First I must be prepared, knowledgeable, and professional for every meeting.
I must come in with the knowledge to teachfor the lesson that I'm getting ready to teach, I have to put in the work.
you know I have to be prepared, I have to be ready to go, you know when the light goes green I have to be ready
The second thing I must do is I must make learning personal for each student, the first thing we start out in my class is an introduction
I have the students introduce themselves
and have them tell me what their dreams are, or why they're in school, why did you decide to come to school.
And it helps them to think about what is that light at the end of the tunnel, what is that
goal that they have, a lot of them are nursing students and a lot of them, well good you must be caring and compassionate
we have to keep that in mind, as we go though this class, because your end goal will help you justify the sacrifice to get there.
so I must make learning personal for each of them
and last thing I must do is I must lead by example.
I can't ask them to do something that I won't first do myself.
that's why I'll sit down and I'll take their exams and I'll do their homework assignments, I'll do all the work I ask of them first.
I can't ask them to do it if I haven't done it.