10/22: What should a FYC teacher come to class knowing? What should a FYC student come to class knowing? How can we prepare for “Plan B” when they don

I believe that both the teacher and the student should wear their formal identity in a classroom situation. This helps for both the parties to express expectations, and also maintain discipline. For teachers, it is important to know that they are mentors and will have to work along with the students throughout the course. The students in-turn should understand the utility of the course and study to succeed not only in achieving high grades, but also actually learning along the way.
Teachers should come prepared for the lesson and have a lesson plan in hand. Students should come having read the assigned reading and having done the required assignments. This happens at an ideal level. In reality, teachers sometimes do not have a steady lesson plan and have to make a mental plan , and the student do not read the material and are unresponsive in class.
Thus every teacher should have a Plan B in hand. A teacher should be able to judge the responsiveness of the class and steer the discussion and the activities accordingly. A successful teacher should always be able to make last minute changes to the lesson plan to match with the flow of the class. Yet it is not ideal to change the teaching strategy completely o suit one student or a group of students. This would confuse the other students and the teacher will never be able to develop a style of his/ her own. Thus a teacher should understand when to stop making adjustments and be firm.
Thus, a blend of strategies and techniques to suit the multiple intelligences of the students and recognizing learning patterns in students are crucial for a successful teacher.