Another instructor is a joke to the word education and has no business attempting to instill knowledge, that she has not gained into students attempting to learn a new art. She is a brand new instructor and has an aura about her that seems as though she believes her self gods gift to nursing education when in reality she commands disrespect, pity, and disdain.
From the experience I have only strengthen my desire to one day enter nursing education and provide students with the guidance they deserve. Nursing school should be hard and demanding and require a great deal of effort. This does not mean however that instructors should adopt a sense of godliness when in reality their knowledge is severely lacking. Nursing education is currently suffering from a lack of quality faculty to fill the thousands of faculty openings across the country and regrettably the students are suffering.
I have attended 5 universities in the course of my education including; private, public, Division I, regional, Online, and community colleges . . . and I have never been so disgusted by the quality of my education or an instructor as I am at this point. The good thing is . . . . only 6 days left in the semester!!!!!
Here is what I have learned about what a teacher should be to aid their students:
- Be prepared - don't just show up with pre printed slides provided by another instructor or the book publisher. Do some homework and be sure that you at least have a basic grasp on the material you will be presenting.
- Be Humble - you don't know everything, don't pretend that you do. Your students will respect you more if you can admit you gaps in knowledge.
- Be Respectful - if you say something .. . do it! Understand that you students are adults too and deserve basic common respect as does any human being. If you arrange a meeting . . . BE THERE!
- Respond to Emails and Phone calls - enough said.
- Provide Clear Instructions - if the instructions are provided clearly once you will not have to do it again. Simply prepare lessons and assignments with the end in mind provide a rubric and give this to students.
- Practice what you preach - your students will be watching you. We don't know how to be nurses yet. Practice what you preach.
- Don't become a teacher if you do not have basic communication skills
- Give feedback - we are here to learn . . . help us!
- If students are failing your course - ITs YOUR FAULT! if good students are doing badly in your course yet doing well on national exams . . . its time to look at yourself!
I will always be grateful for the excellent teachers that I have had and the many well prepared instructors that take the needed time to provide us with the education that we hope to attain while spending an enormous amount on it. The sad thing is. . . the one bad apple can spoil the bunch! Lawn service allen tx
