When working with adults, there are several things you can be doing to ensure you meet their learning needs. These are a few best practices: • Take an inventory of your students’ prior knowledge and experiences. When instructing students, make efforts to acknowledge students’ experiences and build on what they already know. • Determine why students are motivated to be adult learners. Work with students to meet their personal goals. • Identify your students’ learning styles. Use a variety of teaching techniques that will work with a variety of learning styles. • Consider memory-building techniques, such as advanced organizers, that may help older learners organize the information they learn in your class. • Provide students with opportunities to self-direct, or at least plan, their learning. • Provide students with a supportive environment for learning. Once touching on the different techniques, which is best to tailor or gear the course towards because one may not be able to execute more than two.