seminar title nine essential elements of an effective instructor len sperling, mba, cri, csr(a)

Seminar TitleNine Essential Elements of an

Effective Instructor

Len Sperling, MBA, CRI, CSR(A)

RESEARCH

• Students of Memorial University (St. John’s, Newfoundland) were asked to provide their perceptions of effective teaching, both on campus and distance instruction.

• Specifically, students were requested to identify and rank five characteristics of an effective instructor, explain why each characteristic was deemed important, and describe classroom behaviors demonstrating each characteristic.

• http://www.mun.ca/educ/faculty/mwatch/laura_treslan_SPETHE_Paper.pdf

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

Ellen Smyth, Instructor, Austin Peay State University

WHY?

• When working with students, we should consider what students expect from us as it relates to teaching.

• What do students need?• How do they perceive effective teaching?• When an instructor exhibits traits that

students consider essential, students will naturally be more open to learning from that instructor.

PURPOSE

• The traits in this seminar were identified by students as most essential to effective teaching.

• All nine traits work together to improve learning, but simply knowing them will do little. The purpose of this session is to (1) reflect on each trait as it relates to your own teaching and (2) to provide takeaways as to how we can put these traits into action to increase student learning.

NINE ESSENTIAL TRAITS

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1. Respectful 1. Respectful

2. Knowledgeable 2. Responsive

3. Approachable 3. Knowledgeable

4. Engaging 4. Approachable

5. Communicative 5. Communicative

6. Organized 6. Organized

7. Responsive 7. Engaging

8. Professional 8. Professional

9. Humorous 9. Humorous

RESPECT

• The aspects of respectful are particularly important for new students.

• Why is respect necessary?

• How can we show respect?

RESPECTFUL

Open-mindedRealistic

HelpfulSincere

Trustworthy

Consistent

Patient Caring

HUMBLE

Fair

Empathetic

Compassionate

Concerned

KindFlexible

Understanding

Reasonable Diplomati c

RESPECTFUL

How to apply:

Identify ways we can show respect to students.

KNOWLEDGEABLE

Qualified

Current

Competent

Practical

FlexibleCredible

Reflective

APPROACHABLE

Positi ve

Happy

Helpful

FRIENDLY

Personable

Accessible

ENGAGING

Positive

Passionate

Interactive

Assertive

Interesting

Enthusiastic

STIMULATING

Charismatic

Motivating

Creative

Energetic

COMMUNICATIVE

Clear

Understandable

AttentiveConstructive

Thorough

ORGANIZED

ORGANIZED

FOCUSED

PREPARED

RESPONSIVE

Available

Perceptive

Helpful

Efficient

Accommodating

PROFESSIONAL

Dependabl

ePunctua

lConfiden

t

Hygiene

Dedicated

Efficacious

HUMOROUS

POSITIVE

HAPPY

seminar title nine essential elements of an effective instructor len sperling, mba, cri, csr(a)

Documents

new students

instructor exhibits

purposethe traits

student learning

classroom behaviors

austin peay state university

distance instruction

emotional concerns