Setting Your Students Up For Success
I believe it all starts with setting the expectations up front and having clearly defined objectives. Objectives are critical and students should know why they are sitting in a classroom, what to expect, what they are going to learn, what skill sets they will attain, how it will apply to their profession, how they are expected to learn, retain and apply the knowledge and what methods you are going to employ. The teacher also needs to explain deadlines, due dates and how to manage their time appropriately. Encouraging students to improve organizational skills utilizing electronic calendars is a great idea as well. Students should be asked to self assess prior to the instructor providing the initial assessment so he or she can identify where students may need more attention and or the teacher may need to change their strategy. At the end of the lesson or course the teacher should be able to tie everything back into the objective.
Hi Wendell,
Great response! I can tell you really care about your students success. Yo do a thorough job with ensuring your students should be successful.
Patricia Scales
The instructor can keep engaging students during the term by helping them come up with their own rationale for the course. By keeping it fresh, students will maintain a good level of interest, especially if the instructor ties up the varied class activities to real work situations. In the case of a second language, it is useful to remind students of the wonderful advantage that it may signify. The use of their prior knowledge of a first language and triggering a linguistic awareness will help them feel capable and competent.
totally agree.... It is setting them up for the real career world.
Hi Maria,
Students really enjoy variation of teaching methods, and students love it when we make learning apply to the real world.
Patricia Scales
Hi Barbara,
Bottom line! We have to get our studens ready to be quality employees in their line of work/career!
Patricia Scales
