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Respect

It would be hard to move forward without respect within the classroom

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Root causes for student behaviors

The fundamental root cause for a students behavior can be deeply rooted to circumstances from their childhood.

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Reinventing your approach to challenging students.

As the dynamic of each class will be different so will the reponses of the students.

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Course and Participation requirements for students

In order to be effective and maintain interest and dialogue, both participation and course content are equally important.

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Varying learning styles

The objective is to connect with all of the students, all of whom retain content and learn differently. Varying the styles will enable all of the students with equal learning opportunities.

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Setting the tone and framework

Clear expectations and objective enable a student to visualize the effects and benefits of the course they are about to commence.

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Staying current

It would be difficult to prepare students without remaining current with employer expectations.

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Professional Development

This is clearly an important aspect of how to expand your teaching skills by acquiring increased awareness of required competencies which will ultimately translate into great instructional skills and classroom presentations.