Jeanne Longbottom

It is a daunting task as a college of nursing to understand and meet local, state, regulatory body, and federal mandates for education. In the field there have been examples of gross mis-use of student time and financial resources by institutions which have largely been identified and closed. Thiis is a good move by regulation stakeholders. Students incur a significant amount of debt with higher education in many cases. If this debt does not result in an ability to convert knowledge and skills into a productive occupation both the student and society experince a loss.

Although we are currently using an updated version of Bloom's taxonomy which using the different language remember, understand, apply, analyze, evaluate, create the original Bloom's remains essentially valid.

To this point I found the specific teaching example of K-W-L charts and Silence Poster Conversation to be intriguing methods of teaching. My students never are quiet when working together. If the talk was all assignment centered I would welcome it but too many times talk dissolves into "chat".

We have a dedicated FB page, and to be honest, it can be a challenge. Students talk to each other with personal understanding of courses, policies and procedures which are not always accurate. As an instructor it is particularly hard when something in my course has changed. Students have the "scoop" from previous students and are more willing to listen to them than to me. I would suggest that if you have social media attached to your school you need to monitor the content as an instructor because it is easier when you know what is circulating amoung students to… >>>

The important information must be verified. If an instructor is not qualified to teach in a program that will hurt your program quickly. Students are not interested in wasting time with an unqualified instructor.

Then it is imperitive that several of the present staff speak with the instructor either individually, or collectively. The new instructor needs to be a good fit for the program and the current stable staff. Upper management needs to listen to the feedback from these staff members. There is no good to hiring an instructor who is going to quit or need to be fired half… >>>