Pay it Forward

Throughout the school year, ask your current students to journal occasionally about tips they’ve discovered about being successful in your course. At the end of the semester, gather your students’ ideas. Include some or all of the useful tips in the syllabus for next year’s class. Your new students will have a great start to their year in your course and you’ll learn a lot about what’s helpful to students.

Here are some examples if your students need some ideas for getting started:
1. Get a binder and create tabs labeled X, Y and Z.
2. Ask Mr. Book to review for the test with the class…it helps a lot.
3. Save your worksheets and study them for the exams.
4. Most of the exam questions are essay, so be prepared with organized thoughts about the main topics covered in class.
5. Get involved. The more you participate, the better you learn and the better your grade.


Leadership Development Tip for June 12, 2008