| VN Nursing schools always look for ways to improve | | | | may be used as a helpful in-service for faculty to |
| quality of education. There is always room for | | | | improve teaching strategies and ensure that the time |
| improvement, and even the best Nursing colleges are | | | | in classroom is well-spent, and allows students to |
| trying to better their ways, working on training their | | | | maximally retain important information. In-services on |
| staff and faculty to make teaching more effective | | | | classroom behavior management are also very |
| and successful. | | | | important, when instructors get to learn to apply |
| Regular faculty meetings, where the academic and | | | | effective methods for dealing with problematic |
| clinical progress of each LVN student is discussed | | | | behaviors in classroom to minimize disruptions in LVN |
| among the instructors, are necessary to ensure | | | | class and maximize learning time. |
| successful VN program completion by each nursing | | | | During such workshops, the instructors learn the |
| student on the program. This is where the teachers | | | | latest statistics on the success rates of students at a |
| get to communicate openly their academic concerns | | | | college level, information retention rates, and some |
| or issues, discuss students' progress, and come up | | | | interesting facts about normal human attention span |
| with a plan to help some students along the way to | | | | and learning habits and abilities of an average |
| catch up and keep up with their studies. | | | | American college student. Instructors also learn the |
| This is especially important, when it comes to an | | | | ways to improve their teaching skills by putting |
| accelerated LVN program, where there is so much to | | | | together teaching plan or course curriculum, and |
| learn in so little time. Within as short as a year, | | | | presenting lessons in a clear and sequential manner. |
| students gain knowledge from zero to being ready | | | | They learn about the importance of humor in the |
| to take the licensing examination upon their | | | | classroom, and the kind of classroom control, where |
| graduation from the program. It is the responsibility | | | | a teacher allows students to think freely and learn by |
| of the academic administration, teachers, placement | | | | posing questions, yet remains the classroom leader |
| coordinators, and clinical instructors to assist the VN | | | | by controlling the direction of students' thought |
| students in putting together a rather impressive body | | | | process toward the goals and objectives of the |
| of knowledge and skills before they take their exit | | | | lesson. |
| exam at the end of the year. | | | | These and many more tools in teaching need |
| This is why those faculty meetings are so important. | | | | continuous development and improvement in order to |
| And at these meetings the instructors not only share | | | | keep up with the demands of modern education and |
| their concerns and come up with solutions for | | | | current pace. This is why there is always room for |
| improvement of academic progress of the students, | | | | improvement, and there is always more to learn and |
| but they also get to work on their own teaching | | | | to do. |
| skills. Such workshop on Effective Teaching Methods | | | | |