Get Your Students Hired
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Instructional Planning for Student Success --> Troubleshooting Instructional Strategies
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As an instructor, it is important to strive to have a plan A, and sometimes a plan B when Murphy shows up and things don't work out perfectly. However, sometimes plan B becomes a better plan than expected and students see the reality of the professional world- where you have to be extremely flexible and adaptable.
I have learned that it is important to gage the students in the classroom and do status assessments to see how the students learning needs can be met!
Giving a pretest can help decide what other activities must be done in the beginning of class.
In teaching you should always have a back-up plan for times that things do not go as planned.
I learned how to troubleshoot when things are not lined up correctly. Make sure to adjust and provide extra materials to the students to ensure they can all complete the course.
I think a pretest would be a helpful resource for how to approach a class from the beginning
I think a pretest would be a helpful resource for how to approach a class from the beginning
One of the most common reasons that an assignment may be too difficult for your students is the instructor may have chosen assignments that are not clear, too comprehensive, or too advanced for the students at that point in the course. Strive to match the assignments to both course content and your students, based upon their experience level.
Having a plan B strategy is vital while teaching. If the class is disengaged it is important to have a backup plan to reengage your students. Remembering that there are four main learning styles, and you need to have content that depicts all four.
We set up an out of class tutoring session to help those learners who don't have sufficient background for some of the labs. It is slow going at the beginning of the semester, but some of these students become the best student in the class by the end of term.
Divide the class into groups and have them work on case studies.
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It is important to consider your pacing and to know where you are in a lesson so you can adjust as needed.
It is also important to always have a plan B, just incase things do work out as planned.
Assessing your students
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in the beginning is a great idea. Also, always have a plan B.
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I think constant feedback is key. convey intent, prepare students for structured activities as well as feedback sessions, and you will get the best outcome.
I learned the importance of redirecting students when they are not engaged in an activity, lecture or competency in the classroom.
I have learned that there should be a plan B if instruction is not well received by the students.
I think it's very important to know the baseline of knowledge the students are coming in with. Many of the nursing students are MAs or CNAs and have a lot of medical terminology and basic patient care experience. While others have none and need more of the basics and fundamentals to be on par with those peers.
I also like the idea of switching to a new activity if the attention of the class begins to wander.