a chef it is important to learn how to work in and or lead a team. I found that with putting students into groups they learn these nessesary skills.

Chris Fersch CHEP

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Preperation = Success

Just like your students with the right amount of preperation you can be successful teaching anything.

Chris Fersch CHEP

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Making Silent Student Open Up

I usually have small classes because I am at the end of the program so this is a luxury for me but i give them my personal and professional life story and ask that they do the same I find although painfull for some this helps them open up a great deal and I personaly know each and every student which helps me to be a more evective teacher.

Chris Fersch CHEP

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unfocused students

I find that if you pin point a student who is having difficulty focusing, if you talk to him or her one on one and explain why that was importent to them and there career maybe throw a couple of real life examples out there they will start to be more attentive in class.

Chris Fersch CHEP

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Review Syllabus

I find that if in the beginning of the first day of class you extensively review the syllabus show students page by page where to find the information they need to be successful in the class and what is expected of them I have a better success rate as a teacher.

Chris Fersch CHEP

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Assesments

Making sure that the assignments reach a broad crowd of students. And that the wheights of the grades are in the right areas for the educational outcome.