Jill Day

Jill Day

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The student who does well in the traditional classroom may not do as well in hands on environment. And conversely the student who does well with hands on may not do well in the traditional written word learning. I have a graduate who stumbled through the lecture and written work aspect of my classes. She later told me she reads poorly and is having trouble keeping up with her 4th grader. She did very well in the lab aspect of my classes. And her personal attitude and demeanor was of a caring, gentle person. She passed but always felt as… >>>

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I have a student, Marian, and she is frustrated. During a discussion with her I discovered that she was not accustomed to following a syllabus and turning in homework. She is also concerned that testing will be a problem. I have a syllabus and stick to it as closely as is possible. Deviating from it slightly can happen but following it gives a sense of structure to the student. I discovered that an instructor was not using her agreed upon syllabus and was not collecting assignments or giving tests as was agreed upon in department meeting. My classes are fed… >>>

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My classroom is mainly hands-on skill development, including but not limited to how and why we communicate with the raw public. With this in mind my goal is too give them insite to what could happen but also why these things could happen as well as the skills to do their jobs well apon course completion. My course outline gives each student knowledge of what we will be dicsussed and how much time we will have to learn hands on. This outline enables me to provide each learner with opportunity to gasp and master skills needed in the workplace. Yet… >>>

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Technical, Professional and Personal I thought the three major competencies interesting. Personal competencies are to be used when a students skills are accessed and the instructor uses these inate personal skills to facilitate maximum learning. One experience in the classroom is finding a ability that translates into patient care. This skill set in one students case was to be calming. I decided that to a student was very frustrated and needed that approach. They made a great team and perfomed well together, one feeling helped and one feeling helpful. Can this also be used when trying to motivate?

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