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Expectations

Posted by: dateacher on: October 1, 2008

We all have them even if we don’t want to admit it.  Expectations…
I expect my students to be in class, to be on time, and to be prepared.  I also expect that they are going to pay attention to the lecture.  Granted in my first few lectures I pretty much went “by the book,” but [...]

The Planning Phase

Posted by: dateacher on: August 13, 2008

Since I’m new to this “organized” teaching thing – I’ve had teaching/training experience in my past (teaching med tech students at the bench and training employees) but nothing like standing in front of a class of 19 and 20 year olds who expect me to be somewhat of an authority - the planning portion is difficult [...]

Hello world!

Posted by: dateacher on: August 12, 2008

Hello world, this is my first blog entry…I recently stopped working as an adminstrative assistant in the teaching and learning center at a small, private, liberal arts University in Virginia.  In another 2 weeks I’m going to shift from an adminstrative position back to my first love in dentistry when I start teaching in the dental assisting program [...]